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NOTES AND STATISTICS ON VACCINATION IN BURMA FOR THE YEAR 1911-12,
3,366 on the total of the previous year. The Pegu and Tharrawaddy Districts
show an increase respectively of 2,072 and 3,070 primary successful operations.
The Hanthawaddy District shows a decrease of 1,275 primary successful opera-
tions, and the Prome District of 155. The supervision of vaccination in these
two districts has been unsatisfactory for some years past.
Irrawaddy Division.—The Henzada District shows a total of 22,104 successful
operations. The increase on the previous year was 6,873.
Ma-ubin District.—This District has doubled the total operations recorded
for 1910-11, the increase being 6,282.
Myaungmya District—Shows a decrease of 78 operations on 1910-11.
The Civil Surgeon attributes the decrease partly to the unpopularity of the
operation among the people of this District, but still more to the great difficulty of
getting about the District, and also to his being tied to Headquarters by the
Central Jail, and unable to push the work personally.
Pyapôn District—Returns only 3,483 successful operations, this however is
699 more than in the previous year. Inoculation is usual in this district and
vaccination is unpopular. I feel sure that better results would follow any deter-
mined effort on the part of the local administrative officers to advance vaccination
in the district.
Tenasserim Division.—The Amherst District returns 29,685 successful opera-
tions the record for the Province, of which 24,988 were primary. There is, however,
a decrease of 2,624 primary operations as compared with 1910-11. Toungoo
with a total of 9,822 successful operations shows an increase of 3,287 primary
operations. The total of work done is ridiculously small for this large and populous
district. The Civil Surgeon is, however, so tied to headquarters by Hospital and
Jail work that he can rarely visit the rural areas of the district for inspection duty.
Thatôn returns 14,828 successful operations, with an increase of 1,751 primary
operations. The increase in the whole division is 8,268. Both Tavoy and
Mergui show fewer operations than in 1909-10, though there is a small advance
on 1910-11.
Sagaing Division—With a total of 43,873 operations shows an increase
of 3,356 primary operations. Of these, 2,632 were in the Upper Chindwin District,
which returns 7,514 operations against 4,495 in the previous year. This increase
is evidence of energetic work by the District Superintendent of Vaccination and
his Staff.
Lower Chindwin District—With a total of 11,208 successful operations
shows a decrease of 281 on the previous year and a still greater decrease on
1909-10. Shwebo returns an increase of 835 and the Sagaing District an increase
of only 301 on the previous year.
Magwe Division.—There is an increase of 13,809 primary successful opera-
tions, of which the Magwe District returns 7,102, Thayetmyo 2,753, Minbu 2,208,
and Pakôkku 1,746 in excess of 1910-11. The great increase in the Magwe
District where vaccination has been in a backward condition in previous years,
reflects special credit on the Civil Surgeon and his Staff.
Meiktila Division—Out of a total of 39,225 operations successfully per-
formed, shows an increase of 6,454. All four districts show an increase in
primary operations. Meiktila 3,090, Myingyan 2,404, Kyauksè only 452, and
Yamèthin only 260. Vaccination work in the Yamèthin District appears to have
been neglected.
Mandalay Division.—The whole division shows an increase of 3,328
primary successful operations, and a small decrease in operations for re-vaccination,
on 1910-11. The Mandalay District returns an increase of 959 primary operations,
Katha of 1,120, and Ruby Mines of 1,510, on the previous year. The Bhamo
shows a slight decrease in primary operations, and Myitkyina a decrease of 253.
Vaccination in this last named district is very indifferently conducted and super-
vised.
Northern Shan States.—This District shows a decrease of 771 on the
previous year, the total of successful operations being only 3,261, or 7 per mille
of population, the lowest ratio of any district. The Southern Shan States return
an increase of 2,911 successful operations. The ratio of successful operations
per mille of population is 23.05.