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The above goes to show that there has been improvement in the amount of
inspection work done by Superintendents, as compared with last year's figures.
Of the total vaccinated, 66.9 per cent. were verified, as compared with 63.7 in 1885,
and of the villages in which work was performed, 80.2 per cent. were visited,
against 67.5 in the previous year.
The increase in inspection work was general in each district, save Akola, where
the percentage of verified cases fell from 66.3 in 1885 to 58.3 in the year under
report. The District Superintendent attributes the decrease to his inspections
being interrupted owing to the occurrence of small-pox in some of the towns of
his district. This explanation is, however, not quite satisfactory.
Notice of Superintendents.
13. The work performed by the vaccination staff in the Amraoti, Ellichpur,
and Buldana Districts during the year under re-
port is satisfactory, and Superintendents Murad
Ali, Ajaj Hoosein, and Dinker Rao have all done well, especially the latter.
There is considerable improvement in the work of the Basim and Wun Districts,
for which Superintendents Syed Abdul Kareem and Grangadharam deserve com-
mendation. The Akola District, tried by every test, stands last, and it is not
creditable to 2nd Class Superintendent Trimbuck Rao that he cannot work up his
district better, and it will be a matter for consideration whether he should not be
transferred to a smaller district. First Class Superintendent Bapu Rao, attached
to Sanitary Commissioner's office, and who conducts the vernacular work of the
department, performed his duties with care and judgment to my entire satisfac-
tion.
Inspection by Civil Surgeons.
14. The following table shows the inspection work done by Civil Surgeons
in their respective head-quarter circles during the
year : —
TABLE No. 7—Showing verification work done in head-quarter circles by Civil Surgeons.
Head-quarter circle.
Ellichpur ...
Yeotmal ...
Basim ...
Buldana ...
Akola Town ...
Amraoti Town ...
Total vac-
cinated.
930
553
909
1,174
602
773
Total
verified.
42
435
865
121
*?
270
Percentage of
verified cases to
total vaccinated.
4.5
78.
95.2
10.3
?
34.9
No. of villages in head-quarters.
Inhabited.
2
45
50
75
1
1
In which work
was performed.
2
45
41
63
1
1
In which work
was verified by
Civil Surgeon.
2
44
38
13
1
1
* No record kept by Civil Surgeon.
The Civil Surgeons of Amraoti and Akola were made responsible for the
vaccination work in their respective municipalities during the year under report.
The Civil Surgeon, Amraoti, verified 270 cases, or 34.9 per cent. of the total vac-
cinated ; but the Civil Surgeon of Akola kept no records of his inspections. The
Civil Surgeons of Basim and Yeotmal performed most inspection work.
Statement No. II.—Cost of depart-
ment.
15. Annual Statement No. II shows the
cost of the special Vaccination Department during
the year.
The total expenditure incurred amounted to Rs. 17,119-11-4, as compared
with Rs. 17,027-10-5 in the previous year. The average cost of each successful
case was Annas 3-3, as against Annas 3-1 in 1885-86.
Statement No. III.—Dispensary
vaccination.
16. The total number of vaccine operations performed at dispensaries was
7,238, against 6,560 in the previous year, or an
increase of 678 operations.
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