NOTES ON THE STATISTICS OF VACCINATION IN BURMA FOR THE YEAR 1896-97.
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Year.
1894-95... ...
1895-96... ...
1896-97... ...
European Supervis-
ing Officers.
...
...
...
Native Superinten-
dents.
7
10
10
Vaccinators.
96
105
110
Clerks.
Peons.
5*
5*
1
3
Pay of establish-
ment.
26,841
32,105
33,949
Travelling
allow-
ances.
8,440
9,165
11,379
Contingencies.
1,554
1,443
1,508
Total.
30,841
43,713
46,806
''Not shown separately in returns of previous years.
14. Statement II.—The total expenditure on the establishment as shown
in the marginal table
amounted to Rs. 46,836
as against Rs. 42,713 in
the previous year. The
increase is due to the re-
vision and increase of es-
tablishment in several dis-
tricts necessitating a
larger amount of expendi-
ture on pay and travelling
allowances.
15. Of the total cost a percentage of 2 was borne by the Provincial funds,
26 by Municipal funds, and 72 by Local funds. The average cost of each success-
ful vaccination was annas 2-11, or 4 pies less than in the preceding year; the
average cost at Akyab (annas 6-1) is very high.
16. Statement III.—The dispensary vaccinations show an improvement on
the whole. The total number of operations amounted to 4,511 or 2,291 in excess
of the previous year. Of these 1,735 were primary vaccinations and 2,776 were
re-vaccinations as against 1,291 and 929 respectively in 1895-96. The percen-
tage of success in primary cases was 94.58 and re-vaccinations 44.63, the corre-
sponding ratios for the preceding year being 92.02 and 37.78.
17. Statement IV.—In this statement the work of the past ten years is com-
pared ; the steady and progressive nature of the improvement is self-apparent.
18. Statement V.—In this statement the particulars of verification by the
Inspecting Officers are shown. Generally there has been improvement. The offi-
cers whose work in this respect does not compare favourably with that of the
previous year were the Superintendents of Vaccination at Tavoy, Tharrawaddy,
Thayetmyo, Henzada, Thôngwa, Mergui, and Myaungmya, the percentage of veri-
fication being 10, 10, 11, 12, 16, 43, and 27 as against 30, 30, 31, 16, 26, 77, and
31 in 1895-96.
19. The following table shows the number of successful vaccinations, the
number of births, and the number of survivals in municipal towns for the year:—
Town.
1
Akyab... ...
Kyaukpyu... ...
Ramree... ... ...
Sandowav... ... ...
Rangoon... ... ...
Pegu... ... ...
Prome... ... ...
Paungde... ... ...
Gyobingauk... ... ...
Letpadan... ... ...
Ma-ubin... ... ...
Yandoon... ... ...
Bassein... ... ...
Ngathainggyaung... ...
Myaungmya ... ...
Henzada... ... ...
Zalun... ... ...
Myanaung... ... ...
Kyangin... ... ...
Number of births during the
year 1896.
2
530
56
47
98
3,103
376
776
324
63
187
120
368
1,075
214
108
861
143
166
229
Number of deaths amongst
children under one year dur-
ing the year.
3
229
13
17
14
1,234
83
188
45
13
42
20
40
244
29
27
108
25
19
19
Number living after deducting
deaths in column 3.
4
301
43
30
84
1,869
291
588
279
50
145
100
328
831
185
81
753
118
147
210
Number of successful vaccin-
ations on children under one
year during the year ending
March 1897.
5
446
96
135
82
1,724
333
1,278
571
220
553
1,346
552
1,154
145
88
1,244
155
953
No data
Date of extension of Vaccina-
tion Act to town.
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August 1883.
April 1894.
June 1894.
September 1890.
April 1884.
March 1893.
June 1890.
August 1890.
February 1897.
January 1897.
October 1891.
January 1892.
September 1888.
February 1890.
June 1894.
January 1889.
August 1894.
July 1889.
August 1894.