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APPENDICES
Statement No. I.—Showing particulars of vaccination in the Province of Burma during the
year 1914-15
Statement No. II.—Showing the cost of the Vaccination Department in the Province of Burma
during the year 1914-15
Statement No. III.—Showing Dispensary vaccination in the Province of Burma for the year
1914-15... ... ...
Statement No. IV.—Showing the number of persons primarily vaccinated and the number
of those persons who were successfully vaccinated in the Province of Burma in each
of the official years 1905-06 to 1914-15... ... ...
Statement No. V.—Showing particulars of vaccination verified by Inspecting Officers during
the year 1914-15... ... ...
Appendix A.—Showing the ratio per 10,000 successfully vaccinated and the mortality from
small-pox by quinquennial periods for Lower Burma only... ... ...
Appendix B.—Statistics relating to the number of children under one year of age in towns
available for vaccination and the number of successful operations performed on
them... ... ...
Appendix C.—Diagram showing the proportion of population protected during the seven
official years 1908-09 to 1914-15, and the death-rate from small-pox during the
calendar year 1914 in districts where registration of vital statistics is in force...
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APPENDICES.
Summary.
—
1
By special staff
(Statement I).
By dispensary staff
(Statement III).
By other agencies,
if any.
Total ...
Total number
of persons
vaccinated.
Primary.
2
395,010
1,704
7,544
404,253
Re-vaccination.
3
64,112
1,380
1,351
66,843
Total number
of operations
performed.
Primary.
4
396,464
1,716
7,514
406,724
Re-vaccination.
5
64,112
1,380
1,851
65,848
Percentage of
successful cases
in which results
were known.
Primary.
6
94.87
92.98
98.34
94.92
Re-vaccination.
7
60.11
64.40
76.66
60.64
Average number
of persons
vaccinated by
each vaccinator.
Vaccinators em-
ployed.
8
280
...
...
...
Persons vaccinat-
ed by each vac-
cinator.
9
1,640
...
...
...
Number of
children success-
fully vaccinated.
Under one year.
10
106,858
421
954
108,238
One year and
under six years.
11
181,126
682
3,041
184,852
Ratio of successful vaccina-
tions per 1,000 of population.
12
32.38
.19
.64
38.21
Total cost of Department.
13
Rs.
2,06,269
A.
1
P.
8
...
...
...
Average cost of each successful
case.
14
Rs
0
A.
8
P
5
...
...
...
12
APPENDICES.
B.—DISPENSARY
STATEMENT No. III—Showing Dispensary Vaccination in the
No.
1
1
2 3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37 38
39
40
41
Districts.
2
ARAKAN DIVISION.
Akyab... ... ...
Hill Tracts, Northern Arakan... ...
Kyaukpyu... ... ...
Sandoway... ... ...
Total... ...
PEGU DIVISION.
Rangoon... ... ... ... ...
Insein
...
...
...
...
Hanthawaddy
(Syriam)...
...
...
Pegu... ... ...
Tharrawaddy ... ... ...
Prome... ... ...
Total... ... ...
IRRAWADDY DIVISION.
Ma-ubin...
...
...
...
Pyapôn... ... ... ...
Bassein...
...
...
...
Henzada... ... ...
Myaungmya... ... ...
Total... ... ...
TENASSERIN DIVISION.
Amherst
...
...
...
Tavoy... ... ...
Mergui... ... ...
Toungoo... ... ...
Thatôn... ... ...
Salween... ... ...
Total... ...
MANDALAY DIVISION.
Mandalay... ... ...
Bhamo... ... ...
Katha... ... ...
Ruby Mines... ... ...
Myitkyina... ... ...
Total......
SAGAING DIVISION.
Shwebo...
...
...
Sagaing... ...
Lower Chindwin... ...
Upper Chindwin... ...
Total......
MAGWE DIVISION.
Thayetmyo... ... ...
Pakôkku... ... ...
Minbu
...
...
...
Magwe... ... ...
Total... ...
MEIKTILA DIVISION.
Meiktila... ... ...
Yamèthin... ... ...
Kyauksè... ... ...
Myingyan... ... ...
Total...
SHAN STATES.
Northern Shan States ...
Southern Shan States ...
Total...
Chin Hills... ...
GRAND TOTAL
Number of
dispensaries in
each district to
which a vacci-
nator is at-
tached.
3
......
......
...... ......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
...
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
...... ......
......
......
......
...... ......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
Average number
of vaccinators
attached to
dispensaries
during the year.
4
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
...... ......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
Total number
of persons
vaccinated.
5
......
53
85
48
186
......
1
112
......
32
......
145
59
...... 272
...... 41
372
20
...... 108
47
167
107
449
263
......
24
...... 262
549
8
2
74
310
394
......
323
......
68
391
47
......
......
......
47
46
352
398
153
3,084
Average number
of persons vac-
cinated by each
vaccinator.
6
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
...... ...... ......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
...... ......
......
......
......
......
......
......
Total.
7
......
18
79
40
137
......
1
96
......
32
......
129
49
......
......
25 ......
74
18
......
92
41
160
72
383
128
......
14
......
152
294
4
2
*86
265
357
......
177
......
3
180
26
......
......
......
26
14
109
128
13
1,716
* Includes 12 secondary
APPENDICES.
13
VACCINATION.
Province of Burma for the year 1914-15 (Paragraph 11).
PRIMARY VACCINATION.
Successful.
Under one
year.
8
...
...
4
...
4
...
...
13
...
17
...
30
5
...
...
...
2
7
1
...
...
1
151
2
180
59
... ...
...
14
73
...
2
10
41
86
...
15
...
...
15
2
...
...
...
2
...
24
24
...
421
One and
under six
years.
9
...
1
29
...
30
...
...
51
... 13
...
64
28
... ...
...
16
44
12
... 30
11
8
20
81
32
... ...
...
9
41
4
...
25
181
210
...
131
... ...
131
7
... ...
...
7
14
50
64
10
682
Total of all
ages.
10
...
10
76
40
126
...
...
77
...
30
...
107
40
... ...
...
22
62
18
.. 65
12
160
70
325
114
...
4
... 148
266
4
2
68
259
333
...
156
...
3
159
16
...
... ...
16
14
88
102
13
1,509
Unknown.
11
...
2
3
...
5
...
...
19
...
...
...
19
9
...
...
...
2
11
...
...
...
13
...
...
18
...
...
10
... ...
10
...
...
5
1
6
...
10
...
...
10
9
... ...
...
9
...
5
5
...
93
RE-VACCINATION.
Total
12
...
35
6
8
49
...
... 16
...
...
...
16
10
... 272
...
16
298
3
...
16
6
7
35
66
135
...
10
... 110
255
4
...
...
45
49
...
146
...
65
211
21
...
... ...
21
32
243
275
140
1,380
Successful.
13
...
11
4
4
19
...
... 2
...
...
...
2
...
... 183
...
...
188
1
...
...
1
4
17
27
47
...
5
...
29
81
4
...
...
38
42
...
129
...
38
167
2
...
...
...
2
32
112
144
62
729
Unknown.
14
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
8
... 86
...
16
110
...
...
...
4
...
...
4
...
...
5
...
...
5
...
... ...
...
...
...
7
...
...
7
19
...
...
...
19
...
53
53
50
248
PERCENTAGE OF
SUCCESSFUL CASES IN
WHI CH
THE RESULTS
WERE KNOWN.
Primary.
15
...
62.50
100.00
100.00
95.45
...
... 100.00
...
93.75
...
97.27
100.00
... ...
... 95.65
98.41
100.00
...
74.71
42.86
100.00
97.22
89.04
89.06
...
100.00
... 97.37
93.66
100.00
100.00
83.95
98.11
94.87
...
93.41
...
100.00
93.53
94.12
... ...
...
94.12
100.00
84.62
86.14
100.00
92.98
Re-
vaccina-
tion.
16
...
31.43
66.67
50.00
38.78
...
... 12.50
...
...
...
12.50
...
... 98.39
...
...
97.34
50.00
... 25.00
50.00
57.14
48.57
43.55
34.81
...
100.00
... 26.36
82.40
100.00
...
... 84.44
85.71
...
92.81
... 58.46
81.86
100.00
...
... ...
100.00
100.00
58.95
64.86
68.89
64.40
PERCENTAGE OF
UNKNOWN CASES TO
TOTAL CASES.
Primary.
17
...
11.11
3.80
...
3.65
...
...
19.79
...
... ...
14.73
18.87
...
... ... 8.00
14.86
...
... 5.43
31.71
...
...
4.70
...
... 71.43
... ...
3.40
...
... 5.81
.38
1.68
...
5.65
...
...
5.56
84.62
...
...
...
84.62
...
4.59
4.07
...
5.42
Re-
vaccina-
tion.
18
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
... ...
... ...
...
80.00
...
31.62
...
100.00
86.91
...
...
... 66.67
...
...
6.06
...
... 50.00
... ...
1.96
...
...
...
...
...
...
4.79
...
...
3.32
90.48
...
...
...
90.48
...
21.81
19.27
35.71
17.97
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operations.
APPENDIX C.
Diagram showing the Proportion of Population protected during the seven official years from 1908-09 to 1914-15 and the death-rate from
Small-pox during the calendar year 1914 in districts where registration is in force.
Note.—The proportion of population protected is based on the number of successful primary vaccinations only.
G. B. P. C. O.—No. 11, Sany. Commr., 23-1-1915— -D. L. 4-20 L. M.
NOTES AND STATISTICS
ON
VACCINATION IN BURMA
FOR THE YEAR 1915-16
RANGOON
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, GOVERNMENT PRINTING, BURMA
1916
[Price,—Re. 0-10-0 = 11d.]
NOTES AND STATISTICS
ON
VACCINATION IN BURMA
FOR THE YEAR 1915=16
RANGOON
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, GOVERNMENT PRINTING, BURMA
1916
LIST OF AGENTS
FOR THE
SALE OF GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS.
IN INDIA:
THACKER, SPINK & Co., Calcutta and Simla.
W. NEWMAN & Co., Calcutta.
THACKER & Co., LTD., Bombay.
HIGGINBOTHAM & Co., Madras.
SUPERINTENDENT, AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSION PRESS, Rangoon.
*D. B. TARAPOREVALA SONS & Co., 103, Medows Street, Fort Bombay.
BUTTERWORTH & Co. (India), Ltd., 8-2, Hastings Street, Calcutta.
IN ENGLAND :
HENRY S. KING & Co., 65, Cornhill, E.C.
A. CONSTABLE & Co., 10, Orange Street, Leicester Square, W.C.
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & Co., Ltd, 68—74, Carter Lane, E.C., and
25, Museum Street, W.C.
BERNARD QUARITCH, 11, Grafton Street, New Bond Street, W.
P. S. KING & SON, 2 & 4, Great Smith Street, Westminster, W.S.
GRINDLAY & Co., 54, Parliament Street, S. W.
T. FISHER UNWIN, 1, Adelphi Terrace, W.C.
W. THACKER & Co., 2, Creed Lane, Ludgate Hill, E.C.
LUZAC & Co., 46, Great Russell Street, W.C.
OLIVER & BOYD, Tweeddale Court, Edinburgh.
E. PONSONBY, Ltd., 116, Grafton Street, Dublin.
B. H. BLACKWELL, 50 & 51, Broad Street, Oxford.
DEIGHTON BELL & Co., LTD., Trinity Street, Cambridge.
ON THE CONTINENT:
ERNEST LEROUX, 28, Rue Bonaparte, Paris, France.
MARTINUS NIJHOFF. The Hague, Holland.
For the sale of official publications excluding those of the Legislative Department of
the Government of Burma.
[The maximum limit of the body of the Notes is 4 pages.]
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
NOTES AND STATISTICS ON VACCINATION IN BURMA FOR THE
YEAR 1915-16.
Establishment
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Punishments
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Work performed during the year
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Successful primary operations
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Revaccination ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Comparison of the amount of work performed in different districts ... ... ...
Dispensary vaccination
...
...
...
...
...
...
Vaccination in Jails
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Verification
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Compulsory vaccination
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Voluntary vaccination
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Cost of Department ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Percentage of successful operations
...
...
...
...
...
Vaccine Depôt, Meiktila, and training
school...
...
...
...
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APPENDICES.
Statement No. I.—Showing particulars of vaccination in the Province of Burma during the
year 1915-16
...
...
...
...
...
...
Statement No. II.—Showing the cost of the Vaccination Department in the Province of Burma
during the year 1915-16 ... ... ... ... ...
Statement No. III.—Showing Dispensary vaccination in the Province of Burma for the year
1915-16
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Statement No. IV.—Showing the number of persons primarily vaccinated and the number
of those persons who were successfully vaccinated in the Province of Burma in each
of the official years 1906-07 to 1915-16 ... ... ... ...
Statement No. V.—Showing particulars of vaccination verified by Inspecting Officers during
the year 1915-16 ... ... ... ... ... ...
Appendix A.—Showing the ratio per 10,000 successfully vaccinated and the mortality from
small-pox by quinquennial periods for Lower Burma only ... ...
Appendix B.—Statistics relating to the number of children under one year of age in towns
available for vaccination and the number of successful operations performed on
them
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Appendix C—Diagram showing the proportion of population protected during the seven
official years 1909-10 to 1915-16, and the death-rate from small-pox during the
calendar year 1915 in districts where registration of vital statistics is in force
...
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APPENDICES.
Summary.
—
1
By special staff
(Statement I).
By dispensary staff
(Statement III).
By other agencies
if any.
Total ...
Total number
of persons
vaccinated.
Primary.
2
384,601
2,849
7,341
394,791
Re-vaccination.
3
74,446
1,628
2,883
78,462
Total number
of operations
performed.
Primary.
4
385,399
2,857
7,341
396,597
Re-vaccination.
5
74,446
1,628
2,388
78,462
Percentage of
successful cases
In which results
were known.
Primary.
6
97.11
97.50
99.50
97.14
Re-vaccination.
7
56.70
76.20
69.30
57.65
Average number
of persons
vaccinated by
each vaccinator.
Vaccinators em-
ployed.
8
297
...
...
...
Persons vaccinat-
ed by each vac-
cinator.
9
1,546
...
...
...
Number of
children success-
fully vaccinated.
Under one year.
10
116,049
570
1,409
118,028
One year and
under six years.
11
184,335
1,298
2,623
188,256
Ratio of successful vaccina-
tions per 1,000 of population.
12
32.18
.30
.59
33.07
Total cost of Department.
13
Rs.
220,475
A.
7
P.
5
...
...
...
Average cost of each successful
case.
14
Rs.
0
A.
9
P.
1
...
...
...
APPENDICES.
13
VACCINATION.
Province of Burma for the year 1915-16 (Paragraphs 3&7).
PRIMARY VACCINATION.
Successful.
Under one
year.
8
...
4
... 4
8
...
...
35
...
95
...
130
11
... ...
... 43
54
66
...
2 5
...
...
72
44
...
...
...
48
92
4
... 64
27
95
...
11
...
...
11
22
...
...
...
22
1
72
73
13
570
One and
under six
years.
9
...
10
...
...
10
...
1
83
... 309
...
393
40
...
...
... 98
138
118
...
6
37
...
12
173
24
...
2
...
91
117
4
...
63
104
171
...
11
... ...
11
39
...
... ...
39
6
158
164
82
1,298
Total of all
ages.
10
...
16
...
43
59
...
54
127
... 433
...
614
74
... ...
... 198
272
191
...
15
73
... 42
321
73
...
2
... 452
527
8
... 137
134
279
...
24
... ...
24
65
...
...
...
65
15
234
249
125
2,535
Unknown.
11
...
...
3
...
3
...
...
26
...
4
...
30
15
...
...
...
13
28
27
...
3
...
...
...
30
...
...
6
... 124
130
...
... 1
2
3
...
...
...
...
...
7
...
... ...
7
...
26
26
...
257
RE-VACCINATION.
Total.
12
...
4
14
8
26
...
1,039
18
... 176
...
1,233
63
...
...
...
21
84
19
... ...
5
...
15
39
36
...
4
...
65
105
1
...
15
13
29
...
4
...
51
55
16
...
... ...
16
...
34
34
7
1,628
Successful.
13
...
2
2
1
5
...
883
5
...
45
...
933
32
... ... ... 11
43
9
... ...
4
...
6
19
36
...
...
...
36
72
...
...
8
11
19
...
...
...
31
31
3
...
... ...
3
...
30
30
4
1,159
Unknown.
14
...
...
12
...
12
...
4
7
...
4
...
15
27
... ...
...
4
31
1
... ... ...
...
...
1
...
...
4
...
23
27
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
7
7
13
...
... ...
13
...
1
1
...
107
PERCENTAGE OF
SUCCESSFUL CASES IN
WHICH THE RESULTS
WERE KNOWN.
Primary.
15
...
94.12
... 100.00
98.33
...
100.00
100.00
... 99.54
...
99.68
82.22
... ...
... 98.02
93.15
100.00
... 65.32
96.05
...
97.67
96.40
100.00
... 100.00
... 97.62
97.93
100.00
... 98.56
93.71
96.21
...
100.00
...
...
100.00
100.00
... ...
...
100.00
100.00
98.73
98.81
96.15
97.50
Re-
vaccina¬
tion.
16
...
50.00
100.00
12.50
35.71
...
85.31
45.45
... 26.16
...
76.60
88.89
... ...
... 64.71
81.13
50.00
... ...
80.00
... 40.00
50,00
100.00
...
...
... 85.71
92.31
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... 53.83
84.62
65.52
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...
... 70.45
64.58
100.00
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... ...
100.00
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90.91
90.91
57.14
76.20
PERCENTAGE OF
UNKNOWN CASES TO
TOTAL CASES.
Primary.
17
...
... 100.00
...
4.76
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16.99
... .91
...
4.64
14.29
... ...
... 6.05
8.75
12.39
... 11.54
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8.26
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... 75.00
... 21.12
19.46
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... .71
1.38
1.02
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...
...
...
...
9.72
... ...
...
9.72
...
9.89
9.35
...
9.00
Re-
vaccina-
tion.
18
...
... 85.71
...
46.15
...
.38
38.89
... 2.27
...
1.22
42.86
... ...
...
19.05
86.90
5.26
... ...
...
...
...
2.56
...
100.00
...
... 35.38
25.71
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... 13.73
12.73
81.25
...
...
...
81.25
...
2.94
2.94
...
6.57
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APPENDIX C.
Diagram showing the Proportion of Population protected during the seven official years from 1909-10 to 1915-16 and the death-rate
from
Small-pox during the calendar year 1915 in districts where registration is in force.
NOTE—The proportion of population protected is based on the number of successful primary vaccinations only.
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NOTES AND STATISTICS
ON
VACCINATION IN BURMA
FOR THE YEAR 1915-16
RANGOON
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, GOVERNMENT PRINTING, BURMA
1916
TRIENNIAL REPORT
ON
VACCINATION IN BURMA
FOR THE YEARS 1914-15 to 1916-17
RANGOON
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT, GOVERNMENT PRINTING, BURMA
1917
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
TRIENNIAL REPORT ON VACCINATION IN BURMA FOR THE
YEARS 1914-15 to 1916-17.
General review of vaccination work
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Small-pox and vaccination
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Comparative study of vaccination operations
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Vaccination work in towns
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Infant vaccination in towns
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Dispensary vaccination
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Verification of results of vaccination
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Dismissals and removals
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Cost of the Department
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Vaccine Depôt, Meiktila
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Training School
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General remarks
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RESOLUTION
ON THE
TRIENNIAL REPORT ON VACCINATION IN BURMA
FOR THE YEARS 1914-15 TO 1916-17.
Extract from the Proceedings of the Government of Burma in the General Department,—
No. IZ.-7, dated the 12th July 1917.
READ—
The Triennial Report on Vaccination in Burma for the years 1914-15 to 1916-17.
RESOLUTION.—In the first two paragraphs of the Triennial Report on
Vaccination in Burma the Sanitary Commissioner has given an interesting review
of vaccination and has discussed its relation to small-pox epidemics. He comes to
the conclusion that three main factors stimulate the work of vaccination and first
among those factors he places outbreaks of epidemic small-pox. In the
triennium under report there was an absence of serious epidemics of the disease and
this is reflected in the vaccination figures. The total number of operations fell by
over 4 per cent. but was still nearly 27 per cent. in excess of the number for the
period 1908-09 to 1910-11. The decline is surprisingly small in view of the
absence of the natural stimulus provided by small-pox epidemics and of the
dislocation of the work of the department by the recall to military duty of so
many members of the Sanitary staff. The satisfactory nature of the results is
attributed by the Sanitary Commissioner to improved organization and super-
vision of the District Vaccination staffs and to the increased interest taken by
District Officers in the work. His Honour is pleased to note that in the Pegu,
Irrawaddy and Sagaing Divisions and in three districts of the Tenasserim
Division the good work of Civil Surgeons aided by the District Officers has resulted
in an increase in the number of primary vaccinations in the triennium. In
other districts the apathy of the rural population in the absence of small-pox is
said to have rendered the efforts of Civil Surgeons ineffective, while in some
districts jail duties hampered these officers in their work of supervision.
It is more difficult to find an excuse for the state of vaccination in Thatôn and the
Sanitary Commissioner's strictures on the organization of the work in that district
are, in the opinion of the Local Government, fully justified. The number of persons
successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of population in 1916-17 was less than half
the average for the other districts of the Division, and was the lowest in Lower
Burma. The only districts in Burma proper which returned lower ratios were
Bhamo, Myitkyina and Putao. The Sanitary Commissioner suggests that con-
siderable improvement is possible also in the vaccination work of Shwebo District
,and of the Magwe and Meiktila Divisions. His remarks on the benefits of
supervision are commended to the attention of all officers. The reorganization
of vaccination work in the Northern Shan States has resulted in an immediate
improvement in the results. A comparison of the figures in Statement No. I
would lead one to believe that the work of vaccination in the Southern Shan
RESOLUTION ON THE TRIENNIAL REPORT ON VACCINATION IN BURMA FOR THE YEARS 1914-15 TO 1916-17. 3
from 100 per cent. of primary vaccinations in Putao, 82.33 in Tavoy and 51.18 in
Minbu to 91 in Bassein. As already indicated the other duties of a Civil Surgeon
in many cases make it difficult for him to supervise the work of vaccination but
the Local Government agrees with the Sanitary Commissioner in the opinion that
in many districts the verification of results is left too much in the hands of
subordinates. The percentage of inspection by Native Superintendents of
Vaccination did not vary widely from that recorded in the period 1911—14.
5. His Honour's thanks are due to Lieutenant-Colonel C. E. Williams,
I.M.S., Sanitary Commissioner, for his success in carrying on the work of the
Department amid serious difficulties arising from a shortage of officers, to
Dr. W. D. Jones for his work at the Vaccine Depôt, and to the numerous officers,
both medical and civil, who have helped in the work of vaccination.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Burma,
C. M. WEBB,
Secretary to the Government of Burma.