Notes on Vaccination in the United Provinces for the year 1917-18.
Brief notes on vaccination in
1917-18.
As a detailed report for the triennial period 1914-15 to 1916-17 was submitted
last year, this report deals briefly with vaccination
in 1917-18, as compared with 1916-17.
Constitution and strength, of
the department.
(Statement II.)
2. Lieutenant-Colonel S. A. Harriss, I.M.S. was Superintendent-General
of Vaccination from the 1st April till the 25th of
July 1917 when he reverted to military duty. I took
over charge of the office of the Superintendent-
General of Vaccination, United Provinces, in addition to my own duties, on
the afternoon of 25th July 1917 and held it till the close of the year. Dr.
D.D. Pandya, Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, IV Range, and Dr. A. Sousa, Deputy
Sanitary Commissioner, 3rd Range, held additional charge of the 1st and 2nd
Ranges, respectively, throughout the year. The orders of Government regarding
the appointment of a first grade assistant superintendent of vaccination in the
Naini Tal District having been given effect to during the year under report, the
number of 1st, 2nd and 3rd grade assistant superintendents of vaccination is now
9, 16 and 24, respectively. The total number of vaccinators in 1917-18 stood at
915, as compared with 916 in 1916-17.
Expenditure on vaccination.
(Statement II.)
3. There was an increase of Rs. 2,735 in the total expenditure in 1917-18,
including the charges on account of the Deputy
Sanitary Commissioners and their establishments,
as compared with 1916-17, and of Rs. 2,097 excluding these charges—the total
amounts during the two years being Rs. 2,46,578 and Rs. 2,43,843, and Rs. 2,19,416
and Rs. 2,17,319, respectively. The increased expenditure during the year under
report was due to (1) increments in the pay of the Deputy Sanitary Commis-
sioner, IV Range, and in that of the clerical staff of the Deputy Sanitary
Commissioners, (2) grade promotion of the vaccination staff and (3) increased
expenditure under the heads " clerks " and " travelling allowance to vaccination
staff."
Average cost of each successful
case of vaccination.
(Statement II.)
4. The average cost of each successful case of
vaccination in these Provinces during the year under
report is compared in the table below with that of
other provinces :—
Province.
Bihar and Orissa ... ... ... ...
United Provinces ... ... ... ...
North-West Frontier Province ... ... ...
Delhi Province ... ... ... ...
Bengal ... ... ... ... ...
Punjab ... ... ... ... ...
Assam ... ... ... ... ...
Burma ... ... ... ... ...
Central Provinces ... ... ... ...
Madras ... ... ... ... ...
Bombay ... ... ... ... ...
Cost of a successful
case of vaccination
during 1917-18.
As.
1
2
2
2
2
3
3
8
p.
8
0
0
2
3
0
2
5
Information not
received.
General operations.
(Statement I.)
5. There was a satisfactory increase of 27,327 in the number of persons vacci-
nated in 1917-18, as compared with 1916-17, the actual
numbers during the two years being 1,670,446 and
1,643,119, respectively. Of the 1,670,446 persons vaccinated, 143 were vaccinated
by dispensary staffs, 44 by private medical practitioners and the rest (1,670,259)
by the special (district) staff. The total number of operations performed during
the year under report also rose to 1,685,153 (1,572,818 primary and 112,335
re-vaccinations) from 1,652,829 (1,543,907 primary and 108,922 re-vaccinations)
in 1916-17. The number of secondary operations was 14,707, as against 9,710 in
1916-17. The number and percentage of successful primary cases in which the
results were known were 1,516,633 and 97.40 in 1917-18, as compared with 1,492,454
and 97.75, respectively, in 1916-17. The number and percentage of successful re¬
vaccinations were 73,367 and 72.50 in 1917-18, as against 73,286 and 74.07,