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APPENDIX TO STATEMENT No. I.
Statement showing the details of the vaccination operations performed in
Political Agencies and by the Cantonment Staff according to
localities during the year 1906-07.
1
Number.
1
2
Districts.
2
3
Names of
Localities.
3
4
Average number of vaccinators employ-
ed throughout the season.
4
5
Total number of persons vaccinated.
5
6
PRIMARY.
Total.
6
Successful.
Under one year.
7
One and under six years.
8
Total of all ages.
9
Unknown.
10
RE-VACCINATION.
Total.
11
Successful.
12
Unknown.
13
7
PERCENTAGE OF
SUCCESSFUL
CASES IN WHICH
RESULTS WERE
KNOWN.
Primary.
14
Re-vaccination.
15
8
PERCENTAGE
OF UNKNOWN
CASES
TO
TOTAL CASES.
Primary.
16
Re-vaccination.
17
The vaccinations performed in Political Agencies are not included in the District total of Statement No. I.
1
2
3
Dera Ismail Khan
Kurram Agency ..
Tochi Agency
..
Sherani Country
Kurram Valley..
Tochi Valley ...
Total ...
1
1
1
3
2,780
2,280
1,020
6,080
2,528
2,225
1,001
5,754
886
393
408
1,687
1,228
1,527
261
3,016
2,497
2,177
971
5,645
31
11
4
46
252
55
19
326
244
48
15
307
8
1
..
9
100.00
98.33
97.39
98.90
100.00
88.89
78.95
96.45
1.23
0.49
0.40
0.80
3.17
1.82
...
2.76
The vaccinations performed in Cantonments and Foreign Territories by the District Staff are included in the District
total of Statement No. I.
1
2
3
4
5
Pesháwar ...
Kohát ...
Bannu ...
Dera Ismail Khán
Hazára
..
Mardan Cantt.
Kohát
„
Bannu
„
D. I. Khán „
Amb State ..
Total ...
...
..
..
..
..
..
153
800
1,163
843
162
3,121
13
131
285
258
162
849
9
13
11
3
30
66
4
...
6
2
61
73
13
131
279
237
124
784
...
..
5
11
28
44
140
669
878
585
...
2,272
51
509
439
323
...
1,382
59
..
71
28
...
158
100.00
100.00
99.65
95.95
92.53
97.39
62.96
85.05
55.40
58.00
...
65.37
...
...
1.75
4.26
17.28
5.18
42.14
...
8.09
4.79
...
6.95
The vaccinations in Cantonments which entertain their own vaccinators are not included in the District total
of Statement No. I.
1
2
Pesháwar
Pesháwar Cantt.
Nowshera ..
Total ...
1
1
2
1,757
755
2,512
474
391
865
286
149
435
65
61
126
435
370
805
36
17
53
1,283
364
1,647
849
300
1,149
189
29
218
99.32
98.93
99.14
77.61
89.55
80.41
7.59
4.35
6.01
14.73
7.97
13.24
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A.—VACCINE DEPARTMENT.
STATEMENT No. II.
Showing the cost of the Department in the North- West Frontier Province during the year 1906-07.
1
Serial number.
1
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
2
3
2
DISTRICTS.
2
Hazára ...
Pesháwar ...
Mardan (Sub-
Division.)
Kohát ...
Bannu ...
D. I. Khán
...
Political
Agencies.
Sherani Country
Kurram Valley
Tochi Valley ...
TOTAL ...
3
EXPENDITURE.
Divisional Inspectors.
3
1
1
...
...
...
2
Pay.
4
Rs.
90
605
a.
0
0
p.
0
0
...
300
228
192
0
0
0
0
0
0
..
...
...
1,415 0 0
Native Supervising
Officers.
5
1
1
1
1
1
1
...
...
...
6
Pay.
6
Rs.
405
660
300
300
297
543
a.
13
0
0
0
11
0
p.
5
0
0
0
10
0
...
...
...
2,506 9 3
Vaccinators.
7
6
8
3
4
3
4
1
1
1
31
Pay.
8
Rs.
837
1,215
411
512
348
630
180
180
240
4,556
a.
11
15
11
9
12
0
0
0
0
12
p.
6
6
3
0
11
0
0
0
0
2
Clerks.
9
1
1
...
1
1
1
...
...
...
5
Pay.
10
Rs.
361
600
a.
1
0
p.
5
0
...
296
420
480
6
0
0
10
0
0
...
...
...
2,157 8 3
Peons, &c.
11
...
1
1
...
1
1
...
...
...
4
Pay.
12
Rs. a. p.
...
51
72
9
0
1
0
...
72
4
0
15
0
0
...
..
...
200 8 1
Total of Establishment.
13
Rs.
1,694
3,132
783
1,408
1,366
1,849
180
180
240
10,836
a.
10
8
11
15
8
15
0
0
0
5
p.
4
7
3
10
9
0
0
0
0
9
Travelling allowance.
14
Rs.
30
13
0
a.
1
8
9
p.
0
9
0
...
24
12
12
15
0
0
...
...
...
81 13 9
Contingencies.
15
Rs.
59
61
17
19
118
13
a.
13
1
8
15
3
3
p.
5
9
0
6
0
4
...
...
8
298
13
10
6
6
Total cost.
16
Rs.
1,784
3,207
801
1,428
1,509
1,876
180
180
248
11,216
a.
8
3
12
15
7
1
0
0
13
14
p.
9
1
3
4
9
4
0
0
6
0
4
PAID FROM.
Imperial Funds.
17
Rs. a. p.
...
...
...
...
..
...
...
180
248
428
0
13
13
0
6
6
Provincial Funds.
18
Rs.
299
13
2
a.
13
8
8
p.
11
9
0
...
27
95
180
5
2
0
3
5
0
...
...
618 6 4
Local Funds.
19
Rs.
794
1,609
799
841
1,434
1,143
a.
0
1
4
0
2
9
p.
10
0
3
6
6
7
...
...
...
6,621 2 8
Municipal Funds.
20
Rs.
690
1,278
a.
10
13
p.
0
7
...
587
48
637
14
0
5
10
0
4
...
...
...
3,242 11 9
Cantonment Funds.
21
Rs. a. p.
..
305 11 9
...
...
..
...
..
...
...
305 11 9
Total.
22
Rs.
1,784
3,207
801
1,428
1,509
1,876
180
180
248
11,216
a.
8
3
12
15
7
1
0
0
13
14
p.
9
1
3
4
9
4
0
0
6
0
5
Number of all successful vac-
cinations and re-vaccinations.
23
22,075
16,509
8,603
9,319
8,827
12,216
2,741
2,225
986
83,501
6
Average cost of each success-
ful case.
24
Rs.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
a.
1
3
1
2
1
2
1
1
4
2
p.
3
1
6
5
7
5
1
4
0
2
7
Serial number.
25
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
2
3
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B.—DISPENSARY VACCINATION.
STATEMENT No. III.
Showing Dispensary Vaccinations in the North- West Frontier Province during the year 1906-07.
1
Serial number.
1
1
2
2
DISTRICTS.
2
Wana Political Agency ...
Khyber
„
„ ...
3
Number of dispensaries in each
district to which a vaccinator
is attached.
3
...
...
...
4
Average number of vaccinators
attached to dispensaries dur-
ing the year.
4
...
...
5
Total number of persons vacci¬
noted.
5
1,174
107
1,281
6
Average number of persons
vaccinated by each vaccinator.
6
...
...
...
7
PRIMARY VACCINATION.
Total.
7
808
65
873
Successful.
Under one year.
8
...
...
...
One and under six
years.
9
...
..
...
Total of all ages.
10
678
51
729
Unknown.
11
12
14
26
8
RE-VACCINATION.
Total.
12
366
42
408
Successful.
13
270
39
309
Unknown.
14
3
...
3
9
PERCENTAGE OF
SUCCESSFUL CASES
IN WHICH THE RE-
SULTS WERE KNOWN.
Primary.
15
85.18
100.00
86.07
Re-vaccination.
16
74.38
92.86
76.11
10
PERCENTAGE OF
UNKNOWN CASES
TO TOTAL CASES.
Primary.
17
1.49
21.54
2.98
Re-vaccination.
18
0.82
...
0.49
11
Serial number.
19
1
2
NOTE.—There were no special vaccinators attached to the dispensaries. Vaccinations were performed by Hospital Assistants.
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COMPARATVE STATEMENT No. IV
Showing the number of persons primarily vaccinated, and the number of those persons who were successfully vaccinated in the
North- West Frontier Province in each of the undermentioned official years.
ESTABLISMMENT.
Government ... ...
Municipal, Local and District
Funds.
Dispensaries ... ...
PERSONS PRIMARILY VACCINATED.
The information
for the years
previous to 1900
is not available.
TOTAL ...
Total number.
Number successfully
vaccinated.
Total number.
Number successfully
vaccinated.
Total number.
Number successfully
vaccinated.
Total number.
Number successfully
vaccinated.
Total number.
Number successfully
vaccinated.
Total number.
Number successfully
vaccinated.
Total number.
Number successfully
vaccinated.
Total number.
Number successfully
vaccinated.
Years ending 31st March.
1900.
8,295
68,474
...
76,769
7,403
63,812
...
71,215
1901.
8,503
65,111
...
73,614
6,926
61,351
...
68,277
1902.
8,259
54,268
794
63,321
6,704
50,320
619
57,643
1903.
2,907
79,445
...
82,352
2,691
74,339
...
77,030
1904.
29,484
63,612
1,166
94,262
26,512
59,761
Not
known
86,273
1905.
4,086
70,089
92
74,267
3,756
66,695
81
70,532
1906.
5,015
80,088
2,668
87,771
4,745
74,905
2,355
82,005
1907.
6,619
69,112
873
76,604
6,450
64,592
729
71,771
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STATEMENT No. V.
Showing the total number of primary and re-vaccinations performed and the number inspected by Civil Surgeons and Native Supervisors, or
other Inspecting Officers, the percentages of those inspected, together with the percentages of cases found successful by them, as contrasted
with the percentages reported by the vaccinators in each district of the North- West Frontier Province during the year 1906-07.
Serial number.
1
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
2
3
DISTRICTS.
2
Hazára
... ...
Pesháwar ... ...
Mardán Sub-division ...
Kohát ... ...
Bannu ... ...
Dera Ismail Khán ...
Political Agencies.
Sherani Country
...
Kurram Valley ...
Tochi Valley ...
Total ...
TOTAL NUMBER
OF PERSONS
VACCINATED.
Primary.
3
15,848
17,585
8,565
8,689
8,341
11,822
2,528
2,225
1,001
76,604
Re-vaccinations.
4
9,045
1,879
407
1,010
1,316
1,306
252
55
19
15,289
TOTAL NUMBER INSPECTED.
By Civil
Surgeons.
Primary.
5
...
108
49
924
944
527
20
1,666
536
4,774
Re-vaccinations.
6
...
...
...
1
109
629
...
43
19
801
By Native
Supervisors.
Primary.
7
13,295
13,370
6,915
6,071
6,308
9,485
...
...
...
55,444
Re-vaccinations.
8
7,993
936
141
222
1,084
832
...
...
...
11,208
By Divisional
Inspectors.
Primary.
9
5,955
5,576
3,077
2,787
2,738
3,357
...
...
...
23,490
Re-vaccinations.
10
4,934
83
...
94
...
242
...
...
...
5,353
PERCENTAGE OF INSPECTIONS OF TOTAL
NUMBER VACCINATED.
By Civil
Surgeons.
Primary.
11
...
0.61
0.57
10.63
11.32
4.46
0.79
74.88
53.54
6.23
Re-vaccinations.
12
...
...
...
0.09
8.28
48.16
...
78.18
100.00
5.24
By Native
Supervisors.
Primary.
13
83.89
76.03
80.74
69.87
75.62
81.92
...
...
...
72.38
Re-vaccinations.
14
88.36
49.81
34.64
21.98
82.37
63.71
...
...
...
73.31
By Divisional
Inspectors.
Primary.
15
37.57
31.71
35.93
32.08
32.82
28.40
...
...
...
30.66
Re-vaccinations.
16
54.55
4.41
...
9.31
...
18.53
...
...
...
35.01
PERCENTAGE OF CASES FOUND SUCCESS-
FUL OF TOTAL NUMBER INSPECTED.
By Civil
Surgeons.
Primary.
17
...
99.07
100.00
99.13
98.41
97.72
100.00
92.80
95.15
96.19
Re-vaccinations.
18
...
...
...
100.00
18.35
60.89
...
76.74
78.14
56.43
By Native
Supervisors.
Primary.
19
98.12
98.67
99.15
99.06
96.96
99.19
...
...
...
98.53
Re-vaccinations.
20
79.86
88.14
85.11
83.33
50.37
68.13
...
...
...
76.95
By Divisional
Inspectors.
Primary.
21
99.00
97.74
96.82
99.39
97.66
99.58
...
...
...
98.39
Re-vaccinations.
22*
80.87
68.67
...
88.30
...
80.99
...
...
...
80.81
PERCENTAGE
OF SUCCESS
REPORTED BY.
VACCINATORS
Primary.
23
98.85
98.84
90.26
99.47
99.17
99.44
98.90
99.14
86.07
98.95
Re-vaccinations.
24
88.14
89.47
82.40
83.79
65.66
70.32
96.85
80.41
76.30
83.67
Serial number.
25
1
2
3
4
5
6
1
2
3
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APPENDIX A.
Statistics relating to the number of children under one year of age in
towns available for vaccination, and the number of successful
operations
performed on them during the year 1906-07.
Number.
1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
TOWNS.
2
Hazara District.
Abbottabád ...
Nawashahr ...
Buffa
...
Haripur ...
Peshawar District.
Pesháwar ...
Kohat District.
Kohát ...
Bannu District.
Bannu ...
Lakki
...
D. I. Khan District.
D. I. Khán
...
Kulachi ...
Tank (Notified Area) ...
Number of births during the
year.
3
75
189
357
242
2,283
611
450
240
1,085
281
129
Number of deaths among chil-
dren under one year during
the year.
4
17
56
107
99
510
126
122
85
419
67
41
Number available for vaccination
after deducting the number
who have died as shown in
column 4.
5
58
133
250
143
1,773
485
328
155
666
214
88
Number of successful vaccina-
tions on children under one
year during the year ending
March 1907.
6
22
84
182
*192
1,542
448
299
102
662
124
34
Date of extension
of the Vaccination
Act to towns.
7
21st May 1906.
Act not in force.
1st October 1904.
November 1894.
Act not in force.
December 1897.
20th January 1906.
„
„
* Includes imported from other places.
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APPENDIX B.
Statement showing the annual number of successful vaccinations and the annual ratio of deaths from small-pox per 1,000 of population
for the five years ending 1906-07, district by district.
Serial number.
1
1
2
3
4
5
6
DISTRICTS.
2
Hazára ... ...
Pesháwar ... ...
Mardán ... ...
Kohát ... ... ...
Bannu ... ... ...
Dera Ismail Khán ... ...
Total ...
Total of Political Agencies ...
Total of Cantonment Staff ...
Total of Dispensary Staff ...
GRAND TOTAL ...
1902-03.
Number of successful
cases.
3
14,589
12,516
11,817
10,870
9,514
17,806
77,112
2,491
2,757
16
82,376
Annual ratio of deaths
from small-pox per
1,000 of population.
4
0.19
1.04
1.97
0.83
0.38
0.74
0.80
...
...
...
0.80
1903-04.
Number of successful
cases.
5
10,864
15,547
6,506
9,130
10,148
8,608
60,803
27,567
1,830
...
90,200
Annual ratio of deaths
from small-pox per
1,000 of population.
6
0.98
1.88
2.1
1.94
0.03
0.53
1.27
...
...
...
1.27
1904-05.
Number of successful
cases.
7
16,180
13,395
8,009
8,685
8,994
13,087
68,350
2,479
1,522
79
72,430
Annual ratio of deaths
from small-pox per
1,000 of population.
8
1.43
0.42
0.22
0.38
...
0.04
0.58
...
...
...
0.58
1905-06.
Number of successful
cases.
9
24,070
13,393
9,154
11,064
9,897
16,761
84,339
3,399
2,051
2,522
92,311
Annual ratio of deaths
from small-pox per
1,000 of population.
10
0.45
0.66
0.32
0.11
...
1.10
0.35
...
...
...
0.35
1906-07.
Number of successful
cases.
11
22,075
14,465
8,603
9,319
8,827
11,268
74,557
5,952
1,954
1,038
83,501
Annual ratio of deaths
from small-pox per
1,000 of population.
12
0.09
1.32
0.83
0.15
...
0.14
0.49
...
...
...
0.49
Serial number.
13
1
2
3
4
5
6
REPORT
ON
VACCINATION
IN THE
NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE
FOR THE YEAR 1907-1908.
BY
Lieut.-Colonel G. W. P. DENNYS, I. M. S.,
Offg Administrative Medical Officer, North-West Frontier Province.
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1908.
REPORT
ON
VACCINATION
IN THE
NORTH-WEST FRONTIER PROVINCE
FOR THE YEAR 1907-1908.
BY
Lieut-Colonel G. W. P. DENNYS, I. M. S.,
Offg. Administrative Medical Officer, North-West Frontier Province.
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Mr. Ernest Leroux, 28, Ruê Bonaparte, Paris.
Mr. Martinus Nijhoff, Hague, Holland.
Mr. B. H. Blackwell, 50 & 51, Broad Street,
Oxford.
Messrs. Deighton Bell & Co., Cambridge.
Mr. Rudolf Haupt, I, Dorrienstrasse Leipzig,
(Germany).
IN INDIA.
Messrs. Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta & Simla.
Messrs. Newman & Co., Calcutta.
Messrs. R. Cambray & Co., Calcutta.
Messrs. S. K. Lahiri & Co., Calcutta.
Messrs. Higginbotham & Co., Madras.
Messrs. V. Kalyanarama Iyer & Co., Madras.
Messrs. G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras.
Messrs. Thacker & Co., Ltd., Bombay.
Messrs. Combridge & Co., Madras.
Messrs. A. J. Combridge & Co., Bombay.
Messrs. D. B. Taraporewala, Sons & Co.,
Bombay.
Mrs. Radhabai Atmaram Sagoon, Bombay.
Superintendent, American Baptist Mission
Press, Rangoon.
Rai Sahib Munshi Gulab Singh & Sons,
Mufid-i-'Am Press, Lahore.
Mr. N. B. Mathur, Superintendent, Nazair
Kanun Hind Press, Allahabad.
Mr. Sunder Pandurang, Bombay.
Messrs. Thompson & Co., Madras.
Messrs. S. Murthy & Co., Madras.
Messrs. Temple & Co., Madras.
Messrs. A. R. Pillai & Co., Trivandrum.
Messrs. Gopal Narayen & Co., Bombay.
Messrs. P. R. Rama Iyar & Co., Madras.
Messrs. A. Chand & Co., Punjab.
IN CEYLON.
Messrs. A. M. and J. Ferguson.
Proceedings of the Hon'ble the Agent to the Governor-Greneral and Chief Commissioner, North-West Frontier.
Province, No. 1667-G., dated 8th August 1908.
READ —
Letter from the Administrative Medical Officer, North-West Frontier Province, No. 3460-V.,
dated 15th July 1908, submitting the annual returns of the working of the Vaccination
Department in the North-West Frontier Province for the year 1907-08.
REMARKS.—Owing to external influences of an unusual character there
was a falling off in the amount of vaccination work done in the Province
during the year. In the Peshawar and Hazara districts malicious rumours
connected with the advent of plague were skilfully disseminated for political
purposes, and the decline in the number of vaccinations in these two districts,
accompanied by a decrease in the attendance at public dispensaries, was a strik-
ing indication of a temporary weakening of popular confidence in Government
and its medical institutions. In other parts of the Province conditions were
normal and the work done was well up to the average. The Chief Commis-
sioner is strongly of opinion that every effort should be made to instruct the
hereditary inoculators, who already command the confidence of the people on
the border, in the principles of vaccination, and to persuade them to adopt it in
lieu of their present dangerous practice of inoculation.
2. It is satisfactory to note the steady rise in the percentage of success-
ful cases. The Chief Commissioner considers that the political effect of
maintaining a high standard of efficiency in this branch of medical aid can
hardly be over-estimated. So long as facilities for vaccination are freely offered
without hint of coercion or undue pressure, the widespread benefits conferred
on the people at large constitute a standing refutation of a certain class of
hysterical but dangerous rumours apt to find currency in times of political stress.
3. The thanks of the Chief Commissioner are due to Lieutenant-Colonel
Crofts and Lieutenant-Colonel Dennys for the administration of the Vaccination
Department and to Lieutenant-Colonel Dennys for his report.
ORDER.—Ordered, that the above Remarks be communicated to the
Administrative Medical Officer, North-West Frontier Province, for information;
also that they be forwarded with the Report to the Government of India, Home
Department.
By order of the Hon'ble the Agent to the Governor-
General and Chief Commissioner,
J. L. MAFFEY,
Assistant Secretary to the Hon'ble the Agent to the
Governor-General and Chief Comnissioner,
North- West Frontier Province.
N.-W. F. P. Govt. Press, Peshawar—154 S. to C. C.—10-8-08—206.
The text of the Vaccination Report is limited to 5 pages.
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Strength of the Department—Statement No. I ... ... ...
Total vaccinations performed by all establishments—Statement No. I ...
Average number of operations by each vaccinator ... ... ...
Primary and Re-vaccinations
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Percentage of success ... ... ...
Ratio of persons successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of population ... ...
Percentage of unknown cases to total cases ... ... ... ...
Average annual number of deaths from small-pox during previous five years ...
Vaccination in Political Agencies—Appendix to Statement No. I ... ...
Vaccination in Cantonments—Appendix to Statement No. I
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Cost of the Deparment—Statement No. II ... ... ...
Cost per successful case ... ... ... ...
Dispensary Vaccination—Statement No. III ... ... ...
Comparison of work done during the past eight years—Statement No. IV
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Inspections made by the officers of the department ... ... ...
Children available in towns for vaccination—Appendix A ... ...
Successful vaccinations with annual ratios of deaths from small-pox ...
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Particulars of vaccinations performed by various kinds of lymph
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Efforts made to train Mullahs in the art of vaccination ... ...
Vaccination inspection by Administrative Medical Officer ... ...
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ANNUAL FORMS.
Statement No. I.—Showing particulars of vaccination in the North-West Frontier Province
during the year 1907-08.
Appendix to Statement No. I—Showing the details of the vaccination operations performed
in Political Agencies and by the Cantonment Staff according to localities during the
year 1907-08.
Statement No. II.—Showing the cost of the Department in the North-West Frontier Pro-
vince during the year 1907-08.
Statement No. III.—Showing Dispensary vaccinations in the North-West Frontier Province
during the year 1907-08.
Statement No. IV.—Comparative
statement showing the number of persons primarily
vaccinated and the number of those persons who were successfully vaccinated in the
North-West Frontier Province in each of the undermentioned official years.
Statement No. V.—Showing total number of primary and re-vaccinations performed and the
number inspected by Civil Surgeons, Divisional Inspectors and other Inspecting Officers,
the percentage of those inspected together wish the percentages of cases found successful
by them as contrasted with the percentages reported by the vaccinators in each District
of the North-West Frontier Province during the year 1907-08.
Appendix A.—Showing statistics relating to the number of children under one year of age
in towns available for vaccination and the number of successful operations performed on
them during the year 1907-08.
Appendix B.—Showing annual number of successful vaccinations and the annual ratio
of death from small-pox per 1,000 of population for five years ending 1907-08, district
by district.
No. 3460 V.
FROM
LIEUT.-COLONEL G. W. P. DENNYS, I. M. S.,
Offg. Administrative Medical Officer,
North- West Frontier Province,
To
J. L. MAFFEY, ESQUIRE, I. C. S.,
Assistant Secretary to the Hon'ble the Chief Commissioner,
North- West Frontier Province.
Dated Peshawar, the 15th July 1908.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to submit herewith, for the information of the
Hon'ble the Chief Commissioner, the Annual Vaccination Report for the
year 1907-08, and to offer the following remarks on the working of the
department :—
Statement No. I.
Strength of the department.
2. The average strength of vaccinators employed in the Province during
the year was 33, against 31 in the two preceding years.
The increase in strength of the staff is due to the
Abbottabad and Haripur Municipalities having each
entertained a vaccinator of their own in June 1907. The number of
Divisional Inspectors and Superintendents of Vaccination remained the same
as in the two previous years, viz., 2 and 6, respectively.
Total vaccinations performed by
all establishments.
Statement No. I.
3. The total number of persons vaccinated in the Province during
the last three years was 90,855 in 1907-08 ; 91,893
in 1906-07 and 100,866 in 1905-06, showing a
steady decline in the work during the triennial period.
The falling off is most marked in the Hazara District which is explained by
the Civil Surgeon to be due to (1) some of the vaccinators having been attacked
at different periods by malarial fevers, (2) frequent transfers among the mem-
bers of the vaccination staff and (3) considerable unrest in the district during
the months of April, May and June 1907 on account of the water poisoning
scare
The falling off is also very marked in the total work done by the
" Dispesary staff," in the Province, the figures being 170 in 1907-08 ; 1,281
in 1906-07 and 2,845 in 1905-06, In the Mardan Sub-division the slight
falling off is attributed to an extensive and severe epidemic of measles which
intertended considerably with vaccination work. In each of the districts of
Dera Ismail Khan, Kohat and Bannu there has, however, been a satisfactory
increas
in the total number of persons vaccinated over the work done in
these districts during the previous year. The work done by the cantonment
staff was also satisfactory.