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VACCINATION IN RAJPOOTANA.
[Part II
General results.
It is satisfactory to note that the number of operations increased from
19,170 to 30,409 with almost exactly the same establishment and at a decreased
total cost, and consequently a very marked decrease in the cost per head.
With the exception of the districts of Seetapore and Hurdui, the increase in the
amount of work done was common to all parts of the province. The percent-
age of success among primary cases has fallen off slightly, but the success
attained in re-vaccination is recorded at a but slightly lower figure. This
would lead to the suspicion, as Dr. Sutherland observes, that some misunder-
standing exists.
Lymph supply.
Owing to the supply of vaccine material from England not arriving in
proper time, vaccine operations were delayed at the commencement of the
season, and the first crop of vesicles through which vaccination was set on
foot sprang from material obtained from the Superintendent-General of the
North-Western Provinces. The crusts preserved from the previous season all
proved failures.
Operations per vacci-
nator.
Infant vaccinations.
Caste.
The average number of persons vaccinated by each vaccinator has risen
from 355 to 553; and the ratio of infants vaccinated rose from one-fourth to
one-third of the total number. Three Hindus were vaccinated to one
Mussulman.
Local vaccination.
There is no local or municipal funds vaccination in Oudh.
System pursued.
The system of vaccination pursued has remained the same, with the
exception of the season 1871-72, when the " itinerant method" was tried. " It
consists of concentrating the work around certain centres with the two-fold
object of having it under close supervision, and therefore likely to be well done,
and of illustrating the utility of the process by reducing the prevalence of
small-pox in small and well-protected areas." There are now 12 cen-
tres : one at the head-quarters of each district, and the number of
vaccinators at each station varies from 3 to 6, not including Lucknow, where
there are 11 of the most inexperienced hands. Each centre has a radius of
10 miles.
Resolution of Local
Government.
The Chief Commissioner, in commenting on the report, expresses his con-
gratulations on the marked improvement which the results of the past show
on those of the preceding year.
VACCINATION IN RAJPOOTANA.
General results.
The results of the year's work are represented in thefollowing statement:—
NAMES.
Bhurtpoor
...
...
...
Jeypoor
...
...
...
Oodeypoor
...
...
...
Jhalra Patun
...
...
...
Kerowlee
...
... ...
Kotah
...
... ... ...
Ulwar
...
...
...
Marwar
...
...
...
Tonk
...
...
...
Deolee
...
...
...
Serohi
...
...
...
Indurghur
...
...
...
Dholepore
...
...
...
Khairwarra
...
...
...
Banswarra
...
...
...
Bickaneer
...
...
...
Aboo and Anadra
...
...
Shahpoor...
...
Ajmere and Mhairwarra...
...
Number of
vaccinators
employed.
13
Number of
vaccinations
performed.
26,154
Percentage of
success.
93.6
Cost of vaccination
in each State.
Rs.
574
A.
0
P.
0
Cost of each suc-
cessful case per
head.
Rs.
1
A.
6
P.
0
No returns.
2
1
2
2
14
10
3
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
6
1,873
582
2,454
1,240
18,778
5,519
2,776
184
1,086
39
1,233
101
78
57
614
163
12,944
89.5
89.11
91.8
79.33
89.8
57.34
81.54
63.73
86.48
46.66
87.4
...
87.17
73.91
83.25
69.67
87.22
381
180
72
1,240
2,381
1,962
312
57
264
4
0
0
0
0
9
0
1
0
8
0
0
0
0
6
0
1
0
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54 0 0
......
912 0 0
0
0
3
6
10
1
......
0
0
0
0
0
0
4
2
11
2
8
2
6
4½
0
4
4
11
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0 2 0½
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Summary.
Surgeon-Major W. J. Moore, the Superintendent General, thus summarises
the results attained in the season 1873-74,—
Seventy-five thousand eight hundred and seventy-five vaccinations were performed
during the year at a total cost of Rs, 7,389-15-3; of these, 52,931 were performed in the
Native States at a cost of Rs. 6,477-15-3; 1 anna 2 pie per successful case, and 12,944 in British
Rajpootana at a cost of 1 anna 1 pie per head, The percentage of success, excluding unknown
from the total, was 87.43.