( 4 )
This table would show that the proportion of the population successfully vac-
cinated was 85.3 per thousand, that the percentage of estimated births protected
was 69.3, and that only 8.4 per cent. of infants under one year of age remained
unprotected.
The fallacy in this table is that it assumes that none of the infants vacci-
nated were amongst those who died ; that the great proportion were unvacci-
nated is very probable, considering the number of infants who die under three
months old before they could have been operated on. However, gauged by the
proportion of the births successfully vaccinated, it shows a large degree of
protection against small-pox, and compares favourably, it may be remarked, with
the figures for the other provinces in India—vide Annual Report of the Sanitary
Commissioner with the Government of India for 1884, from which the following
table has been compiled:—
TABLE No. 5.—Comparing vaccination work performed, in different provinces during 1884-85.
Province.
Bengal ... ...
North-Western Provinces ...
Punjab ... ...
Central Provinces ...
Berar ... ...
Burmah ... ...
Assam ... ...
Madras ... ...
Bombay ... ...
Mysore ... ...
Coorg ... ...
Proportion of
population
protected.
28.94
12.88
28.68
36.01
37.0
10.95
...
23.0
30.39
...
47.05
Estimated
birth-rate at
40 per 1,000
successfully
vaccinated.
11.1
16.7
54.4
44.3
66.6*
6.5
7.0
10.8
48.9
...
12.62
No. of oper-
ations per-
formed by
each vacci-
nator.
1,002
987
2,068
1,858
2,175
1,427
...
968
1,842
...
1,189
Ratio of suc-
cess in pri-
mary vaccina-
tion.
99.6
87.94
94.78
96.56
95.3
84.36
...
93.0
95.49
...
84.39
Mean death-
rate from
small-pox
for previous
five years.
0.23
1.19
1.14
0.80
0.36
0.67
...
0.7
0.19
...
0.90
* Not 72.8.
Amount of work performed in each
town and circle.
9. The usual map and statement showing the work performed by the
Vaccination Establishment in each town and
circle are appended.
The greatest number of operations by any one vaccinator was performed by
2nd class vaccinator Shere Mahomed Khan, 2,834. Head vaccinator Sheik
Curreem comes next with 2,725, and 2nd class vaccinator Rowjee comes third
with 2,633, the ratio of success in each of these cases being 98.7, 95.2, and 97
respectively. It is recommended that these three men should be granted certi-
ficates of honour by the Resident, as a reward for the zeal and assiduity with
which they have worked, and as an incentive to their fellows.
Supervision and inspection of vacci-
nation operations.
10. The amount of inspection work done by District Superintendents and
the supervision they exercised over the work of the
vaccination staff in their respective districts may-
be gathered from the following table :—
TABLE No. VI.—Showing verification of vaccination work done by Native Superintendents
during 1885-86.
Districts.
Amraoti ...
Ellichpur ...
Wun ...
Basim ...
Akola ...
Buldana ...
Total ...
Total
vacci-
nated.
20,320
9,362
14,626
13,611
18,113
15,062
91,094
Proportion
of popu-
lation
protected.
36.6
38.6
37.8
38.1
32.5
36.1
36.2
Total
verified.
12,033
7,466
8,380
7,843
12,019
10,296
58,037
Percentage
of verified
cases to total
vaccinated.
59.2
79.7
57.3
57.8
66.3
68.3
63.7
No. of villages.
Inha-
bited.
1,053
480
1,147
900
982
801
5,363
In which
work was
performed.
992
460
1,058
737
898
770
4,915
Visited by
Superin-
tendent.
761
448
665
499
620
626
3,619
Percentage of
villages visit-
ed to total in
which work
was per-
formed.
72.4
93.4
57.9
55.4
63.1
78.1
67.5