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BASIM DISTRICT.
Area in square miles 2,958. Number inhabited villages 841. Population 358,883.
Strength of establishment.
Establishment.
1. The strength of the establishment was the same as
last year.
1 Native Superintendent.
1 Head Vaccinator.
3 Second Class Vaccinators.
3 Third Class Vaccinators.
1 Apprentice.
1 Peon.
Raising of lymph.
2. On the 16th of September animal lymph in six tubes was received from Akola..
With these a calf was vaccinated on the 17th, which proved
successful on the 23rd. From this, both animal and human-
ized lymph was propagated, and by the 21st of October every vaccinator was at work.
Season's work.
3. Out of 841 villages in the district work was carried on in 765, and a total of
13,739 children were vaccinated, against 9,355 in the pre-
vious year, which shows an increase in the number of opera-
tions of 4,384, which is creditable to the Superintendent and his staff.
Of the total operations 93.2 per cent. proved successful, 4.8 unsuccessful, and 2 per
cent. unknown, as compared with 88, 5.7, and 6.3 respectively in the previous year. The
average number vaccinated' by each vaccinator was 1,963, against 1,169 last year. This
is the highest average for any district, and the results attained are highest but one, which
go to show that quality of work was not sacrificed to quantity. The number of children
under one year successfully vaccinated was 7,182, or 52.8 per cent. of total operations as
compared with 52. in the previous year. The percentage of the annual birth-rate
estimated at 40 per 1,000 of the population protected was 50.
Inspection.
4. Of the total 765 villages in which work was carried on, the Superintendent
visited 496, and inspected 7,963 cases. The head vaccinator
who assisted the Superintendent for the last month of the
season verified 1,459 cases, so that 74.3 per cent. of the total work was examined. The
Superintendent travelled 1,152 miles, or at the rate of 6.3 daily.
Cost of vaccination.
5. The season's expenditure on vaccination in this district was Rs. 2,400-11-3 and
the cost per successful case Rs. 0-3-0, as compared with
Rs. 2,097-12-11 and Rs. 0-4-1 in the preceding year.
Attitude of the people.
6. No active opposition is met with, but Superintendent
reports, that Rajputs, Brahmins, Marwadis and Banjaras do
not favour vaccination.
Conduct of the staff.
7. The conduct of the staff was good, and no punishments were awarded. Second
class Native (Superintendent Murad Khan has worked satis-
factorily, and deserves credit for the increase in the work
performed as compared with previous year.
Area in square miles 2,660.
Strength of establishment.
AKOLA DISTRICT.
Number of inhabited villages 970. Population 592,792.
1
1
1
3
Native Superintendent.
Head Vaccinator.
First Class Vaccinator.
Second Class Vaccinators.
7
1
1
Third Class Vaccinators.
Apprentice.
Peon.
The strength of the vaccination staff remained the same as last year.
Raising of lymph.
2. Vaccination was commenced in the town of Akola on the 16th September on
which date 34 children were vaccinated from a calf. All the
vaccinators were at work by the 24th of October.
Season's work.
3. The total number of operations performed during the season was 20,995, against
17,541 last year, and the average number operated upon
by each vaccinator 1,749, as compared with 1,349 in 1880-81.
The ratio of successful vaccinations per 1,000 of population was 3.07, against 30.2 in
the previous year.
Of the total operations 86.7 per cent. proved successful, 7.3 unsuccessful, and 5.9
unknown, as compared with 82.7, 8.1, and 9.2.
The lowest rate of success was reached in this district, which is not creditable to Super-
intendent and his staff.
The number of infants under one year protected was 9,980, or 47.6 of the total vacci-
nated. The percentage of the estimated annual births successfully vaccinated was 42.1.
4. The number of villages in which work was performed was 856 out of a total
number of inhabited villages in the district of 970.
Inspections.
Of these villages 523 were visited by Superintendent, who verified 10,762 cases. In
addition 1,487 cases were verified by the head vaccinator dur-
ing the last month of the season, so that 58.3 per cent. of
the total work performed was inspected. The number of miles travelled by Superintendent
was 1,356, or an average of 7.5 daily.