Part II.]
VACCINATION IN BRITISH BURMAH.
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The following table shows the progress of vaccination in Rajpootana from its commence-
ment at intervals of five years :—
YEARS.
1857 ... ... ... ...
1863
...
...
...
...
1867 ... ... ... ...
1872
...
...
...
...
1873 ... ... ... ...
Number of cases.
3,750
28,703
42,657
68,432
75,875
Percentage of success.
......
59.0
70.0
80.0
87.43
REMARKS.
The Jeypoor vacci-
nation is not in-
cluded for 1873, no
reports having been
received.
During the past year the number of vaccinators employed has been nearly the same as for
several years past. The avdisability of an increase in the number of vaccinators in Ajmere
and Mhairwarra is referred to in paragraphs 73, 78. There are also various States, as
Kishenghur, Dholepoor, Jeysulmere, Boondee, Banswarra, in which no vaccinators are
employed. From the statement given in Appendix 2 it will be seen that each vaccinator
performed 887 operations. This is not equal to the work performed in British Provinces, which
proportion cannot be attained in Rajpootana, where no special officer is employed on the duty,
and where the success of the vaccinator depends much on the support given by the Chief or
Durbar, aud where the villages are so distant from each other. There is no particular adverse
feeling against vaccinations in Rajpootana, and the extension of the prophylaxis is a simple
matter of expenditure on supervision and establishment.
VACCINATION IN BRITISH BURMAH.
Superintendence.
The Inspector-General of Jails is also the Superintendent-General of
Vaccination.
Commencement of
season.
Agency. Lymph
supply-
Operations were commenced towards the end of September, but compara-
tively little was done till December, and the season closed in the beginning of
April. The staff consisted of 26 operators, of whom two were employed as
superintendents. Lymph was obtained from the respective heads of the
department in Bengal and the North-Wertern Provinces.
Results.
The quantity of work accomplished is shown in the statement below,
which exhibits very satisfactory results, so far as numbers are concerned,
but the percentage of success is not high.
YEARS.
1869-70 ... ... ... ...
1870-71 ... ... ... ...
1871-72 ... ... ... ...
1872-73 ... ... ... ...
1873-74
...
...
...
...
Number vaccinated.
9,350
23,144
14,532
16,377
18,469
Number successfully
vaccinated.
7,249
18,101
9,838
11,565
13,921
Percentage of sucess-
ful cases.
77.52
78.68
67.98
70.61
75.37
System persued.
Operations not
included in the
returns.
Small-pox.
The operations of the vaccinators were confined to the large towns, where
the result of their work could be thoroughly supervised by the civil medical
officers, who are also ex-officio superintendents of vaccination. Other persons—
missionaries, inoculators, and private individuals—were also supplied with
lymph, but no returns have been received from them.
Small-pox caused 1,416 deaths, of which 1,291 took place in the Pegu
division. A virulent type of the disease having appeared in the Arracan Hill
Tracts in February, immediate steps were taken to introduce vaccination into
the affected villages.
Cost.
The total cost was Rs. 11,418-1-1, and of each successful case 13 annas
and 1 pie.
VACCINATION IN THE HYDERABAD'ASSIGNED DISTRICTS.
Superintendence.
New code of rules.
Agency.
Surgeon-Major R. S. Abbot, M. D., is the superintendent of vaccination
in the Assigned districts. The new code of rules alluded to in the former
year's report was brought into operation at the beginning of the season, but
their general principles of working remain the same. The establishment was
present at head-quarters during July, August and September, when they were
instructed in general subjects, such as history, geography, and arithmetic.
Fifty-two vaccinators were employed, of whom 31 were paid by the State
and 21 from Local Funds and other sources, against 51 in the previous year