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NOTES ON THE STATISTICS OF VACCINATION IN BURMA FOR THE YEAR 1896-97.
Town.
1
Moulmein... ... ... ...
Thatôn
...
...
...
...
Tavoy ... ... ... ...
Mergui... ... ... ...
Toungoo... ... ... ...
Shwegyin... ... ... ...
Kyaikto... ... ... ...
Thayetmyo... ... ...
Number of births during the
year.
2
1,374
460
600
352
636
281
201
512
Number of deaths amongst
children under one year dur-
ing the year.
3
254
105
69
57
151
26
46
146
Number living after deducting
deaths in column 3.
4
1,120
355
531
295
485
255
155
366
Number of successful vaccin-
ations on children under one
year during the year ending
March 1897.
5
1,677
932
361
486
466
569
370
594
Date of extension of Vaccina-
tion Act to town.
6
August 1885.
October 1891.
December 1889.
October 1891.
May 1889
January 1890.
March 1897.
May 1889.
With the exception of Sandoway, Toungoo, Ngathainggyaung, and Tavoy,
where protection by vaccination was not equal to the accession to population by
births, all the other towns show a considerable excess of operations over births
during the year. This is explained by the fact that large numbers of children
outside municipal limits are brought in for vaccination. Moreover, the town
vaccinators do not confine themselves in many places within municipal limits, but
operate within a radius of 5 miles of the town.
20. The following table shows the number of successful vaccinations, the
number of births, and the number of survivals in the districts exclusive of munici-
pal towns for the year :—
District exclusive of Municipal
Towns.
1
Akyab...
...
...
...
Hill Tracts, Northern Arakan ... ... ...
Kyaukpyu
...
...
...
Sandoway...
...
...
Hanihawaddy...
...
...
Pegu... ... ...
Tharrawaddy... ... ...
Prome... ... ...
Thôngwa... ... ... ...
Bassein... ... ... ...
Henzada... ... ... ...
Myaungmya... ... ...
Amherst... ... ...
Tavoy... ... ...
Mergui... ... ...
Thatôn... ... ...
Salween... ... ...
Toungoo... ... ...
Thayetmyo... ... ...
Number of births during
the year 1896.
2
12,020
No data
5,107
3,085
12,248
9,802
11,118
10,638
9,050
9,412
13,598
7,915
5,272
3,248
2,517
6,961
No data
4,661
5,776
Number of deaths
amongst children
under one year during
the year 1896.
3
1,788
No data
934
645
2,516
1,784
1,884
1,899
1,643
1,385
2,347
1,108
605
298
214
799
No data
798
909
Number living after de-
ducting deaths in col-
lum 3.
4
10,232
...
4,173
2,440
9,732
8,018
9,234
8,739
7,407
8,027
11,251
6,807
4,667
2,950
2,303
6,162
...
3,863
4,867
Number of successful
vaccinations on chil-
dren under one year
during the year.
5
1,144
52
738
3,181
3,936
3,551
2,089
5,188
7,078
1,260
3,723
1,243
2,668
1,162
364
5,085
378
2,648
1,466
Percentage of successful
vaccinations to total
number of survivals.
6
11.18
...
17.69
130.37
40.44
44.29
22.62
59.37
95.56
15.70
33.09
18.26
57.17
39.39
15.81
82.52
...
68.55
30.12
The protection given in Sandoway district is very satisfactory as it shows that
not only were almost all the children vaccinated, but also a large number of those
belonging to other districts. The protection in Thôngwa is nearly proportionate
to the accession to population by birth. In other districts, however, the percent-
age varies from 82.52 in Thatôn, 68.55 in Toungoo to 11.18 in Akyab.
21. In accordance with the Government of India, Home Department letter
No. 191, dated the 26th August 1892, the work done and the cost of vaccination
in municipal towns for the past three years is compared in the subjoined table :
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