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TABLE No. VI.
TABLE OF VACCINATION IN THE BOMBAY ARMY.
European Regiments
for 1869
Regiments ........................................
Lines .................................................
Bazaars ...........................................
Total ......
Native Regiments for
1869-70...........
Regiments ........................................
Lines .................................................
Bazaars ...........................................
Cantonment Bazaars .........................
Ordnance and other Departments
Staff and Details
Total .....
Grand Total ......
Number Vaccinated.
Europeans.
614
......
......
614
16
......
2
119
4
1
142
756
Natives.
16
232
45
293
2,322
199
62
2,428
155
590
5,756
6,049
Total.
630
232
45
907
2,338
199
64
2,547
159
591
5,898
6,805
TABLE No. VII.
SUMMARY OF EMPLOYMENT RETURNS OF SUPERINTENDENTS OF VACCINATION
FOR THE YEAR 1869-70.
CENTRAL CIRCLE.
Superintendent.—
Assistant Surgeon P. S. TURNBULL, M.D.
„
„
W. R. GORDON, M.B. (Acting).
MONTHS.
April 1869.
May
„
June
„
July
„
August „
September „
October
„
November „
December „
January 1870.
February „
March.
„
Total ......
Number of
Stations
visited.
10
10
1
2
......
...... 10
12
12
11
8
8
84
Distance
travelled in
miles.
209
135
63
54
......
...... 152
180
166
171
122
254
1,506
Number
of travelling
days.
24
19
11
57
......
...... 21
22
18
21
19
21
183
Number
of Children
inspected.
3,675
1,701
335
43
......
...... 1,086
1,756
1,924
1,420
1,154
919
14,013
SUMMARY
OF REMARKS.
58
27
11
2
...
...
39
46
36
34
31
30
314
villages visited and inspected.
ditto
ditto
ditto
...
...
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
Dr. Gordon inspected the work
of 5 Municipal Vaccinators, viz.
Sangola, Punderpoor, Indapoor,
Poona, and Nassick ; 23 Govern-
mentVaccinators'work.viz.General
Nos. 23, 168, 144,277, 216, 37, 40,
263, 241, 207, 288,13, 223, 53, 258,
50, 211, 60, 225, 214, 272, 140, and
289. 2 Native States' Vaccinators'
work. 1 Sub-Assistant Surgeon's
and 1 Apothecary's. Total 33.
129
SOUTHERN CIRCLE.
Superintendent.—Assistant
Surgeon J. RABY.
MONTHS.
April
1869.
May
„
June
„
July
„
August
„
September „
October
„
November „
December „
January 1870.
February „
March
„
Total ......
Number of
Stations
visited.
9
11
1
1
1
2
5
12
12
9
8
7
78
Distance
travelled
in miles.
198
207
74
4
26
110
121
178
273
182
146
182
1,701
Number of
travelling
days.
16
13
6
1
4
3
10
14
20
17
13
12
129
Number of
Children
inspected.
1,122
728
254
20
87
19
610
1,017
1,001
436
346
557
6,197
SUMMARY OF REMARKS.
26
15
9
1
3
2
15
24
34
24
19
18
190
villages visited and inspected.
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
Mr. Raby examined the work of
Government Vaccinators General
Nos.233,
252, 218, 57, 243, 322, 35,
228 218, 321. 232, 231, 297, 162.
342, 205, 105, 234, 251, 203, and
268,Native States 10; Municipal
4, Dispensaries 4 ; Local Fund 4;
and 1 Station Vaccinator. Total
NORTHERN CIRCLE.
Superintendent.— MUNCHERJEE BYRAMJEE COLAH, M.D.
MONTHS.
April 1869.
May
„
June
„
July
„
August
„
September „
October
„
November „
December „
January 1870.
February
March
„
Total
Number
of Stations
visited.
7
5
4
......
......
......
1
6
5
5
4
7
42
Distance
travelled
in miles.
335
259½
219
......
......
......
103
295
230
245
239½
283½
2,208
Number of
travelling
days.
24
24
16
......
......
......
4
21
16
22
18
21
167
Number of
Children
inspected.
2,678
2,578
1,854
......
......
......
369
1,474
2,172
5,022
3,186
2,285
21,618
SUMMARY OF REMARKS.
44
56
27
...
...
...
7
36
33
45
30
46
324
villages visited and inspected.
ditto
ditto
...
...
...
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
ditto
Dr. Colah examined the work of
General Nos. 154, 311, 173, 111,
188, 221, 189, 303, 170, 91, 177, 52,
20, 296, 56, 41, 63, 127, 128, 96,
and 287 Government Vaccinators ;
the work of 3 Native States' Vacci-
nator., 5 Dispensaries, and 1 Muni-
cipality's Vaccinator. Total 30.
17 V S
130
WESTERN CIRCLE.
Superintendent.
Assistant Surgeon T. CODY (Acting).
„
„
H. J. BLANC, M.D.
MONTHS.
April 1869.
May
„
June
„
July
„
August
„
September „
October
„
November „
December „
January 1870.
February „
March
„
Total ......
Number
of Stations
visited.
5
4
1
......
......
......
4
9
10
3
6
8
50
Distance
travelled in
miles.
143
105
......
......
......
......
122
201
193
99
135
217
1,215
Number
of travelling
days.
20
10
......
......
......
......
10
15
15
9
11
15
105
Number
of Children
inspected.
1,824
781
39
......
......
......
1,082
671
768
860
888
601
7,514
SUMMARY OF REMARKS.
54 villages visited
and inspected.
12
ditto
1
ditto
11
ditto
18
ditto
Dr. Cody examined the
work of General Nos. 157,
26, 58, 130,105, 71, 125,
106, 28, 266, and 324, and
of 1 Dispensary.
12
ditto
Dr. Cody
gave over charge to Dr.
Blanc on 1st.
18
ditto
18
ditto
22
ditto
166
Do.
Dr. Blanc exa-
mined the work of
General Nos. 220,
26, 324, 38, 130,
28, 290, 326 and
100; 3 Dispensa-
ries, and 1 Muni-
cipal Vaccinator.
There were 14 Government Vaccinators, 1 Munici-
pal Vaccinator's work, and 4 Dispensarie's examined
in this Circle. Total l9.
SIND CIRCLE.
Superintendents.—
Assistant Surgeon J. FFOLLIOTT.
„
„
J. WILLIAMS, M.D.
MONTHS.
April 1869.
May
„
June
„
July
„
August
„
September „
October
„
November „
December „
January 1870.
February „
March
„
Total......
Number of
Stations
visited.
13
......
......
10
6
8
10
15
17
22
22
6
129
Distance
travelled in
miles.
233
......
......
244
344
216
496
307
369
415
418
122
3,164
Number of
traveiling
days.
13
......
......
8
8
8
10
18
17
24
25
5
138
Number of
Children
inspected.
2,066
......
......
421
346
726
473
2,814
5,498
2,539
3,055
758
18,696
SUMMARY OF REMARKS.
84 villages visited and inspected.
Dr. Ffolliott gave over charge to
Dr. Williams, Civil Surgeon of
Kotree, on 17th.
4 villages visited and inspected.
3
ditto
23
ditto
23
ditto
100
ditto
115
ditto
98
ditto
73
ditto
25
ditto
548
ditto
Dr. Williams inspected
the work of General Nos.
294, 250, 143, 195, 78,199,
148, 114, 77, 108,165, and
325, being 12 Government
Vaccinators he
also
inspected 12 Local Vacci-
nators, 6 Municipal Vac-
cinators' work, and the
vaccinations performed at
C Dispensaries, making a
total of 31.
131
KATTIAWAR CIRCLE.
Superintendent.—Surgeon E. R. BUTLER, M.D.
MONTHS.
April 1869.
May
„
June
„
July „
August
„
September „
October
„
November „
December „
January 1870.
February „
March
„
Total
Number
of Stations
visited.
......
......
......
......
......
......
8
8
12
13
14
18
73
Distance
travelled in
miles.
......
......
......
......
......
......
167
167
184
241
229
306
1,294
Number
of travelling
days.
......
......
......
......
......
......
21
22
18
26
22
26
135
Number
of Children
inspected.
......
......
......
......
......
......
1,502
1,110
1,068
1,366
1,724
1,363
8,133
SUMMARY OF REMARKS.
35 villages visited
and inspected.
37
ditto
37
ditto
48
ditto
46
ditto
34
ditto
237
ditto
Dr. Butler examined the work of General
Nos. 144, 307, 305, 141, 32, 377, 85, and 308;
also the work of 20 Vaccinators in Native
States.
Total
34.
REWA KANTA CIRCLE.
Superintendent—Assistant Surgeon J. T. WELSH, M.D.
MONTHS.
April 1869.
May
„
June
„
July
„
August
„
September „
October „
November „
December „
January 1870.
February „
March
„
Total
Number
of Stations
visited.
......
......
......
......
......
......
...... 11
13
11
6
......
41
Distance
travelled in
miles.
......
......
......
......
......
......
...... 248
170
129
133
......
680
Number
of travelling
days.
......
......
......
......
......
......
...... 24
20
11
14
......
69
Number
of Children
inspected.
......
......
......
......
......
......
...... 1,497
807
287
1,282
......
3,873
SUMMARY OF REMARKS.
67 villages visited
and inspected.
47
ditto
17
ditto
62
ditto
......
193
ditto
Dr. Welsh examined the work of General
Nos. 253, 254, 255, 319, and 279, and 5 Vac-
cinators' work in Native States. Total 10.
Dr. Welsh, being in charge of the Guze¬
rat Bheel Corps and. Dhud Jail, is ordered
to travel on vaccination duty for four
months only in the year.
Vaccination.
No. 2095.
GENERAL DEPARTMENT.
Bombay Castle, 1st September 1870.
Letter from the Inspector General, Indian Medical Department, No. 2071,
dated 27th July 1870—Submitting, with his remarks, the Report of the
Superintendent General of Vaccination for the year 1869-70.
RESOLUTION.—During the year under review the total vaccinations
amounted to 466,667,giving an increase of 32,483 over the number in the
preceding year. The alleged average success was 96.2, whereas in the pre-
vious year it was 93.5. This increased success is only apparent, inasmuch
as in former years, cases where the results were unknown were treated as
unsuccessful, while this year they have been deducted from the grand total,
and the percentage of success calculated afterwards. Had the system of
former years been adhered to, the percentage of success would have been
only 93.1.
2. Dr. Pinkerton admits that "Vaccinators are too apt to consider
every case successful, even if there be only abortive vesicles produced." It
is not the least important part of their duty to accurately test results; and
it is to be feared that until the supervising agency of the Department is
strengthened, this work will not be done in a satisfactory manner. The
form of Village Register referred to in paragraph 16 is approved, and may
be adopted. But it is obvious that the information contained in it as to
success or failure will be valueless, unless some reliable system of examina-
tion is introduced.
3. The total cost of the Department was Rs. 1,36,201, which was dis-
tributed as follows :—
1st.-Government................. Rs
2nd.-Municipal................... „
3rd.-Local Fund................. „
4th.-Native States............... „
Total
Rs.
1,00,798
6,694
7,344
21,365
1,36,201
The cost of each vaccination was four annas and nine pies; and of each
successful one five annas and six pies. In all, 299 Vaccinators were
employed.
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4. The Superintendents of Circles have worked with marked zeal,
especially Drs. Williams, Gordon, and Colah. The Table of the number of
Stations visited and distances travelled shows very creditable results. The
result of Dr. Pinkerton's references to the Presidents of the several Local
Funds Committees, as to the extent of assistance that may be expected from
them, will be awaited. It is certain that increased Imperial aid cannot be
looked for. His Excellency in Council is satisfied that it would not be
expedient to reduce the present limited amount of European Medical super-
vision. But it is advisable to employ an intermediate agency between the
Superintendents and the Vaccinators; and the suggestion of Dr. Pinkerton,
to appoint Native Assistant Superintendents selected from the Vaccinators, will
probably be found the most feasible, if the pay of rural Vaccinators can be
met from Local Funds.
5. It seems conclusively proved that the plan of obtaining lymph from
tubes instead of on ivory points is the best. Two packets containing each
twenty-five tubes will be ordered, one from the National Vaccine Establish-
ment, London, and the other from the Central Vaccine Institution of
Scotland.
6. His Excellency in Council has read with great interest the account
of the success that has attended the introduction of animal vaccination. So
far from the people entertaining any prejudice against it, they appear to
prefer it to the ordinary mode. The Inspector General is requested to direct
all Civil Surgeons to make themselves acquainted with the process ; and the
Superintendents of Vaccination are to take every opportunity of instructing
them and the Medical Officers in charge of Dispensaries.
Much credit is due to Dr. Blanc for having introduced this important
discovery into India, and to Mr. Anunta Chundroba for the manner in which
he has worked the system in Bombay. The thanks of Government are also
due to Mr. Crawford and Dr. Hewlett for the effectual aid they have
rendered.
7. The suggestions contained in paragraph 15, as to the manner in
which Superintendents, when on tour, should examine into and report on the
state of Dispensaries, have the entire approval of Government, and are to be
adopted.
8. It is satisfactory to notice that there has been an increase in the
number of Vaccinators maintained at the cost of Municipalities. In all there
are now thirty-four. Of these, only four are found to be employed in Guzerat;
and His Excellency in Council considers that the large towns in that
province might fairly be called upon to support Vaccinators. The Muni¬
cipality of Bombay is also to be requested to contribute.
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9. The Director of Public Instruction will be requested to co-operate
with the Superintendent General, with a view to ensuring, as far as possible,
all boys attending Government Schools being protected against small-pox.
10. His Excellency in Council has pleasure in recording his entire
satisfaction with the successful and energetic manner in which the adminis-
tration of the Department has been superintended by Dr. Pinkerton.
(Signed)
F. S. CHAPMAN,
Chief Secretary to Government.
To
The INSPECTOR GENERAL, INDIAN MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
The COMMISSIONER IN SIND.
The REVENUE COMMISSIONER, N. D.
The REVENUE COMMISSIONER, S. D.
The MUNICIPAL COMMISSIONER for the CITY OF BOMBAY.
The HEALTH OFEICER for the CITY of BOMBAY.
The DIRECTOR of PUBLIC INSTRUCTION.
REPORT
ON
VACCINATION THROUGHOUT THE BOMBAY
PRESIDENCY AND SIND
FOR THE YEAR 1870-71.
Bombay:
PRINTED FOR GOVERNMENT AT THE
EDUCATION SOCIETY'S PRESS, BYCULLA.
1871.
No. 2817 OF 1871.
Bombay, 24th July 1871.
From The INSPECTOR GENERAL,
INDIAN MEDICAL DEPARTMENT,
To The SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT,
GENERAL DEPARTMENT.
SIR,—I have the honour to forward the report on Vaccination throughout
the Bombay Presidency and Sind for the year 1870-71, by Surgeon Pin-
kerton, M.D., Superintendent General of Vaccination.
2. The Superintendent General has had a laborious and successful year.
Personally he has been earnestly engaged in adding to the thoroughness of
vaccination throughout the country by organizing a system which will give
a vaccinator for each talooka, and a Native Assistant Superintendent for
each Zillah.
3. This is a most desirable and useful arrangement, and the best results
may be expected from it. The success which has attended his labours will,
I trust, receive the favourable notice of Government.
4. The Superintendent General has also visited the Bengal and Madras
Presidencies, and describes the Agencies he found in operation for the spread
of vaccination. I quite agree with the results of his observations; and the
system set forth in para. 20 of the report has my entire approval, as being
the best for the Bombay Presidency.
5. The work of the Department generally has been satisfactory.
6. There is an increase in the numbers vaccinated.
7. The work is generally described as of good quality, the percentage
of success being good.
8. The lymph has been of good character, the instances being rare in
which a vaccinator has been found working with inferior lymph ; and when
this fatal error has been discovered, means have been taken to rectify it at
once.
9. No disease of any kind has been observed or reported as having
been produced by the lymph in use.
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10. I think every year a definite statement to this effect from each
Superintendent should be included in the report.
11. A good deal of attention has been given to animal vaccination, the
practice of which, however, should, I think, be confined to large cities, where
there are special facilities for its introduction and working, and many and
great difficulties in the way of the smooth and vigorous working of the
older method of vaccination by human lymph from arm to arm.
12. The real protecting power of animal lymph has not been universally
accepted; until it has stood the test of experience and trial it will be wise
not to use it indiscriminately, but under a thorough supervision and in
certain well-defined centres. In this way, some approximate test will be
supplied as to its efficacy in comparison with human lymph in the presence
of an epidemic of small-pox.
13. I regret to observe that progress has not been made in Dispensary
vaccination. As these institutions are now inspected and reported upon by
Superintendents of Vaccination, it is possible that in time an increased
interest in the work will be created and better results follow.
14. In conclusion, I would respectfully urge that the time has fully
come for some special attention to be paid to the condition of the city of
Bombay, in which small-pox is endemic and destroys annually a large number
of lives. I believe vaccination to be as capable as over of protecting from
small-pox, and that, as a rule, most of the deaths from this disease might be
prevented, and will be eventually prevented, should Government be pleased
to introduce a compulsory Vaccination Act.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
A. WRIGHT,
Inspector General, Indian Medical Department.
REPORT
ON
VACCINATION THROUGHOUT THE BOMBAY
PRESIDENCY AND SIND
FOR THE YEAR 1870-71.
This is the third annual report of the Superintendent General of
Vaccination.
Divisions of the report.
2. The report is divided into the usual heads :—1st, a statement of the
working of the Vaccination Department, in
which is condensed the chief points of the re-
ports of the Superintendents of Vaccination; 2nd, extracts from the reports
of Superintendents of Vaccination and other officers holding civil charges ;
and 3rd, the tables of figures showing the numbers vaccinated in each talooka
or town, as well as many other particulars regarding cost, &c; also the vac-
cinations in the Army and Summaries of the Superintendents' monthly
employment reports.
The year for report should be
changed back to the natural year.
3. I mentioned in my report for 1869-70 that the Government of India
had changed the year from the natural to the
official for reporting on the annual progress
&c., of vaccination. When the subject of that
change was under consideration I gave my opinion against it, chiefly because
there would often be changes taking place among the Superintendents of
Vaccination just about the time the annual Report would fall due. This is
well exemplified this year, by Dr. Williams having gone just before his
report became due, and the acting officer sent in annual returns in the old
forms. I have now also to place on record another objection to the change
of the year. It is this, the recent orders &c. issued regarding vital statistics
throughout India, direct that the registration returns &c. are to be com-
piled according to the natural year, and the Government of India expect that
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( ii )
the progress and benefits of vaccination will be more manifest if we can re-
gister our vaccinations according to the registration districts for births, &c.
This we can do easily, and already have done so, as far as we can; but having
changed the vaccination year from the natural to the official, there will be some
difficulty in making correct and precise comparisons between the number of
vaccinations and the number of births, and also in making correct compari-
sons between vaccinations and small-pox deaths, because of the difference of
the year for vaccination and registration of births and deaths. I am of opi-
nion that the vaccination year should be the natural year, and correspond
with the year for registration of births, &c. I know perfectly well from eight
years experience that the Government of India need not fear that the tour of
Superintendents will in any way be interrupted by the annual papers falling
due on 1st January instead of 1st April.
Government peregrinating es-
tablishment of vaccinators.
4. The strength of the Government peregrinating establishment of vac-
cinators, peons &c., was the same in 1870-71 as
in the preceding year, up to 1st December last,
when the six vaccinators and 3 peons of the Presidency Circle were taken over
by the Municipality of Bombay, and Government relieved of all charges on
account of vaccinators in the Island of Bombay.
Government Station vaccina-
tors.
5. I mentioned in my last report that the Government of India wanted
all stations to pay for their own vaccinators.
After considerable correspondence, Govern-
ment in their Resolution No. 1481, dated 24th
June 1870, were pleased to "approve of the principle that towns should
be required to pay for the vaccinators stationed in them; and the Superin-
tendent General is authorized at once to remove all station vaccinators
under Civil Surgeons, and to utilize their services as may seem best to him
in the different Circles." This order of Government could not be at once
carried out owing to the vaccinators' peons being omitted, but Goverment
issued final instructions in their Resolution No. 3101, dated 19th December
1870. As the year was then drawing to a close, I thought it advisable to
transfer the station vaccinators and peons on 1st March last, so that they
received their first pay with the Circle establishments at the commencement
of the official year 1871-72. I may state that there are now no Government
Civil Station Vaccinators, and instead of the 18 Civil Stations having a
Government vaccinator, the following maintain their own vaccinators from
Municipal funds:—Poona, Ahmednuggur, Sattara, Sholapore, Dhoolia,
Nassick, Belgaum, Dharwar, Broach, Kurrachee, Hydrabad, Shikarpoor,
( iii )
and Aden. Rutnagherry, Karwar, and Kaira being small towns, do not, I
think, require a special vaccinator each, and will be attended to by the
vaccinators of these three talookas. Surat will not maintain a vaccina-
tor. The municipality of that large town passed a Resolution that " they
do not consider it to be the duty of the Municipality to take the place of the
Imperial Government in employing vaccinators, though they may occasionally
supplement existing action by grants-in-aid." I do not care to express
any opinion on the above Resolution, but it is difficult to understand the
principle of only giving a grant-in-aid, in a city almost large enough to
employ two vaccinators, and still more difficult for me to use a grant-in-aid,
for every grant I get must represent the annual cost of at least one vaccinator.
Surat and Randier might at least unite to provide a vaccinator for both
towns. The Rajkote Civil Station vaccinator has, like all the others, been
transferred to the Circle Establishment, and as there is a vaccinator kept by
the Chief for Rajkote town and the surrounding villages, it was unnecessary
to ask the town to maintain another one.
Municipal Vaccinators.
6. The number of Municipal vaccinators was increased by eighteen during
the past year, chiefly owing to the transfer of
the Government Station vaccinators to Circles of
Vaccination, as detailed in the preceding paragraph. Several of the large
towns entertained each a Municipal vaccinator in the place of the Govern-
ment Station vaccinator, which they hitherto had attached to the Civil Hos-
pital. In last year's report I anticipated that Government would be relieved
of the expenditure on account of vaccination in all towns which require the
entire services of a vaccinator. I can now say that my anticipation has
been almost realized, the town of Surat being the only exception. I still
trust that the municipality of Surat will see that it is only fair that they
should pay for their vaccinator, since that town should have the whole services
of a vaccinator. There are still a few large towns which never had a Govern-
ment vaccinator specially for themselves, such as Vingorla, Randier, Jum-
boosur, and others, which might I think keep up each a vaccinator of their
own. I think every town of over 20,000 inhabitants would be better to
have a vaccinator to itself, and Superintendents should try to induce such
towns to entertain a vaccinator. It is true that the annual births in a popu-
lation of 20,000 souls would give too little employment for a vaccinator all the
year round, but the Superintendents can allot a few of the neighbouring
villages to a municipal vaccinator and so increase his work. The following
is a list of the towns which maintain their own vaccinators :—