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NOTES AND STATISTICS ON VACCINATION IN BURMA FOR THE YEAR 1909-10.
teaching staff of the Depôt throughout the year by the advent of large numbers
of vaccinators sent from Districts and Municipalities to undergo a short course
of training followed by examination.
During the year 8 Native Superintendents of Vaccination and 38 Appren-
tice Vaccinators completed a full course of training at the Depôt.
Captain J. Good, I.M.S., held charge as Superintendent of the Vaccine
Depôt and Training School from April 1st to November 26th, 1909. He devoted
much time and attention to the training of students and several of the apprentices
and Native Superintendents of Vaccination attained marked success in the exami-
nations, which must be attributed to a great extent to his personal efforts towards
their instruction. He was succeeded by Captain Walker, I.M.S., on 26th Nov-
ember, by Captain R. D. Saigol, I.M.S., on 26th February 1910, and by Captain
H. A. Dougan, I.M.S., on 23rd March. All these officers have rendered
excellent service in maintaining the high quality of the lymph prepared at the
Depôt, and in supervising the training of students.
Statement II.
9. Expenditure.—The total expenditure from Provincial, Municipal, Native
States and Local Funds on the Vaccination Department during 1909-10 was
Rs. 1,80,784-3-3 against Rs. 1,49,847-3-4 in the previous year. The increase
amounted to Rs. 30,936-15-11. The increase was distributed among the several
funds as follows :—Provincial, Rs. 21,622-7-6; Local, Rs. 7,958-5-6; Municipal,
Rs. 707-1-6; Native States Rs. 649-1-5.
The increased expenditure was mainly due to numerical increase of the
establishment, to increased cost of travelling allowances, and of contingencies.
The increase on contingencies at the Meiktila Vaccine Depôt has already been
alluded to; it amounted to Rs. 3,940-13-1.
The actual increase under the headings of Establishment, Travelling Allow-
ances and Contingencies, respectively, was Rs. 13,573-5-6, Rs. 10,764-7-11 and
Rs. 6,599-2-6.
10. Re-organization and Legislation.—The Act for the prevention of inocula-
tion passed in 1909, came into force in the Pegu and Hanthawaddy Districts on
the 15th October of that year. A complete re-organization of the vaccination
establishments of these two districts was effected during the year, and although it
has been in force for too short a time for any marked effect to be produced
yet there is evidence to show that energetic support of the vaccinators by the
Civil and Medical authorities cannot fail to produce a large augmentation in the
number of persons vaccinated annually.
11. During the year all Civil Surgeons were requested to map out their dis-
tricts into circles with a view to systematising the tours of the vaccinators, and
simplifying supervision, and considerable progress was made in carrying out this
procedure.
12. Vaccination in the Port of Rangoon.—In the Port of Rangoon Section
9 of the Burma Vaccination Law Amendment Act came into force from the 24th
of May 1909. The work of organizing a special vaccination staff and of carrying
out the rules under this Act was performed by the Port Health Officer, Dr. F. A.
Foy, in a most capable manner. Owing to insuperable difficulties associated with
the provision of sufficient accommodation at the wharf connected with the vacci-
nation station for the vast number of immigrant deck passengers who arrive at the
Port of Rangoon every week, the application of the Act to the Port of Rangoon
was restricted to passengers from Calcutta only, and the Act was brought into
abeyance from the 15th October, in view of the increase of immigrants with the
commencement of the busy shipping season. The number of deck passengers from
incoming vessels inspected for the purposes of the Act was 32,968. Of these, 55.45
per cent. were found to be protected by vaccination, and 27.97 per cent. by previous
small-pox, while the remaining 16.58 per cent. were unprotected. The total
unprotected amounted to 5,466 persons of whom 5,017, or 15.22 of the total deck
immigrants, were vaccinated by the Port Health Staff, 1.36 per cent. being
considered unfit to undergo the operation, owing to old age or disease.
C. E. WILLIAMS, M.D., D.P.H., Major, I.M.S.,
Superintendent-General
of Vaccination, Burma.
RANGOON, 18th May 1910.