NOTES AND STATISTICS
ON
VACCINATION IN BURMA
FOR THE YEAR 1915-16.
Statement
II.
1. Establishment. — Native Superintendents of Vaccination on the Depart-
mental Cadre numbered 41 against 44* in 1914-15. In addition 22 Sub-Assistant
Surgeons drew allowances varying from Rs. 5 to Rs. 20 for verifying vaccination
in Municipalities and notified areas. Three appointments of Native Superintend-
ent of Vaccination were abolished, one in Moulmein Town and two in the
Northern Shan States. The staff of vaccinators increased from 280 to 297.
The new appointments created were two in the Northern Shan States, one each
in Akyab, Thôngwa, Ngathainggyaung, Moulmein and Tavoy Municipalities, and
one in Mergui District for duty in the Victoria Point Subdivision.
Fourteen
appointments in the Rangoon Municipality under the designation of registrar-
vaccinator have this year been included in the vaccination staff, the original three
vaccinators' appointments having been abolished. Two vaccinators' appoint-
ments respectively in Thatôn and Kyaikto towns were abolished.
2. Punishments.—Fifteen district vaccinators were removed or dismissed
for disobedience of orders or falsification of diaries and returns.
Statements
I and III.
3. Work performed during the year.—The total number of persons vacci-
nated in 1915-16 by special staff, i.e. District and Town vaccinators, was 459,047,
against 459,122 in the previous 12 months; a decrease of 75.
In addition to this number 4,477 persons were vaccinated at dispensaries,
9,729 by private agencies and 26,175 in Jails bringing the total on all counts up
to 499,428.
The following analysis of results given in this section refers to operations
performed by the first named agency only.
Primary operations amounted to 385,399, or 11,065 less than in 1914-15.
The total of revaccinations was 74,446, an increase of 10,334.
Statement I.
4. Successful primary operations.—Successful primary operations numbered
362,492, which was 2,979 less than in the previous year. Successful revaccina-
tions totalled 34,466, a decrease of 118
The decrease in primary operations is more than covered by the less work
performed in the Southern Shan States during the year under report than in the
preceding year (vide sub-paragraph 11 below). The work in other districts has not
been more uneven than is usually the case, and is on the whole in excess of that
of the previous year.
Arakan Division shows a decrease of 1,680 primary successes, all districts
except Sandoway sharing in the deficit.
In Pegu Division there was an increase in successful primary operations of
2,922, attributable to Rangoon Municipality (641), Hanthawaddy District (268),
Pegu District (916), Prome District (1,363). In the two remaining districts the
deficiency was almost nominal, that in Tharrawaddy being only 22 and in Insein
District 244. The increase of successful work in Prome District is specially
gratifying, since work in that district in recent years has not been so satisfactory
as in some other districts of the division.
Irrawaddy Division returned an increase in primary successful operations
of 5,469, shared between Ma-ubin District (1,252), Pyapôn District (3,158),
Henzada District (1,218), Myaungmya District (691). The increase in Pyapôn
District amounts to 68 per cent. of last year's total and is very much to the
credit of the present Civil Surgeon, Dr. Aung Tun, who is making a sustained
effort, assisted by the other administrative officers, to improve the position of
vaccination in the district, which has hitherto been very backward.
Tenasserim Division.—Four out of the six districts shared in the increase of
2,447 successful primary operations; Amherst District with 1,310, Tavoy 972,
Mergui 791 and Thatôn 683. Toungoo District shows a falling off of 1,214
successful operations and Salween District of 95 only.
Mandalay Division.—A decrease of 5,139 successful primary operations is
shared by four districts as follows : Mandalay 379, Bhamo 22, Katha 3,843,
Myitkyina 1,049. Ruby Mines District shows an increase of 154.
Sagaing Divisions—There is an increase of 2,297 successful primary
operations; of these Shwebo District contributed 2,264, and Lower Chindwin
1,128, while there was a deficit in Sagaing District of 1,029, and in Upper
Chindwin of 66.
* Revised figure.