( 2 )
1917-18, respectively, the average annual expenditure in the two cases for the
three years under report being Rs. 2,67,493 and Rs. 2,35,325 as against Rs. 2,44,339
and Rs. 2,13,032 in the previous triennial period, respectively. The increase in
expenditure during the year under report as compared with the preceding two
years is mainly due to (1) increased expenditure on the Government Bovine
Lymph Dépôt, Patwa Dangar, as explained in paragraph 19 of the report, and
(2) the return of deputy sanitary commissioners belonging to the Indian Medical
Service from military duty.
Average cost of each successful
case of vaccination.
(Statement II )
6. The average cost per successful operation amounted to annas two and
pies eight during the year under report as compared
with annas two and pics seven for the previous year
and annas two for 1917-18. The average for the triennium under report was
annas two and pies five as compared with annas two for the preceding triennium.
The increase in cost is accounted for by the excess in the expenditure of the
department as explained above. Besides this it is more apparent than real as the
cost has been calculated on a comparatively smaller number of vaccinations
performed during the triennium under report.
In the table appended below, the cost per successful case of vaccination in
these Provinces for the three years under review is compared with that of other
Indian provinces :—
Province.
United Provinces ... ... ...
Assam ... ... ... ...
Bengal ... ... ... ...
Punjab ... ... ... ...
Burma ... ... ... ...
Bihar and Orissa ... ... ...
Delhi Province ... ... ...
Central Provinces ... ... ...
North-West Frontier Province ... ...
Madras ... ... ... ...
Bombay ... ... ... ...
1917-18.
a.
2
3
2
3
8
1
2
3
2
4
9
p.
0
2
3
0
5
8
2
1
0
5
0
1918-19.
a.
2
3
2
2
7
1
2
3
2
6
10
p.
7
11
6
10
8
10
9
11
4
1
9
1919-20.
a.
2
3
1
3
6
1
3
p.
8
3
8
5
4
10
10
Information
not avail-
able.
General operations
(Statement I.)
7. During the year 1919-20, 1,409,481 persons were vaccinated as against
1,409,774 and 1,670,446 in 1918-19 and 1917-18, res-
pectively, the average for the three years being
1,496,567 as compared with 1,634,075 for the preceding corresponding period. The
total number of vaccination operations performed during the year under report was
1,425,754 (1,290,912 primary and 134,842 re-vaccinations) as compared with
1,420,332 (1,273,821 primary and 146,511 re-vaccinations) in 1918-19 and 1,685,153
(1,572,818 primary and 112,335 re-vaccinations) in 1917-18. The average for the
three years amounted to 1,510,413 as against 1,645,193 in the previous triennium.
The difference between the total number of vaccination operations performed
and the total number of persons vaccinated represents secondary operations, which
in 1919-20 were 16,273 as compared with 10,558 and 14,707, respectively, in
1918-19 and 1917-18, the annual average being 13,846 against 11,118 for the
preceding triennial period.
The total number of re-vaccinations performed was 134,842 in 1919-20,
146,511 in 1918-19 and 112,335 in 1917-18, or an average of 131,229 for the
triennial period under report against 108,150 for the preceding triennium.
The number of successful primary vaccinations and re-vaccinations during
1919-20 was 1,225,694 and 77,971 as against 1,217,355 and 86,891 in 1918-19 and
1,516,633 and 73,367 in 1917-18, respectively. The average for the triennium
under report in case of successful primary vaccinations and re-vaccinations was
1,319,894 and 79,410, respectively, as compared with 1,480,045 and 72,707,
respectively, for the preceding triennium.
The percentage of successful cases in which the results were known in 1919-20
was 96.29 in the case of primary operations and 65.01 in the case of re-vaccinations,