8
NOTES ON THE STATISTICS OF VACCINATION IN BURMA FOR THE YEAR 1899-1900.
TABLE III.
Statistics relating to the number of children under one year of age in towns available for
vaccination and the number of successful operations performed on them.
Town.
1
Akyab... ... ... ...
Kyaukpyu... ... ... ...
Ramree... ... ... ...
Sandoway... ... ... ...
Rangoon... ... ... ...
Pegu... ... ... ...
Prome... ... ... ...
Paungdè... ... ... ...
Gyobingauk ... ... ... ...
Letpadan... ... ... ...
Thônzè... ... ... ...
Ma-ubin... ... ... ...
Yandoon... ... ... ...
Bassein... ... ... ...
Ngathainggyaung... ... ... ...
Myaungmya... ... ... ...
Henzada... ... ... ...
Myanaung... ... ... ...
Zalun... ... ... ...
Kyangin ... ... ... ...
Moulmein... ... ... ...
Thatôn... ... ... ...
Kyaikto... ... ... ...
Tavoy... ... ... ...
Mergui... ... ... ...
Toungoo... ... ... ...
Shwegyin... ... ... ...
Mandalay... ... ... ...
Sagaing... ... ... ...
Mônywa... ... ... ...
Thayetmyo... ... ... ...
Yamèthin... ... ... ...
Pyinmana... ... ... ...
Myingyan... ... ... ...
Pagan... ... ... ...
Shwebo... ... ... ...
Pakôkku... ... ... ...
Taungdwingyi... ... ... ...
TOTAL... ... ... ...
Number of births during the
year.
2
622
75
53
65
3,164
425
833
350
157
242
290
156
342
1,086
230
113
688
251
162
275
1,443
382
201
572
318
507
237
6,509
305
202
557
273
540
704
78
248
729
225
23,609
Number of deaths amongst
children under one year dur-
ing the year.
3
198
17
11
21
1,131
77
171
36
41
55
99
51
93
233
39
33
201
55
39
31
248
61
27
74
49
79
49
2,274
53
57
176
46
142
229
21
110
230
60
6,617
Number available for vacci-
nation after deducting the
numbers who have died as
shown in column 3.
4
424
58
42
44
2,033
348
662
314
116
187
191
105
249
853
191
80
487
196
123
244
1,195
321
174
498
269
428
188
4,235
252
145
381
227
398
475
57
138
499
165
16,992
Number of successful vacci-
nations on children under
one year during the year
ending March.
5
479
35
54
78
1,119
350
1,111
502
141
163
144
1,354
569
1,322
182
117
411
81
71
No data
2,066
627
341
571
359
744
381
5,755
580
150
249
502
1,028
493
72
234
643
157
23,235
Date of extension of Vaccina-
tion Act to town.
6
August 1883.
April 1894.
June 1894.
September 1890.
April 1884.
March 1893.
June 1890.
August 1890.
February 1897.
January 1897.
October 1897.
October 1891.
January 1892.
September 1888.
February 1890.
June 1894.
January 1889.
July 1889.
August 1894.
ditto.
August 1885.
October 1891.
March 1897.
December 1889.
October 1891.
May 1889.
January 1890.
August 1891.
April 1894.
March 1893.
May 1889.
February 1892.
November 1891.
September 1891.
November 1891.
June 1894.
April 1892.
February 1893.
The total number of infants under one year of age available for vaccination
was 16,992, but 23,235 are shown to have been vaccinated. This excess of in-
fants protected over the number available can only be said to be due to defective
registration or inaccurate vaccination returns. Civil Surgeons in most instances
say the excess is caused by children being brought from elsewhere into the town
for vaccination, but this explanation could scarcely account for the extremes in
the towns of Ma-ubin, Moulmein, and Bassein. In some of the smaller munici-
palities, it is possible that, as the vaccinator works in villages in the immediate
vicinity of the town, the figures for those villages have been included in the
municipal return, notwithstanding orders to the contrary. The matter, however,
requires elucidation and will be enquired into.