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APPENDICES.
xi.
STATEMENT No. IV.—Showing the number of persons primarily vaccinated and the number of those persons who were successfully vaccinated in Upper Burma
in each of the undermentioned official years.
Establishment.
Government ...
Municipal
...
Local Funds ...
Native States ...
Dispensaries ...
Army—
Europeans ...
Natives ...
Total ...
PERSONS PRIMARILY VACCINATED.
Total number.
Number successfully vaccinated.
1887-88.
Total number.
Number successfully vaccinated.
1888-89.
No data.
...
...
...
...
Total number.
Number successfully vaccinated.
1889-90.
468
8,182
20,980
...
3,440
10
...
33,080
454
6,937
17,106
...
2,809
5
...
27,311
Total number.
Number successfully vaccinated.
1890-91.
593
10,019
26,435
...
4,685
9
...
41,741
455
8,142
22,279
...
3,642
1
...
34,519
Total number.
Number successfully vaccinated.
1891-92.
1,677
17,445
36,780
...
5,308
10
...
61,220
1,328
15,006
31,598
...
4,338
4
...
52,274
Total number.
Number successfully vaccinated.
1892-93.
2,368
24,836
47,013
...
2,047
58
62
76,384
2,171
20,980
40,746
1,736
25
33
65,691
Total number.
Number successfully vaccinated.
1893-94.
63,053
33,113
...
...
2,663
26
533
99,386
56,484
26,553
...
...
2,156
18
345
85,556
Total number.
Number successfully vaccinated.
1894-95.
81,351
29,592
...
...
4,793
20
445
116,201
74,091
34,550
...
...
4,335
12
284
103,272
Total number.
Number successfully vaccinated.
1895-96.
89,384
24,394
...
...
4,765
36
316
118,895
83,574
22,869
...
...
4,358
19
168
109,988
Total number.
Number successfully vaccinated.
1896-97.
96,839
26,681
...
...
3,731
29
354
127,634
89,922
25,375
...
...
3,323
24
215
118,859
xii.
APPENDICES.
STATEMENT No. V.—Showing particulars of vaccinations verified by Inspecting Officers in Upper Burma.
District.
Mandalay ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Bhamo
...
...
... ... ... ... ... ...
Katha ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Ruby Mines ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Myitkyina
... ... ... ...
Mogaung
...
...
...
...
...
...
Shwebo ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Sagaing ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Lower Chindwin ... ... ... ... ... ...
Upper Chindwin ... ... ... ... ... ...
Pakôkku ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Minbu ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Magwe
...
...
...
...
...
Meiktila ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Yamethin
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
Kyaukse ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Myingyan
...
...
...
...
...
...
Northern Shan States ...
...
...
...
...
...
Southern Shan States ... ... ... ... ... ...
Total Upper Burma ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Total number of
persons vaccinated.
15,870
2,497
2,130
1,609
213
473
17,659
11,832
8,102
7,492
14,154
4,456
7,047
4,194
9,349
4,601
10,435
739
3,662
126,464
TOTAL NUMBER INSPECTED
By Deputy Sanitary
Commissioner or
Civil Surgeons.
1,861
1,503
749
767
69
119
3,028
6,105
4,779
605
5,714
1,229
2,024
1,823
4,034
3,282
3,141
134
1,505
42,471
By Native Superin-
tendents or other
Inspecting Officers.
4,734
420
44
23
68
246
142
1,224
349
750
38
989
750
15
2,520
...
560
......
......
12,872
PERCENTAGE OF ISNPECTION TO TOTAL
NUMBER VACCINATED
By Deputy Sanitary
Commissioner or
Civil Surgeons.
11.73
60.19
35.16
47.67
32.39
25.15
17.15
51.60
58.99
8.18
40.37
27.58
28.72
43.47
43.15
71.33
29.96
18.13
41.10
33.58
By Native Superin-
tendents or other
Inspecting Officers.
29.83
16.82
2.07
1.43
32.39
52.00
.80
10.34
4.31
10.15
.26
22.19
10.64
.36
26.95
......
5.34
......
10.18
PERCENTAGE OF CASES FOUND SUCCESSFUL
TO TOTAL NUMBER INSPECTED
By Deputy Sanitary
Commissioner or
Civil Surgeons.
97.09
92.81
34.31
85.78
94.20
74.78
88.37
95.69
98.91
75.00
95.00
91.13
90.95
88.59
86.01
91.65
93.34
58.95
91.03
......
By Native Superin-
tendents or other
Inspecting Officers.
94.69
86.43
97.73
95.65
92.64
86.17
68.30
96.06
95.41
89.00
79.00
90.09
89.33
100.00
90.47
......
94.13
......
......
......
Percentage of suc-
cesses reported by
vaccinators.
94.36
91.95
75.35
87.44
90.00
78.22
92.84
95.15
98.64
93.36
93.11
95.40
89.48
85.91
88.96
97.59
92.83
79.97
91.07
92.67
APPENDICES.
xiii.
STATEMENT VI.—Showing the number of vaccinations verified by Civil Surgeons, Super-
intendents of Vaccination, and Hospital Assistants in Upper Burma for the year
1896-97.
Division.
1
MANDALAY
SAGAINO
MIMBU
MEIKTILA
SHAN STATES
No.
2
1
3
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
District.
3
Mandalay ...
Bhamo
...
Katha ... ...
Ruby Mines ... ...
Myitkyina ... ...
Mogaung ...
Shwebo
...
...
Sagaing ... ...
Lower Chindwin
Upper Chindwin
Pakôkku
...
Minbu ... ...
Magwe ... ...
Meiktila
...
Yamèthin
...
Kyauksè
...
Myingyan
...
Northern Shan States ...
Southern Shan States ...
Name of Medical Officer.
4
Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel
S.
H.
Dantra.
and grade Civil Assistant Surgeon F. X.
D'Attaides.
1st class Military Assistant Surgeon J.
Dolby.
Dr. C. Martin ... ... ...
Dr. H.Wells
... ... ...
and grade Civil Assistant Surgeon F. X.
D'Attaides.
Dr. H.J. Augustine ... ...
and grade Civil Assistant Surgeon F. X.
D'Attaides.
Assistant Surgeon Maung Thin ...
Surgeon-Major E. P. Nicholas ...
Surgeon-Major O. E. P. Lloyd ...
Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel P. N. Mu-
kerjee.
and class Military Assistant Surgeon T.
W. Minty.
1st class Military Assistant Surgeon A.
H. Nolan.
Dr. R. A. Hollingsworth ... ...
3rd grade Civil Assistant Surgeon Jacob
and class Military Assistant Surgeon T.
W. Minty.
1st class Military Assistant Surgeon R.
H. Nailer.
Surgeon-Captain F. J. Dewes
1st class Assistant Surgeon D. T. Baker
Surgeon-Captain H. O'Reilly ...
Surgeon-Captain B. J. Singh ...
Surgeon-Captain T. W. Stewart
Surgeon-Captain C. E. Williams
and class Military Assistant Surgeon D.
R. Davies.
Senior Assistant Surgeon G. H. Camp-
bell.
1st class Assistant Surgeon A. H. Nolan
Surgeon-Captain A. R. P. Russell
Senior Assistant Surgeon J. E. Camp-
bell.
Lawrence G. Frank ... ...
TOTAL NUMBER
OF CASES SEEN.
Civil Surgeon.
5
1,86I
134
1,379
749
767
69
67
31
21
2,419
609
6,105
443
4,336
478
127
5,364
350
1,229
2,024
936
887
2,815
1,219
3,137
145
613
2,528
134
1,505
Hospital Assistants.
6
...
...
420
44
33
68
...
...
346
...
142
1,224
...
349
...
750
38
989
750
...
15
...
2,520
...
...
560
...
...
Total number of cases found
successful.
7
1,807
1,759
300
680
128
301
2,773
7,015
5,060
1,119
5,437
2,011
2,511
1,783
5,750
3,208
3,457
134
1,370
Total number of cases declared
to be successful.
8
14,975
2,296
1,605
1,407
196
370
16,395
11,358
*8,185
6,901
13,179
4,251
6,306
3,603
8,317
4,490
9.733
591
3,335
Percentage of successful cases
verified.
9
42.00
76.61
18.69
48.33
65.31
81.35
16.91
62.31
61.82
16.21
41.25
47.31
39.82
49.43
69.14
71.45
35.52
22.67
41.08
* Includes 193 successful operations performed by Civil Surgeon in the district.
d
G. B. C. P. O.—No. 3429, B. S., 15-7-97—370.
NOTES ON THE STATISTICS
OF
VACCINATION IN BURMA
FOR
THE YEAR 1897-98.
RANGOON:
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NOTES ON THE STATISTICS
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VACCINATION IN BURMA
FOR
THE YEAR 1897-98.
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1898.
RESOLUTION
ON THE
NOTES ON THE STATISTICS OF VACCINATION IN BURMA
For the year 1897-98.
Extract from the Proceedings of the Government of Burma in the General Department,—No. IZ-11, dated
the 26th July 1898.
READ—
The notes and statistics of the Superintendent of Vaccination for the year 1897-98.
RESOLUTION.—The total number of vaccinations during the year was
421,786, of which 400,318 were primary and 21,468 secondary operations. The
corresponding figures for the previous year were 414,845, 390,666 and 24,179 re-
spectively.
The percentage of successful primary cases was 94.56 and of secondary
cases 61.38 as contrasted with 92.43 and 59.50 in the previous year, and the
ratio of persons successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of population rose from 46 to 48.
The average number of vaccinators employed throughout the year was 167
or six more than in the previous year.
2. On the whole the Lieutenant-Governor is satisfied with the progress
made in primary vaccination, which appears to have been due not only to the small
increase of staff but also to increased exertions on the part of the vaccinators
themselves. In some cases where the results have been less favourable than
in the previous year, as in the Yamèthin district and the Southern Shan States,
special causes have been at work, as explained in the report; but the reasons as-
signed cannot in all cases be considered adequate. The causes of the falling
off in Thatôn are such as the Civil Surgeon should have been able to prevent, and
in the case of Myaungmya it is not understood why vaccinators should remain idle
on the plea that they cannot find subjects in the towns, seeing that there is an
ample field for their energies in the rural tracts. The outturn of work in Myaungmya
continues to be very insufficient. The Lieutenant-Governor regrets to observe that
the remarks made in last year's Resolution regarding the shortcomings of the
Akyab district have not yet borne fruit. The number of vaccinations in this popu-
lous district continues to be. inadequate, though the quality of the work and the
amount of supervision were better in the year of report than in 1896-97. It is to be
regretted if vaccination has met with opposition from a Burman Township Officer
in the pakôkku district, but it should be ascertained whether the statement is any-
thing more than an excuse given by the vaccinator. With respect to the orders of
the pakôkku Municipal Committee requiring that the town vaccinator should oper-
ate only within Municipal limits, there is no objection if he is fully employed, in which
case the total number of vaccinations for the district should not decline. It appears,
however, that, while the figures for the district, exclusive of the town, have diminish-
ed by over 4,000, the total for Pakôkku town is about the same as in the preceding
year. If the entire time of the vaccinator is not occupied by his work in the town,
arrangements should be made with the Municipal Committee to allow him to vacci-
RESOLUTION ON THE NOTES ON THE STATISTICS OF VACCINATION' IN BURMA FOR THE YEAR 1897-98.
3
5. The total cost of vaccination was Rs. 66,790 as against Rs. 64,153 in
1896-97. The percentage borne by Municipal funds remained about the same, but
that borne by Provincial funds rose from 18.23 to 21.75, while in the case of Local
funds there was a corresponding proportionate decrease. The increased expendi-
ture from Provincial funds occurred chiefly in Upper Burma. The average cost of
each successful case was 2 annas and 9 pies, the same as in 1896-97. Of
individual districts, the cost was unduly high in Akyab and was lowest in Sando-
way, where the average cost of each successful case is returned as only 11 pies.
In the towns both Rangoon and Mandalay show a charge of over 7 annas per
case and the lowest figure is that of Sagaing, 1 anna and 1 pie.
6. His Honour considers that the District cess funds of the populous deltaic
districts might with advantage employ more vaccinators. Vaccination work in
these districts is at present inadequate and the vital statistics of 1897 show that
the mortality from small-pox was greatest in districts near the capital. Of 1,950
deaths registered in Lower Burma during the year 1,243 occurred in Rangoon,
Hanthawaddy, Pegu, Tharrawaddy, and Thôngwa. From the Sanitary Report it
does not appear that the dissemination of the disease was traced in any of these
districts to the migratory Madras coolie class. The practice of inoculation is
said to have in many cases led to outbreaks of small-pox, and the surest way of
combating this practice is to bring vaccination to the doors of all.
7. In Lower Burma the number of dispensary vaccinations was considera-
ble only in the Hanthawaddy and Thongwa districts, and the operations perform-
ed at the dispensaries of these districts were mostly cases of re-vaccination. In
Upper Burma a large amount of successful primary vaccination work was done at
the Sagaing dispensaries.
8. At Shwebo and Kindat the number of cases verified by the Civil Sur-
geons was again inadequate, and the Civil Surgeons of Pegu, Thayetmyo, and
Kyaukpyu also did too little inspection work. The Civil Surgeons of Sagaing
and Mônywa appear to have been most energetic in this respect. The Lieuten-
ant-Governor would be glad to receive some explanation of the wide divergence
between the percentage of successful cases found by the Civil Surgeon and the
percentage as reported by the vaccinators in the Hanthawaddy district. This
divergence has for the past three years been greater in Hanthawaddy than in any
other district.
9. The Vaccination Act, 1880, was extended to Thônzè and is now in
force in all the Municipalities of the Province. The Pagan and Letpadan Munici-
pal Committees during the year framed rules for the enforcement of the Act.
Proposals are under consideration for amending the law so as to make the Act
applicable to small towns administered by Town Committees.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Burma,
D. H. R. TWOMEY,
Officiating Secretary.
NOTES ON THE STATISTICS
OF
VACCINATION IN BURMA
For the year 1897-98.
As desired by His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor in his resolution on
the Vaccination Report for 1896-97, the two parts of the province have been
treated together in this report and the statements concerning them have been
amalgamated.
2. Statement No. I.—The total number of persons vaccinated in Burma
during the year of report was 421,786 or 6,941 in excess of the number
operated upon in the year previous. Of these, 400,318 were primary cases and
21,468 were re-vaccinations, as against 390,666 and 24,179 respectively in the
year before. Primary operations show an increase of 9,652, whilst the number
of re-vaccinations decreased by 2,711 cases.
3. Increased activity is noticeable in all districts except those noted below.
(1) Lower Chindwin ... ... ... ...
(2) Akyab ... ... ... ...
(3) Myaungmya ... ... ... ...
(4) Upper Chindwin
...
...
...
...
(5) Southern Shan States ... ... ... ...
(6) Meiktila ... ... ... ...
(7) Yamethin ... ... ... ...
(8) Thatôn ... ... ... ...
(9) Pakôkku ... ... ... ...
(10) Rangoon ... ... ... ...
Decrease.
8
16
121
334
391
703
1,228
1,490
4,128
8,600
The decrease in Lower Chindwin and Akyab is slight and does not call for
explanation. In Myaungmya and Upper Chindwin the falling off is exclu-
sively confined to town vaccination and is said to be due to the paucity of sub-
jects. In the Southern Shan States and Meiktila the deficiency is attributed to
cholera, which prevailed in an epidemic form, in the former from May to Septem-
ber and in the latter from June to August, in consequence of which the vacci-
nators were employed to distribute medicine and look after the sick in the affected
villages, whilst the parents, in terror of the disease, would not consent to their
children being vaccinated. In Yamèthin the reduction is attributed to the vacci-
nators being ill or otherwise absent for short periods. The smaller amount of
work done at Thatôn is believed by the Superintendent to be due to frequent
changes in the vaccination staff and lack of energy on the part of vaccinators, whilst
the marked decline at Pakôkku is ascribed to the town vaccinator being required
by the Municipality to operate within municipal limits, to the illness of a district
vaccinator, to the Civil Surgeon's inability, owing to pressure of work at head-
quarters, to go out on vaccination tours as frequently as before, and to the
obstructive attitude of the Myoôk of Myaing towards an Indian vaccinator. The
falling off in Rangoon is referred to in paragraph 19, which deals with the vacci-
nation of that town.
Diagram showing the proportion of population protected during the seven official years from 1891-92 to 1897-98,
and the death-rate from smallpox during the calendar year 1897 in districts where registration is in force.
Diagram showing the proportion of population protected during the seven official years from 1891-92 to 1897-98,
in districts where registration is not in force
NOTES ON THE STATISTICS OF VACCINATION IN BURMA FOR THE YEAR 1897-98.
3
Year.
1895-96 ...
1896-97 ...
1897-98 ...
European supervis-
ing officers.
...
...
...
Native Superintend-
ents.
10
11
11
Vaccinators.
156
163
175
Clerks.
5
1
2
Peons.
3
7
7
Pay of establish-
ment.
Rs.
45,278
47,138
50,743
Travelling allow-
ances.
Rs.
12,399
15,068
14,627
Contingencies.
Rs.
1,834
1,947
1,420
Total
59,511
64,153
66,790
10. Statement No. II.—The total cost of the department as shown in the
margin, amounted to Rs.
66,790 as against Rs.
64,153 in 1896-97. The
increase of Rs. 2,637 is
due almost entirely to the
establishment which was
increased by 12 vacci-
nators and 1 clerk.
11. Of the total cost
a percentage of 21.75 was
borne by provincial funds,
29.08 by municipal, and 49.17 by local, as against 18.23, 29.24, and 52.53 re-
spectively in the preceding year. The average cost of each successful vacci-
nation (2 annas and 9 pies) was the same as in 1896-97. The cost at Myitkyina
(8 annas and 11 pies), Rangoon (7 annas and 2 pies), the Southern Shan States
(6 annas and 11 pies), the Northern Shan States (6 annas and 1 pie), Akyab (5
annas and 10 pies), and the Arakan Hill Tracts (5 annas and 4 pies) is very high.
12. Dispensary Vaccination (Statement No. III).—The total number of
operations was 9,764. Of these 5,151 were primary operations and 4,613 were
re-vaccinations as against 5,466 and 2,937 respectively in 1896-97. The per-
centage of success in primary cases was 94.95 and in re-vaccinations 52.18.
These ratios are an improvement on those obtained in 1896-97, which were 90.82
and 45.76.
13. Statement No. IV.—In this statement the work done in the past 10
years is compared. The figures show a steady and progressive increase both in
the quantity and quality of the work.
14. Statements Nos. V and VI—set forth the particulars of verification by
inspecting officers. The work done during the year of report is slightly better
than that of the year before. In 16 out of 39 districts in which vaccination was
carried on the percentage of inspections to the total number vaccinated amounted
to 50 or over, whilst in the following districts the proportion was exceedingly
small:—
Salween Hill Tracts ... ... ... ... ... ...
Arakan Hill Tracts ... ... ... ... ...
Kyaukpyu
...
...
...
...
...
Shwebo ... ... ... ... ...
Henzada ... ... ... ...
Ratio.
4.51
7.09
12.61
13.53
14.15
As compared with the previous year the districts tabulated below show a
marked decline in the work of verification by Civil Surgeons :—
District.
Pegu ... ... ... ... ... ...
Amherst ... ... ... ... ... ...
Southern Shan States ... ... ... ... ... ...
Myingyan ... ... ... ... ... ...
Kyaukse
...
...
...
...
...
...
Yamèthin ... ... ... ... ... ...
Bassein ... ... ... ... ... ...
Percentage of
verifications to
the total vacci-
nated, 1896-97.
50.40
18.76
41.10
29.96
71.33
43.15
27.10
Percentage of
verifications to
the total vacci-
nated, 1897-98.
14.54
8.10
20.55
6.41
53.64
34.49
22.16
Doctor Dey, the Assistant Health Officer, Rangoon Municipality, Brigade-
Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel P. N. Mukerji, and Military Assistant Surgeon A. H.
Nolan verified 10,031, 6,131, and 5,703 cases respectively.
4
NOTES ON THE STATISTICS OF VACCINATION IN BURMA FOR THE YEAR 1897-98.
15. 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
... ...
Sandoway ... ...
Rangoon ... ...
Pegu ... ...
Gyobingauk ... ...
Letpadan
... ...
Thônzè ... ...
Prome ... ...
Paungdè ... ...
Ma-ubin ... ...
Yandoon
...
...
Bassein
...
...
Ngathainggyaung ...
Myaungmya ... ...
Henzada
... ...
Zalun
...
...
Myanaung ... ...
Kyangin ... ...
Moulmein
...
...
Thatôn ... ...
Kyaikto ... ...
Tavoy
...
...
Mergui
...
...
Toungoo
...
...
Shwegyin
...
...
Thayetmyo ... ...
Mandalay
...
...
Myingyan ... ...
Pyinmana ... ...
Yamèthin ... ...
Number of births during the
year 1897.
2
735
63
77
73
3,176
304
141
168
119
824
320
150
429
1,062
190
110
544
95
148
219
1,250
370
189
521
322
548
235
536
6,906
770
506
283
Number of deaths amongst
children under one year dur-
ing the year.
3
287
20
23
14
1,425
73
40
50
29
234
69
31
103
238
42
31
185
35
30
31
273
95
41
67
34
93
38
161
2,129
196
95
43
Number living after deducting
deaths in column 3.
4
448
43
54
59
1,751
231
101
118
90
590
251
119
326
824
148
79
359
60
118
188
977
275
148
454
288
455
197
375
4,777
574
411
240
Number of successful vacci-
nations on children under one
year during the year ending
March 1898.
5
410
28
61
101
1,218
496
311
307
161
961
436
1,568
618
1,153
95
89
883
208
696
No data
1,485
950
824
456
645
706
519
546
7,128
1,067
940
417
Date of extension of Vacci-
nation Act to town.
6
August 1883.
April 1894.
June 1894.
September 1890.
April 1884.
March 1893.
February 1897.
January 1897.
October 1897.
June 1890.
August 1890.
October 1891.
January 1892.
September 1888.
February 1890.
June 1894.
January 1889.
August 1894.
July 1889.
August 1894.
August 1885.
October 1891.
March 1897.
December 1889.
October 1891.
May 1889.
January 1890.
May 1889.
August 1891.
September 1891.
November 1891.
February 1892.
NOTES ON THE STATISTICS OF VACCINATION IN BURMA FOR THE YEAR 1897-98.
5
With the exception of Rangoon, Ngathainggyaung, Akyab, and Kyaukpyu,
where the number of successful vaccinations was not equal to the number of sur-
vivals, all towns show a considerable excess of operations over births. This
excess is due, as explained last year, to the fact that large numbers of children
whose homes are outside municipal limits are brought in for vaccination.
16. In the subjoined table information similar to that given in the preced-
ing paragraph as regards municipalities is supplied in respect of districts :—
District exclusive of municipal
towns.
1
Akyab ... ... ...
Kyaukpyu ... ... ...
Sandoway ... ... ...
Hanthawaddy ... ...
Pegu ... ... ...
Tharrawaddy ... ...
Prome ... ... ...
Thôngwa
... ... ...
Bassein ... ... ...
Henzada ... ... ...
Myaungmya ... ...
Amherst
...
... ...
Thatôn ... ... ...
Tavoy ... ... ...
Mergui ... ... ...
Toungoo ... ... ...
Thayetmyo ... ... ...
Number of births during
the year 1897.
2
12,909
5,052
3,087
12,382
9,301
10,274
9,853
10,798
9,476
12,734
8,351
5,098
6,512
3,001
1,911
4,686
5,316
Number of deaths
amongst children
under one year during
the year 1897.
3
1,716
956
507
2,914
2,290
1,810
1,903
2,140
1,880
2,776
1,419
628
913
247
207
899
1,012
Number living after de-
ducting deaths in col¬
um 3.
4
11,193
4,096
2,580
9,468
7,011
8,464
7,950
8,658
7,596
9,958
6,932
4,470
5,599
2,754
1,704
3,787
4,304
Number of successful
vaccinations on child-
ren under one year
during the year.
5
1,480
728
3,181
4,846
2,929
1,934
3,369
7,556
1,529
4,264
1,357
2,933
4,845
1,625
334
3,492
1,351
Percentage of successful
vaccinations to total
number of survivals.
6
13.22
17.77
123.29
51.18
41.78
22.85
42.38
87.27
20.13
42.82
19.58
65.64
86.39
59.01
19.60
92.21
31.39
The number of successful vaccinations on children under one year of age is
again much higher than the number of survivals in the Sandoway district and, as
the explanation of the difference given with regard to the excess of operations
over survivals in towns does not apply with equal force in the case of the entire
districts, the figures for this district would seem to be open to doubt. In other
districts the work shows a general improvement in this respect.
17. In accordance with 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.
2
NOTES ON THE STATISTICS OF VACCINATION IN BURMA FOR THE YEAR 1897-98.
7
With few exceptions the percentage of success has improved, whilst the
average cost per head has increased in a large majority of the municipalities. The
cost per head is very excessive in the Kyaukpyu, Rangoon, Ngathainggyaung,
and Toungoo towns.
18. A similar table to the above giving particulars of vaccination in dis-
tricts, exclusive of municipal towns, is annexed :—