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funds, Rs. 29,686 by municipalities and Rs. 4,479 by Native States (including
Court of Wards and private persons) against Rs. 1,40,943, Rs. 65,645, Rs. 29,786
and Rs. 4,996, in 1915-16 and Rs. 1,52,411, Rs. 60,100, Rs. 29,881 and Rs. 5,411,
in 1914-15 respectively. The cause of the decrease in expenditure on account of
deputy sanitary commissioners is due to the reversion to military duty of two
I. M. S. deputy sanitary commissioners. The total expenditure on vaccination
in 1916-17, although greater than that for the last year, was less than that incurred
in the year before last. The increase in the expenditure in the year under report
as compared with the last year is to be attributed to (1) enhanced expenditure on the
Bovine Lymph Dépôt, Patwa Dangar, as explained in paragraph 19, (2) the erection
of a new vaccination station in the Mussoorie municipality and (3) the grade
promotion of vaccinators and the entertainment of paid apprentices in some
districts.
Average cost of each success-
ful case of vaccination.
(Statement II.)
6. In 1916-17, the average cost of each successful case of vaccination in
these provinces was two annas, i.e., exactly the same
as in 1915-16, and a little over than that of 1914-15
(one anna and eleven pies)—the average cost for the
triennium being two annas as against one anna and nine pies for the previous
triennial period.
The average cost of each successful case of vaccination in these provinces
during the triennium under review is compared in the subjoined table with that
in other provinces : —
Province.
United Provinces ... ... ...
Assam ... ... ... ...
Bengal ... ... ... ...
Central Provinces ... ...
North-West Frontier Province ... ...
Punjab ... ... ... ...
Madras ... ... ... ...
Burma ... ... ... ...
Bihar and Orissa ... ... ...
Bombay ... ... ... ...
Delhi Province ... ... ...
1914-15
As.
1
3
2
2
1
3
3
8
1
8
4
p.
11
7
3
6
8
3
10
5
2
5
3
1915-16.
As.
2
3
2
3
1
3
3
9
1
8
3
p.
0
1
1
3
10
1
9
1
5
7
11
1916-17.
As.
2
2
2
3
1
3
4
8
1
8
3
p.
0
9
3
6
8
1
1
3
8
10
2
General operations. (State-
ment I.)
The average cost of each- successful vaccination is increased by the cost
of each case in many municipalities, vide appendix B.
7. During 1916-17, the total number of persons vaccinated was 1,643,119 —
1,642,778 by the special (district) staff, 297 by the
dispensary staff and 44 by other agencies i.e., private
medical practitioners—as compared with 1,615,558 in 1915-16 and 1,643,549 in
1914-15, the average for the three years being 1,634,075 against 1,568,030 in
the preceding triennium.
The total number of vaccination operations performed in 1916-17 was
1,652,829 (1,543,907 primary and 108,922 re-vaccinations) in 1915-16, 1,628,367
and in 1914-15,1,654,384, the average for the present triennium being 1,645,193
against 1,582,605 for the preceding triennium.
Subtracting the total number of persons vaccinated from the total number of
operations performed it will be seen that there were 9,710 secondary operations
during the year under report as compared with 12,809 in 1915-16 and 10,835
in 1914-15—the average for the three years being 11,118 against 14,575 for the
preceding triennial period. This is satisfactory.
The number of primary operations in 1916-17 showed an increase of 20,251
over last year's figure and of 340 over that of the year before last—the actual figures
being 1,543,907 in 1916-17, 1,523,656 in 1915-16 and 1,543,567 in 1914-15. As
compared to the previous triennium, the annual average for the period under
report was 1,537,043 against 1,463,882—an increase of 73,161.
There was an increase of 27,551 in the number of successful primary
vaccinations in 1916-17 as compared with 1915-16 and of 9,676 as compared with
1914-15, the actual numbers being 1,492,454, 1,464,903, and 1,482,778 respectively.
The average for the triennium under report also exceeded that for the preceding
corresponding period by 79,180, the actual figures being 1 ,480,045 and 1,400,865
respectively. The total number of re-vaccinations performed in 1916-17 was
greater than that in 1915-16 but less than that in 1914-15, the figures for the three
years being 108,922, 104,711, and 110,817 respectively. The average for the