Notes on vaccination in the United Provinces for the
year 1914-15.
Brief notes on vaccination in
1914-15.
A detailed report for the triennial period 1911-12 to 1913-14 having been
submitted last year, these notes deal briefly with
vaccination in 1914-15 as compared with 1913-14.
Constitution and strength of
the department.
(Statement II.)
2. There was no change in the constitution of the department during
1914-15. The total number of vaccinators in 1914-15
was 925 against 921 in 1913-14.
Expenditure on vaccination.
(Statement II.)
3. The total expenditure on vaccination in 1914-15, including the charges
on account of the deputy sanitary commissioners and
their offices, was Rs. 2,47,622 and excluding these
charges, was Rs. 2,07,168, against Rs. 2,53,619 and
Rs. 2,01,559 respectively in the preceding year. The decrease in expenditure
incurred on account of deputy sanitary commissioners was due to the fact that
two I.M.S. deputy sanitary commissioners reverted to military duty during
the year under report on account of war and the increase in expenditure on
vaccination is chiefly accounted for by the increased expenditure on the Govern-
ment bovine lymph dépôt at Patwa Dangar consequent on the extension of its
operations as explained in paragraph 17.
Owing to the resettlement of the finances of district boards in consequence of
the transfer to the boards of the local rates previously appropriated for expenditure
on rural police, the main heads of the boards' expenditure were standardized, vide
G. O. no. 856/IX—3649 of 1st October 1914.
In fixing the standard of
vaccination charges and the number of vaccinators for each district the normal
conditions of population and birth-rate, &c., were taken into consideration. The
total of the average cost of a vaccinator on the revised scale with bovine lymph
and contingencies was taken at Rs. 220 and Rs. 450 was allowed for the assistant
superintendent of vaccination. As a result of the application of this standard,
which would give a total increase of Rs. 33,000, the district boards are now required
to meet from their own resources the increased cost of vaccinators due to the
recent revision of the scale.
Average cost of each successful
case of vaccination.
(Statement II.)
4. The average cost of each successful case of vaccination during 1914-15
was one anna and eleven pies, i.e. exactly the same
as in 1913-14. As compared with other provinces,
the cost was lowest in Bihar and Orissa and the
United Provinces stand third on the list:—
Province.
Bihar and Orissa ... ... ...
North-West Frontier Province ... ...
United Provinces ... ... ...
Bengal ... ... ... ...
Central Provinces ... ... ...
Punjab ... ... ... ...
Assam ... ... ... ...
Madras ... ... ... ...
Delhi ... ... ... ...
Burma ... ... ... ...
Bombay ... ... ......
Cost of a successful
case of vaccination
during 1914-15.
A.
1
1
1
2
2
3
3
3
4
8
8
p.
2
8
11
3
6
3
7
10
3
5
5
General operations.
(Statement I.)
5. The total number of persons vaccinated in these provinces during
1914-15 rose from 1,640,005 in 1913-14 to 1,643,549
in 1914-15. The total number of vaocinations fell
from 1,660,820 to 1,654,384—a decrease of 6,436,
which is accounted for by the decline in the number of revaccinations from
128,602 in 1913-14 to 110,817 in 1914-15. There was an increase of 11,349 in the
primary vaccinations during the year under review as compared with the preceding
year, the actual numbers being 1,543,567 and 1,532,218 respectively. In 1914-15