TRIENNIAL REPORT
ON
VACCINATION IN BURMA
For the years 1911-12 to 1913-14.
I. Administration.—Major S. A. Harriss, I.M.S., held officiating charge as
Superintendent-General of Vaccination during the first eight months of the
triennium under review, until relieved by me at the beginning of December 1912.
Statement
II.
Year.
Triennium 1908-09 to
1910-11.
1911-12... ... ...
1912-13... ... ...
1913-14 ... ... ...
Average... ... ...
District
Superin-
tendents.
41
41
41
41
41
Native
Superin-
tendents.
48
49
49
49
49
Vaccina-
tors.
264
269
272
278
273
2. Establishment.—The strength of the establishment during each year of
the triennial period is shown in the
marginal table. There has been no
change in the number of native Super-
intendents, while the number of vac-
cinators has risen from 268 in the last
year of the previous triennial period to
278 in 1913-14.
These 10 additional vaccinators
included 6 for Municipalities (Sando-
way 1, Insein 1, Thatôn 2, Ma-ubin 1,
Myaungmya 1) and 4 for rural areas
of Ma-ubin District.
In the year 1913-14 several temporary additional vaccinators were sanc-
tioned for work in Kyaukpyu District and in Meiktila District.
An additional vaccinator was sanctioned for Salween District to work during
the dry season as an experimental measure.
3. Dismissal and Removal.—In 1911-12, 3 native Superintendents and 16
vaccinators were dismissed or removed from the service for bad conduct and
inefficiency; in 1912-13, 3 native Superintendents and 13 vaccinators; and in
1913-14, 2 native Superintendents and 13 vaccinators, making a total of 8 native
Superintendents and 42 vaccinators discharged from the department. In 1913-14
3 native Superintendents resigned and 3 retired on pension.
Statement
II.
4. Expenditure.—The expenditure on the Vaccination Department has risen
from Rs. 1,49,847 in 1908-09 to Rs. 2,04,873 in 1913-14. The increase was
continuous up to 1912-13, but there was a slight decline amounting to
Rs. 325-10-6 in 1913-14.
The average cost of each successful operation has fallen from 8 annas 4 pies in
the previous triennium to 7 annas and 6 pies in the period under review which was
also the cost in 1913-14. The cost per operation varied in different districts from
3 annas 3 pies in Sagaing, 3 annas 9 pies in Magwe, 4 annas 1 pie in Akyab,
Tharrawaddy and Katha to Re. 1-8-11 in the Ruby Mines and Re. 1-5-0 in
Northern Shan States.
Statement I.
5. Comparative study of vaccination operations in the years 1908-09 to
1913-14.—A comparative study of the returns of vaccination work in the
eight divisions of the Province in each of the two triennial periods 1908-09 to
1910-11 and 1911-12 to 1913-14 furnishes the following information:—
The total number of persons vaccinated by agencies other than Dispensary and
Army staffs during the second triennium was 1,551,289 and exceeded that in the
former period (1,167,673) by 383,616. The excess primary operations totalled
224,391 and re-vaccinations 156,869. All divisions shared in the increased total,
Pegu Division being at the head with an excess of 102,836, followed by Arakan
Division with 59,933, Irrawaddy with 57,539, Magwe with 49,771, Meiktila with
34,160, Sagaing and Tenasserim with 20,886 and 20,793, respectively, the
Shan States with 18,938, and Mandalay with 18,024.
Statement
IV.
6. Successful Primary Vaccination.—The total successful primary operations
reported as performed by all agencies during the triennium 1911-12 to 1913-14 is
1,179,848, against 955,561 in the previous triennium. The increase during the
latter period was 224,287.
The total of successful primary operations by all agencies for 1913-14 was
slightly less than in either of the two earlier years of the triennium, being 392,111
against 393,793 in 1912-13, and 393,944 in 1911-12, the highest total.
The decrease from the first year of the triennium has therefore been 1,833
and from the second year 1,682.