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Dispensary vaccination will be noticed further on,
In the Melghat a vaccinator worked for three months of the year
attached to the camp of the Deputy Conservator of Forests, during which
time he performed 495 operations, with a percentage of success of 88.1.
Vaccination is thus being gradually introduced amongst the timid Korkoo
inhabitants of these hills, and when these people come to understand that no
hurt is intended to them or their children, and get accustomed to see the
vaccinator in their villages, the work will be pushed on with more energy.
The work performed by the special vaccination establishment, as com-
pared with that of the previous year, is set forth in the next table. : —
TABLE No. II.—Showing Vaccination work of 2 years 1881-82 and 1882-83 compared.
Year.
1881-82
...
...
1882-83 ... ...
Total
vaccinated.
90,169
103,758
Percentage of
success,
Primary
vaccination..
89.8
91.8
Average No.
of operations
performed by
each Vaccinator.
1,670
1,921
Cost of each
successful case.
Rs.
0
0
a.
3
2
p.
5
10
Thus in 1882-83 there was an increase by 13,589 operations in the total
vaccinated, of 2 per cent. in the percentage of success attained, and of 251
in the average number of operations performed by each vaccinator, while
the cost per successful case was less by 7 pies as compared with 1881-82.
The statistics of the previous ten years which are given below show that
the increase in the numbers annually vaccinated has been progressive, and that
the work accomplished during the year under report has been greater than
in any previous year. This result is to be attributed, not only to the fact
that the people of this province are coming to understand and appreciate
the benefits of vaccination, but also in a great measure to the judicious and
conciliatory behaviour of the Native Superintendents and their vaccinators.
TABLE No. III.—showing number of persons vaccinated during the last ten years in the
Hyderabad Assigned Districts.
Province.
Hyderabad
Assigned
Districts.
Persons primarily vaccinated.
Total number.
No. successfully
vaccinated.
1873-74.
43,818
31,797
Total number.
No. successfully
vaccinated.
1874-75.
56,407
45,998
Total number.
No. successfully
vaccinated.
1875-76.
65,317
52,468
Total number.
No. successfully
vaccinated.
Total number.
1876-77.
88,521
68,929
No. successfully
vaccinated.
1877-78.
*101,524
83,019
Total number.
No. successfully
vaccinated.
1878-79.
57,919
48,764
Total number.
No. successfully
vaccinated.
1879-80.
72,038
63,960
Total number.
No. successfully
vaccinated.
1880-81.
85,675
74,303
Total number.
No. successfully
vaccinated.
1881-82.
95,269
85,554
Total number.
No. successfully
vaccinated.
1882-83.
110,009
100,765
* Note—Vaccination carried on during recess on account of small-pox being prevalent which accounts for the large increase in the.
number vaccinated.
In conjunction with the increase in the total number vaccinated it is satisfac-
tory to note that the percentage of success has increased from 89.8 to 91.8.
Both Superintendents and vaccinators are fully alive to the necessity
for accurately recording results; they fully understand that quality is
not to be sacrificed to quantity, and that any vaccinator discovered in