NOTES AND STATISTICS
ON
VACCINATION IN BURMA
FOR THE YEAR 1911-12.
1. Strength of Establishment.—The permanent establishment remained as in
1910-11, viz., 268 vaccinators and 49 Native Superintendents.
Two Native Superintendents of Vaccination were sent to Mciktila for training
and 34 apprentice vaccinators were trained at the Meiktila Vaccine Depôt during
1911-12.
2. Dismissals and resignations.—During
the year two of the Native
Superintendents of Vaccination resigned and one died. Three were dismissed
for corruption, falsification of returns, and, in one instance, for abetting inoculation,
for which charge he was convicted and sentenced to nine months' imprisonment.
One Native Superintendent of Vaccination is under suspension on the charge of
abetting inoculation, another has been reduced to vaccinator for neglecting his
work and falsifying his returns. Sixteen vaccinators were either removed from
service or dismissed for falsifying returns, neglect of duty, and disobedience of
orders.
Statements
I and III.
3. Total Operations performed in 1911-12.—The total of all classes was
543,831, districts including towns 507,475, dispensaries 9,917 and jails 26,439.
Total primary operations 425,636. Total operations for re-vaccination
118,195. Secondary operations 1,326. The ratio of persons protected by vaccina-
tion during the year, per mille of population is 36.33, Amherst District claims a
ratio of 80.68, Kyaukpyu one of 72.03 and Rangoon 108.92. Eleven other districts
return ratios above 40 per mille and sixteen more of over 30 per mille. Low
ratios are returned by Hanthawaddy (13), Pyapôn 13.59), Myitkyina (9.42)
and Northern Shan States (7.11).
Statement I.
4. District Vaccination (including Towns).—The total number of successful:
operations performed by the District and Town Vaccination Staffs throughout the
province in 1911-12 was 440,173, an increase of 99,414 on the record of the
previous year. The increase in primary successful operations was 70,369, and in
operations for re-vaccination 29,045. This result indicates a determined and
sustained effort on the part of District Superintendents of Vaccinations, and Health
Officers, and their Staffs to improve on the work of previous years, and my thanks
are due to all who have shared in this successful effort. I regret having to draw
attention to the fact that several districts have not shared in this general increase
of vaccination work. These districts are Hanthawaddy, Prome (as regards
primary operations), Myaungmya, Myitkyina, Lower Chindwin, and Northern
Shan States.
Arakan Division.—The total increase in successful operations was 17,843,
of which 16,001 were primary. The increase was 8,679 in the Akyab District,
7,812 in Kyaukpyu, and 1,322 in Sandoway.
Pegu Division.—Increase in primary successful operations 7,078, and in
operations for re-vaccination 20,163 in excess of 1910-11. The total of successful
operations for re-vaccination was greatly swollen by 24,017, returned by the
Rangoon Town District, an excess of 15,188 on 1910-11, and in the Prome
District there was an excess of 3,555 over the previous year. Re-vaccination
was performed on this large scale in these two districts in the course of vigorous
efforts made to suppress severe outbreaks of small-pox. In Rangoon there were
only 7,932 primary successful operations recorded, but this is an increase of