TRIENNIAL REPORT
ON
VACCINATION IN BURMA
For the years 1896-97—1898-99.
THE delay in the submission of this report has been due to the late receipt
of the statistical returns and reports from the following districts :—
Name of district.
Myaungmya ... ... ... ... ...
Lashio ... ... ... ... ...
Tharrawaddy ... ... ... ... ... ...
Taunggyi ... ... ... ... ... ...
Taunggyi vaccine depôt ... ...
Hanthawaddy ... ... ... ... ...
Date of receipt.
15th May 1899.
16th May 1899.
16th May 1899.
18th May 1899.
23rd May 1899.
31st May 1899.
2. The area of operations remained the same throughout the period of report.
3. The department was under the administration of the Sanitary Commis-
sioner acting as Superintendent-General. There are no Deputy Sanitary Com-
missioners or Deputy Superintendents-General of Vaccination in this province,
the work of supervision, except within the Municipalities of Rangoon and Manda-
lay, being performed by Civil Surgeons, who are ex-officio District Superintend-
ents within the local limits of their respective charges. The two towns just
referred to are each provided with a special Municipal Health Officer, whose duties
include superintendence of vaccination.
Year.
1895-96 ...
1896-97 ...
1897-98 ...
1898-99...
District
Superin-
tendents.
38
38 38
38
Native
Superin-
tendents.
10
11
11
12
Vacci-
nators.
156
163
175
186
4. The establishment employed during the past four years is contrasted in
the statement in the margin. It will be seen
from the table that the vaccination staff in-
creased during the triennium under report by
two native supervising officers and thirty
vaccinators. In 1896-97 there was an addi-
tion of one native supervisor and seven vacci-
nators; in 1897-98, while the number of the
former remained the same, the number of the
latter increased by 12 men, whilst in 1898-99 the increase amounted to one native
supervisor and 11 vaccinators.
5. The average number of vaccinators on duty was 161 in 1896-97, 167 in
1897-98, and 177 in 1898-99.
6. The following table gives the general results regarding the work done
during the past six years :—
Particulars.
Total number of vaccinations
performed.
Total primary vaccinations ...
Successful primary vaccina
tion.
Ratio per cent. of successful
primary vaccinations.
Total re-vaccinations ...
Successful re-vaccinations ...
Ratio per cent. of successful
re-vaccinations.
Persons successfully vaccinat-
ed per 1,000 of population.
Average number of persons
vaccinated by each vacci-
nator.
TRIENNIAL PERIOD 1893-94 TO 1895-96.
1893-94.
274,534
231,394
205,103
88.64
43,140
20,449
47.40
27.73
2,214
1894-95.
320,955
264,574
238,321
90.08
56,381
26,941
47.78
32.62
2,568
1895-96.
358,548
329,246
301,979
91.72
29,302
13,879
47.37
38.77
2,026
Total.
954,037
825,214
745,403
...
128,823
61,269
...
99.12
6,808
Average.
318,012
275,071
248,468
90.33
42,941
20,423
47.56
33.01
2,269
TRIENNIAL PERIOD 1896-97 TO 1898-99.
1896-97.
414,845
390,666
361,102
92.43
24,179
14,387
59.50
46.09
2,577
1897-98.
421,786
400,318
378,558
94.56
21,468
13,175
61.38
48.08
2,526
1898-99.
466,308
439,050
415,836
94.71
27,258
16,231
59.55
53.03
2,635
Total.
1,302,939
1,130,034
1,155,496
...
72,905
43,794
...
147.20
7,738
Average,
434,313
410,011
385,165
93.94
24,302
14,593
60.07
49.07
2,579