APPENDIX.
AMRAOTI DISTRICT.
Area in square miles 2,759. Number of inhabited villages 1,015. Population 575,328.
Strength of establishment.
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8
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Native Superintendent, officiating.
First Class Vaccinators.
Second Class Vaccinators.
Third Class Vaccinators.
Apprentice.
Peon.
The strength of establishment was one in excess of last year.
Raising of lymph.
2. On the 16 th of September a supply of animal lymph was received from Akola,
with which two calves were operated upon the following
day. The operation proved successful on one calf, from
which fresh calves were operated upon, and animal vaccina-
tion kept up till 20th October, when it was discontinued after the Superintendent had
satisfied himself that each vaccinator was working with good lymph, and that the work
was in full progress.
Season's work.
3. The total number vaccinated in this district aggregated 18,787, as compared with
20,061 in the previous year. Of these 18,782 were primary
and 5 re-vaccinations. The percentage of success being 89.4
and 60.0 respectively, as compared with 85.2 and 0 in 1880-81. The percentage of unsuc-
cessful and unknown cases was 5.2 and 5.3 respectively. The number of infants success-
fully vaccinated was 9,675, or 42 per cent. of annual birth-rate estimated at 40 per
1,000 of the population. The average number vaccinated by each vaccinator was 1,566,
against 1,672 in the preceding year, which is below the average for the province, and
lowest but one of any district. Out of 1,015 villages in the district vaccination was
carried on in 954. The season's work does not. compare: favourably with that for the
previous year. This is in some measure due to the Officiating Superintendent being new
to the district and to Superintendent's work. It is expected that he will show better
results next year.
Inspection.
4. Work was performed in 954 villages, out of which 523 were visited by Superin-
tendent, and 10,513 cases verified, or 56 per cent. of the total
vaccinations. This is a low percentage, and is the lowest
for the province except Wun, where the Superintendent was ill and unable to work for two
months. The average number of miles travelled daily was seven, which is above the average
for the province. This would indicate that though the Superintendent showed activity
in travelling about, yet that he did not exert himself sufficiently to examine all the work
in the villages visited.
Cost of vaccination.
5. The total expenditure on vaccination in this district was Rs. 3,469-9-0, as com-
pared with Rs. 3,129-9-9 in the previous year. The differ-
ence is due to excess in establishment over last year. The
cost of animal vaccination was Rs. 5-2-6.
Attitude of the people.
6. The Superintendent reports that the people generally understand the benefits of
vaccination, but that no active opposition was experienced
though certain classes are unwilling to have their children
vaccinated, chiefly Mahomedans, Marwadis, and Brahmins. In the town of Amraoti the
members of the municipality rendered considerable assistance, but many children still
remain to be vaccinated.
Conduct of vaccinators.
7. The conduct of the staff was fairly satisfactory. The Superintendent is an intel-
ligent man, but requires experience and tact in the manage-
ment of the men under him.
Inspection of vital statistical
registers.
8. The following statement shows the particulars of
Superintendent's examination of vital statistical registers:—
Number of villages visited
by Superintendent.
523
Number of villages in
which registers were
examined.
192
Number of villages in
which registers were
found correct.
158
Number of villages
in which registers were
found incorrect.
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ELLICHPUR DISTRICT.
Strength of establishment.
Area in square miles 974. Number of inhabited villages 420. Population 271,150.
1. Compared with the previous year, there was a
decrease in this district establishment by one vaccinator,
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