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APPENDICES.
ix.
A.—VACCINATION DEPARTMENT.
STATEMENT No. II.—Showing the cost of the Department in Upper Burma during the year 1895-96.
No.
1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
District.
2
Northern Division—
Mandalay ... ... ... ...
Bhamo ... ... ... ...
Myitkyina ... ... ...
Katha ... ... ...
Ruby Mines ... ... ...
Total ...
Central Division—
Shwebo ... ... ...
Sagaing ... ... ...
Lower Chindwin ... ... ...
Upper Chindwin ... ... ...
Total ...
Southern Division—
Pakôkku ... ... ...
Minbu ... ... ...
Magwe ... ... ...
Total ...
Eastern Division—
Meiktila ... ... ... ...
Yamethin ... ... ... ...
Kyaukse ... ... ... ...
Myingyan ... ... ... ...
Total ...
Shan States—
Southern Shan States ... ... ...
Northern Shan States ... ... ...
Total ...
GRAND TOTAL ...
ESTABLISHMENT.
Superintendent-General.
3
...
Superintendents of
circles.
4
1
1
2
1
1
6
1
1
1
1
4
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
4
1
1
2
19
Deputy Superintendents.
5
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
Native Superintendents.
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Vaccinators.
1st class.
7
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
2nd class.
8
6
3
1
1
1
12
5
4
3
2
14
3
3
3
9
1
5
3
3
12
2
1
3
50
Chaprassies and other
servants.
9
3
...
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
EXPENDITURE.
Pay of establishment.
10
Rs.
4,139
738
288
188
300
5,653
826
718
750
345
2,639
452
630
758
1,840
240
922
676
565
2,403
338
300
638
13,173
Travelling allowance.
11
Rs.
224
340
9
123
104
800
223
231
199
139
792
127
128
348
603
118
357
198
91
764
275
...
275
3,234
Contingencies.
12
Rs.
338
...
...
...
...
338
...
...
53
...
53
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
391
Total cost.
13
Rs.
4,701
1,078
297
311
404
6,791
1,049
949
1,002
484
3,484
579
758
1,106
2,443
358
1,279
874
656
3,167
613
300
913
16,793
PAID FROM
Imperial funds.
14
Rs.
582
820
297
311
404
3,414
765
769
617
484
2,635
399
450
831
1,680
353
866
655
498
2,377
613
300
913
10,019
Provincial funds.
15
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Local funds.
16
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Municipalities.
17
Rs.
4,119
258
...
...
...
4,377
284
180
385
...
849
180
308
275
763
...
413
219
158
790
...
...
...
6,779
Native States.
18
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total.
19
Rs.
4,701
1,078
297
311
404
6,791
1,049
949
1,002
484
3,484
579
758
1,106
2,443
358
1,279
874
656
3,167
613
300
913
16,798
Number of all successful vaccin-
ations and re-vaccinations.
20
14,798
3,689
348
2,615
1,083
22,533
13,454
11,207
7,969
6,804
38,434
6,250
6,026
6,179
18,455
3,122
7,738
4,322
8,265
23,447
3,169
688
3,857
106,726
Average cost of each success-
ful case.
21
Rs. A. P.
0
0
0
0
0
0
5
4
13
1
6
4
1
8
8
11
0
10
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
2
1
1
4
4
0
2
5
0
0
0
0
1
2
2
2
6
0
10
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2
3
1
2
10
8
3
3
2
0
0
0
0
3
7
3
2
1
0
9
6
c
x.
APPENDICES.
B.—DISPENSARY VACCINATION.
STATEMENT No. III.—Showing dispensary vaccination in Upper Burma for the year 1895-96.
No.
1
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
District
2
Northern Division—
Mandalay ... ... ... ... ...
Bhamo
...
...
...
...
...
Mogaung (subdivision) ... ... ... ...
Myitkyina ... ... ... ... ... ...
Katha
...
...
...
...
...
Ruby Mines ... ... ... ... ...
Total ...
Central Division—
Shwebo ... ... ... ... ...
Sagaing ... ... ... ... ...
Lower Chindwin ... ... ... ... ...
Upper Chindwin ... ... ... ... ...
Total ...
Southern Division—
Pakôkku ... ... ... ... ...
Minbu
...
...
...
...
...
Magwe
...
...
...
...
...
Total ...
Eastern Division—
Kyanksè ... ... ... ... ...
Meiktila ... ... ... ... ...
Yamethin and Pyinmana ... ... ...
Myingyan ... ... ... ... ...
Total ...
Shan States—
Southern Shan States ... ... ... ...
Northern Shan States ... ... ... ...
Total ...
GRAND TOTAL ...
Number of dispensaries in each
district to which a vaccinator is
attached.
3
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Average number of vaccinators
attached to dispensaries during the
season.
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total number of persons vaccinated.
5
504
62
33
95
... 141
835
329
997
1,772
107
3,205
...
... 290
290
... 503
...
...
503
53
89
142
4,975
A
verage number of persons vacci-
nated by each vaccinator.
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
PRIMARY VACCINATION.
Total.
7
460
62
33
92
...
134
781
329
997
1,772
107
3,205
...
... 135
135
...
502
...
...
502
53
89
142
4,765
Successful.
Under one year.
8
72
62
7
18
...
37
196
49
515
374
31
969
...
... 1
1
...
40
...
...
40
14
5
19
1,325
One and under six years.
9
324
...
9
13
... 51
397
111
412
1,041
11
1,575
...
...
10
10
...
298
...
...
298
35
42
77
2,357
Total of all ages.
10
428
62
16
64
...
102
672
231
948
1,749
88
3,016
...
...
133
133
...
401
...
...
401
49
87
136
4,358
RE-VACCINATION.
Total.
11
44
...
... 3
...
7
54
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
155
155
... 1
...
...
1
...
...
...
210
Successful.
12
21
...
... 1
...
2
24
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
139
139
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
163
PERCENTAGE OF SUCCESSFUL CASES.
Primary.
13
93.04
100.00
48.48
69.57
...
76.12
86.04
70.21
95.09
98.70
82.24
94.10
...
...
98.52
98.52
...
79.88
...
...
79.88
92.45
97.75
95.77
91.46
Re-vaccination.
14
47.73
...
...
33.33
...
28.57
44.44
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
89.68
89.68
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
77.62
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 year.
Establishment.
Government ...
Municipal ...
Local Funds ...
Native States ...
Dispensaries ...
Army—
Europeans ...
Natives ...
Total ...
PERSONS PRIMARILY VACCINATED.
Total number.
Number successfully vaccinated.
1886-87.
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
...
4,635
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
...
...
2,662
26
532
...
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
...
1,16,201
74,091
24,550
...
...
4,335
12
284
...
1,03,272
Total.
Number successfully vaccinated.
1895-96.
89,384
24,394
...
...
4,765
36
316
...
1,18,895
82,574
22,869
...
...
4,358
19
168
...
1,09,988
xii.
APPENDICES.
STATEMENT No. V.—Showing particulars of vaccination verified by inspecting officers in Upper Burma.
District.
Mandalay ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Bhamo ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Mogaung ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Myitkyina ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Katha ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Ruby Mines
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Shwebo
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Sagaing ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Lower Chindwin ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Upper Chindwin ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Pakôkku ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Minbu ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Magwe ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Kyauksè
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Meiktila
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Yamèthin
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Myingyan
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Southern Shan States ... ... ... ... ...
Northern Shan States ... ... ... ... ...
Total ...
Total number of
persons vaccinated.
15,733
3,889
112
339
3,136
1,323
13,940
11,758
8,147
7,270
6,868
6,289
6,866
4,442
3,376
8,607
9,212
3,455
941
115,703
TOTAL NUMBER INSPECTED.
By Deputy
Sanitary Commis-
sioners or Civil
Surgeons.
1,288
1,788
52
67
1,316
762
1,779
6,860
5,110
2,034
2,262
3,484
2,007
2,643
1,813
3,749
1,421
1,216
97
38,748
By Native
Superintendents or
other Inspecting
Officers.
3,305
505
60
22
1,123
...
2,610
998
212
56
110
1,591
769
124
526
1,486
843
...
...
1,4340
PERCENTAGE OF INSPECTIONS TO
TOTAL NUMBER VACCINATED.
By Deputy
Sanitary Commis-
sioners or Civil
Surgeons.
8.19
45.98
46.43
19.76
41.96
57.60
12.76
58.34
62.72
27.98
32.94
55.40
29.23
59.50
53.70
31.94
15.43
35.20
10.31
33.49
By Native
Superintendents or
other Inspecting
Officers.
21.01
12.99
53.57
6.49
35.81
...
18.72
8.49
2.60
.77
1.60
25.30
11.20
2.79
15.58
17.27
9.15
...
...
12.39
PERCENTAGE OF CASES FOUND SUCCESSFUL
TO TOTAL NUMBER INSPECTED.
By Deputy
Sanitary Commis-
sioners or Civil
Surgeons.
96.04
96.98
59.61
94.03
91.72
79.39
91.51
95.89
98.55
68.78
100.00
93.11
78.07
98.44
97.30
85.16
93.38
97.45
100.00
...
By Native
Superintendents or
other inspecting
Officers.
96.03
91.87
18.33
81.83
100.00
...
80.61
95.45
97.64
48.21
97.31
99.48
92.45
96.23
76.80
92.59
82.92
...
...
...
Percentage of
success reported
by vaccinators.
93.91
94.86
47.32
89.90
83.38
81.85
88.57
95.57
97.81
52.23
92.66
95.82
89.99
97.39
32.80
89.90
89.72
91.72
72.89
...
APPENDICES.
xiii.
STATEMENT VI.—Showing the number of vaccinations verified by Civil Surgeons, Super-
intendents of Vaccination, and Hospital Assistants for the year 1895-96.
Division.
1
NORTHERN
CENTRAL
SOUTHERN
EASTERN
SHAN STATES
No.
2
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
District.
3
Mandalay ... ...
Bhamo ... ...
Mogaung ... ...
Myitkyina ... ...
Katha ... ...
Ruby Mines
...
...
Shwebo (including Ye-u) ...
Sagaing ... ...
Lower Chindwin ... ...
Upper Chindwin ... ...
Pakôkku ... ...
Minbu
...
...
Magwe ... ...
Kyauksè
...
...
Meiktila ... ...
Yamethin ... ...
Myingyan ... ...
Southern Shan States...
Northern Shan States ...
Name of Medical Officer.
4
Surgeon-Major S. H. Dantra ...
1st class Military Assistant Surgeon J.
nobby.
Dr. H. J. Augustine ... ...
2nd grade Civil Assistant Surgeon P. X.
deAttaides.
Senior Apothecary (Retired List) J.
Cameron.
Dr. C. Martin
Dr. H. Wells ... ...
Surgeon-Major P. P. Nichols ...
Surgeon-Captain K. Prasad ...
Surgeon-Captain P. W. Gibbard ...
Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel
P.
N.
Mukerjee.
1st class Military Assistant-Surgeon
A. H. Nolan.
2nd class Military Assistant-Surgeon
T. W. Minty.
Dr. R. A. Hollingsworth ...
1st class Military Assistant-Surgeon
R. H. Nailer.
Surgeon-Captain F. J. Dewes ...
1st class Assitant-Surgeon D. T. Baker
1st class Military Assistant-Surgeon
T. Kiddle.
2nd class Military Assistant-Surgeon
D. R. Davies.
Surgeon-Captain H. O Reilly ...
Surgeon-Captain T. W. Stewart ...
Surgeon-Captain J, H.Sellick ...
1 st class Military Assistant-Surgeon
A. H. Nolan.
Dr. L. G. Fink ...
2nd class Senior Assistant-Surgeon
J. E. Campbell.
TOTAL CASES
SEEN.
Civil Surgeons.
5
1,285
1,788
31
67
1,250
66
762
1,085
108
474
6,860
2,928
643
1,994
2,262
3,484
1,917
1,074
1,445
1,664
2,749
1,373
48
1,216
97
Hospital Assistants.
6
3,248
505
52
22
1,123
...
...
812
58
372
998
...
212
56
110
1,591
769
...
124
172
1,486
843
...
...
Total number of cases found
successful.
7
4,365
2,203
26
81
1,248
66
605
2,655
7,551
3,718
1,386
2,370
4,820
1,766
2,026
1,766
3,717
2,026
1,185
97
Total number of cases declar-
ed to be successful.
8
14,798
3,689
348
2,615
1,083
12,454
11,207
7,969
6,804
6,250
6,026
6,179
4,322
3,122
7,738
8,265
3,169
688
Percentage of successful
cases verified.
9
39.50
59.72
30.75
50.25
55.86
16.58
67.38
46.66
20.37
37.92
79.99
28.58
46.88
56.57
48.04
24.51
37.39
14.10
d
G. B. C. P. O.—No. 4003, B. S., 31-7-96—370.
NOTES ON THE STATISTICS
OF
VACCINATION IN BURMA
FOR
THE YEAR 1896-97.
RANGOON:
PRINTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, GOVERNMENT PRINTING, BURMA.
1897.
[ Price,—Re. 0-8-0. ]
NOTES ON THE STATISTICS
OF
VACCINATION IN BURMA
FOR
THE YEAR 1896-97.
RANGOON:
PRINTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, GOVERNMENT PRINTING, BURMA.
1897.
ii.
CONTENTS.
UPPER BURMA.
A.—Vaccination Department.
Statement No. I.—Showing particulars of vaccination, in Upper Burma during the year
1896-97... ... ... ... ...
Statement No. II.—Showing the cost of the department in Upper Burma during the year
1896-97... ... ... ... ...
Page.
viii.
ix.
B.—Dispensary Vaccination.
Statement No. III.—Showing dispensary vaccination in Upper Burma for the year 1896-97
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... ... ... ...
Statement No. V.—Showing particulars of vaccinations verified by inspecting officers in
Upper Burma... ... ... ...
Statement No. VI.—Showing the number of vaccinations verified by Civil Surgeons,
Superintendents of Vaccination, and Hospital Assistants in Upper Burma
for the year 1896-97... ... ... ...
x.
xi.
xii.
xiii.
RESOLUTION
ON THE
NOTES ON THE STATISTICS OF VACCINATION IN BURMA
For the year 1896-97.
Extract from the Proceedings of the Government of Burma in the General Department,—No. IZ.-16, dated
the 10th July 1897.
READ—
The notes and statistics of the Superintendent of Vaccination for the year 1896-97.
RESOLUTION.—The report was received in manuscript in the Secretariat on
the 23rd June. There seems to be no sufficient reason for the delay of nearly two
months in its submission. The President, Rangoon Municipality, is requested to
see that the Health Officer's report is punctually prepared and sent in. In the
triennial report for the years 1893-94 to 1895-96 the progress of vaccination during
that period was discussed in detail. The following notes are confined to the more
salient points of interest in the statistics for the last year. In future reports the
two parts of the province should be treated together and the statements concerning
them should be amalgamated.
Lower Burma.
2. The total number of vaccinations during the year was 288,381, of which
267,146 were primary and 21,235 secondary oper-
ations. The corresponding figures for the preceding
year were 242,845, 215,468, and 27,377. The number of primary vaccinations
performed and the percentage of successful cases (92.01) are satisfactory features
in the report. The progress would be even more marked but for the great falling
off in Rangoon Town and the Akyab district. The difficulty attending the vacci-
nation of coolie immigrants to Rangoon has lately been brought to the notice
of the Lieutenant-Governor, and it is proposed to extend the powers of the Health
Officer in this matter on the lines adopted in Calcutta.
The number of vaccinations performed in the Akyab district during the last
three years was 5,252, 9,826, and 7,356 respectively, the average number of vac-
cinators employed being five, nine, and five. A reduction of the establishment was
sanctioned in April 1896 on the recommendation of the Civil Surgeon, who repre-
sented the necessity of appointing an Inspector of Vaccination for the district and
the possibility of dispensing with four vaccinators. The proportion of cases
inspected by the Inspector (35.21) and the serious falling off in the total number
of persons vaccinated make it clear that the establishment needs further revision
and that the work of the Inspector has not been satisfactory. It is understood
that the inspection of vaccinations in the town of Akyab is performed by a
Hospital Assistant whose other duties leave him little time for this work and who,
in consequence, does not inspect a sufficient proportion of the cases. The
Municipal Committee are unwilling to incur additional expenditure upon the ap-
pointment of an Inspector. If the allowance now paid to the Hospital Assistant
were paid to the District Cess Fund, the services of the Inspector (or Native
RESOLUTION ON THE NOTES ON THE STATISTICS OF VACCINATION IN BURMA FOR THE YEAR 1896-97.
3
decrease in the number of vaccinations carried out in the Minbu and Bhamo
districts is accounted for in the report, but if the explanation of the falling off in
Katha is correct, there is room for improvement, as the returns for the previous
year were not abnormally high. As pointed out by the Superintendent, the per-
centage of cases in which primary and secondary vaccinations in Katha were
effective requires further explanation. The desirability of checking the ravages
of small-pox in the Shan States has occupied the attention of Government and of
the local authorities. The method adopted in the Southern States of instructing
the sayas or native doctors in vaccination was abandoned at the end of 1896 owing
to the impossibility of checking their work. A similar experiment was proposed
to' be tried in the Northern States, but was not adopted, because as a general
rule these men are lazy and untrustworthy. It was also proposed to start a
vaccine depôt at Lashio or Hsipaw, but as the wants of the province are supplied
from Taunggyi, Rangoon, and Bangalore and as Lashio offers no special facilities
the proposal was not adopted. The entertainment of additional travelling vacci-
nators in the Southern States was sanctioned at the end of 1896, and better
results may be expected in the current year. The returns of vaccinations in the
Northern Shan States for 1896-97 show that some increase of establishment is
required, but the greatest obstacle to progress in these tracts is the difficulty of
proper supervision as the Civil Surgeon has not the time to travel many miles to
check a few cases, and a suitable officer to act as Inspector is not available.
The absence of figures as to re-vaccinations in Pakôkku has been referred to
above. Similar omissions occur in the returns for the Ruby Mines, Myitkyina,
Kyauksè, and Upper Chindwin districts and should be explained.
There was a slight reduction in the average cost of each successful case.
The falling off in the number and success of dispensary vaccinations is un-
satisfactory, and the return (Statement III) is apparently incomplete. Civil Sur-
geons in Upper Burma are, as a rule, less tied to their headquarters than in Lower
Burma and inspections by them should therefore be much more numerous. The
Civil Surgeons at Minbu, Kindat, Shwebo, Magwe, Katha, and Mogaung were
wanting in energy.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Burma,
F. C. GATES,
Secretary.
NOTES ON THE STATISTICS
OF
VACCINATION IN BURMA
For the year 1896-97.
A DETAILED triennial report on vaccination having been submitted last
year, it is only necessary now to give a few notes in explanation of the figures in
the accompanying tables. The population in the statements is that of the cen-
sus of 1891.
2. The delay in the submission of the report has been due mainly to the
very late receipt of the report and returns from the Health Officer, Rangoon, and
of the statements from the Comptroller showing the cost of the department,
neither of which were received in this office till the end of May.
LOWER BURMA.
3. Statement I.—The total number of persons vaccinated during the year
was 288,381, showing an increase of 45,536 over the figures of the preceding year.
Of these 267,146 were primary vaccinations and 21,235 re-vaccinations as against
215,468 and 27,377 respectively for the year before.
4. The marked increase in primary vaccinations amounting to a total of
51,678 operations is much out of proportion to the increase in the number of
vaccinators and affords evidence of the interest taken by Medical Officers in
vaccination work.
5. The number of re-vaccinations on the other hand shows a decrease of
6,142 operations. The decrease is, however, entirely due to the general decline
in the vaccination work of the Rangoon Town, where the falling off in the number
of re-vaccinations alone amounted to 11,095, or 4,953 more than the total de-
crease of the whole province.
6. All districts show an improvement, except the Arakan Hill Tracts,
Akyab and Rangoon Town, in. which there was a decrease of 170, 2,470, and
14,754 respectively. The falling off in the Arakan Hill Tracts is explained to be due
to the negligence of the vaccinator, who, in the words of the Medical Officer,
" was lately found to be habitually gambling with bad characters." He was under
suspension when the year closed. The decrease in Akyab is very great and, con-
sidering the backward condition of vaccination in the district, is much to be re-
gretted. The falling off is attributed by the Civil Surgeon, Surgeon-Captain
Castor, to the reduction of the vaccination staff from 7 to 4, which took place in
June 1896. The reorganization of the vaccination establishment of this district
was sanctioned on the repeated recommendations and representations of three
Civil Surgeons in succession, including the present incumbent, who unanimously
recommended the reduction of the establishment by three district vaccinators and
the appointment of a native Superintendent instead. It was alleged that the"
backward and unsatisfactory state of vaccination was due to lack of proper
supervision.
The falling off in Rangoon has been explained in a special paragraph deal-
ing with the vaccination of the town.
7. Of the districts which show increased work done, the following are most
conspicuous :—
Thatôn... ... ... ...
Henzada... ... ... ...
Thôngwa... ... ... ...
Thayetmyo... ... ... ...
Pegu... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Bassein... ... ... ...
Amherst... ... ... ...
Toungoo...
...
...
...
Increase.
14,982
11,877
6,499
6,063
4,861
3,630
2,483
2,338
Diagram showing the proportion of population protected during the seven official years from 1890-91 to
1896-97, and the death-rate from small-pox during the calendar year 1896 in Lower Burma.
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NOTES ON THE STATISTICS OF VACCINATION IN BURMA FOR THE YEAR 1896-97.
Generally there has been improvement in the percentage of successes with
decline in the cost. The results were poor in Ngathainggyaung, where the per-
centage of success fell from 100 in the last year to 90.38 in the year under report.
Compared with the preceding year, the cost of each successful case was less in
all but the following towns,—Rangoon, Sandoway, Letpadan, Thatôn, Tavoy, and
Thayetmyo.
In Rangoon it was nearly a half more than in the last year, and in the remain-
ing districts the excess varied from 1½ annas to 1 pie.
22. A similar table to the above, giving particulars of vaccination in districts,
exclusive of municipal towns, is annexed:—