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WESTERN CIRCLE.
Superintendent.—Surgeon H. J. BLANC, M.D.
Acting Superintendent.—Assistant Surgeon T. CODY.
Establishment.—3 Assistant Superintendents, 1 Clerk, 27 Vaccinators under Government
and Local Funds, 2 under Municipalities, and 3 under Native States.
Population, 17,85,239. Total cost Rupees 19,698-5-7. Average cost of each successful
vaccination and re-vaccination Rupees 0-5-1.
Establishment.
Government ........
Local Funds ........
Municipalities ...
Native States .......
Dispensaries ........
Year.
1870-71.
1871-72.
1870-71.
1871-72.
1870-71.
1871-72.
1870-71.
1871-72.
1870-71.
1871-72.
Total
Vaccinated.
38,162
11,942
13,669
45,894
2,388
2,061
5,153
5,270
2,754
1,392
Compared with pre-
ceding year.
Increase.
......
......
......
32,225
......
......
......
117
......
......
Decrease.
.....
26,220
......
......
......
327
......
......
......
1,362
Successfully
vaccinated and
re-vaccinated.
36,240
11,670
12,062
43,503
2,188
1,967
4,658
4,813
2,256
1,173
Percentage of
success, ex-
cluding
Unknown.
97.
96.7
95.
95.4
94.
95.0
91.
90.3
84.2
88.3
Increase.
It will be seen by the above table that Vaccination has progressed somewhat in this
Circle during the year under report. The vaccinations performed during the year, exclusive
of those done at Dispensaries, are in exccess of the pre-
ceding year by 5,795, the grand total being 65,167 ; of
which number 61,953, or 95.2 per cent., are reported as successful. This total includes both
primary and re-vaccinations, the number of the latter being 2,643; and if these be excluded,
the number of primary operations, or rather of persons primarily vaccinated, for the opera-
tions " in excess" are not taken into account, stands at 63,533, being an increase of 6,288
over the number of primary operations performed during the year ending 31st March 1871.
2. Examining the different establishments in detail, it will be found that the greatest
increase exists in the Local Funds. But in explanation of this increase, I may state that the
Government Establishment of vaccinators ceased to exist from the 1st of August—the men
being on that date handed over to Local Funds ; and from that date all the operations are
exhibited as having been performed by this last mentioned establishment. Taking both the
establishments together, the increase may be accounted for, in the first place, by the
number of vaccinators being one more than were employed in the year 1870-71; and in the
2nd, by an additional impetus being given to vaccination by the presence of small-pox in a
portion of the Tháná Zilhá towards the close of the year under report.
3. In the Native States an increase also exists over the number vaccinated last year to
the extent of some 117 persons. This increase is altogether due to the employment of an
additional vaccinator, who was entertained by His Highness the Nawáb of Janjirá about the
end of February, and whose returns for the end of that month, and for the succeeding month
of March, show more than the numbers by which the operations in Native States are increas-
ed this year. Were it not for the employment of this man there would have been a
decrease this year in the Native States; and the reason for this I shall point out further on.