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Vaccination according to ages.
6. There were 83,984 successful primary vaccinations performed,
50,838 of which were on infants under one year,
and 25,603 on children between one and six years
of age.
The successful vaccinations were at the rate of 28.10 per mille of the
population, the average for the preceding year being 37.05.
Re-vaccinations.
7. The value of re-vaccination is not fully appreciated by the majority
of the population unless small-pox is prevalent. Only
11,70S re-vaccinations were performed during the year
which is 7,054 less than in the preceding year.
Appendix to Statement No. I.—
Vaccination in Political Agencies.
8. The total number of persons vaccinated in the agencies was 7,140
compared with 7,996 during the previous year, a
decrease of 856. No vaccination work was carried
out in the Sherani country during the year under
report owing to unsettled local conditions, whereas last year 3,510 vaccinations
were performed there.
Appendix to Statement No. I.—
Vaccination in Cantonments.
9. During the year 2,405 persons were vaccinated in the cantonments
of this Province against 3,758 in the preceding
year. The number of successful primary vaccina-
tions was 579 and of successful re-vaccinations was
1,145. The vaccinator who works in Peshawar Cantonment is under the
control of the cantonment authorities. At Nowshera the Military Sub-Assistant
Surgeon in charge of the Cantonment Hospital is given an allowance for
vaccination work. In other cantonments vaccination among the non-military
population is done by the district vaccination staff.
Statement No. II. —Cost of the
Department.
10. There was an increase of Rs. 4,456 in the total expenditure during
the year under report. This was due to increased
rates of pay for the vaccination staff, which were
sanctioned to take effect from 1st March 1921. The
expenditure incurred in the purchase of lymph was Rs. 2,614. The total
expenditure amounted to Rs. 23,426 and was met from the funds noted
below :—
Provincial
Funds ... ...
Municipal
„ ... ... ...
Cantonment
„ ... ... ...
District Board „ ... ... ...
Total ...
Rs.
7,555
4,955
302
11,514
23,426
Cost per successful case.
11. The total number of successful operations was 92,322 out of
100,219 actually performed, and the average cost for
each successful case was Re. 0-4-1, an increase of one
anna four pies on the preceding year.
Statement No. III.— Dispensary
Vaccination.
12. As a rule vaccination work is not done by the staff of hospitals
and dispensaries except in Chitral where the two
Sub-Assistant Surgeons tour and supervise the work
of the vaccinators. This year in the Dera Ismail
Khan District 735 persons were vaccinated by the staff of outlying dispensaries
and in the Mardan Sub-Division 17 at Shewa Canal Dispensary.
Statement No. V.—Inspections
made by Officers of the Depart¬
ment.
13. The percentage of successes recorded by Civil Surgeons was 93.30
for primary and 63.24. for re-vaccinations. Divisional
Inspectors and Superintendents record 90.23 and
96.69 for primary and 64.23 and 80.97 for re-vaccina-
tions respectively.
The Assistant Director of Public Health inspected the vaccination of 43
towns and villages during the year. In the case of 2,415 children examined
he found 163 unsuccessful and 361 in which the results had not been
recorded.