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MUNICIPAL
DEPARTMENT.
SANITATION.
DARJEELING, THE 20TH OCTOBER 1890.
RESOLUTION.
READ—
The Triennial Report of the Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal on the working of
the Vaccination Department during the three years 1887-88, 1888-89, and
1889-90.
Read also—
The annual statistical returns for 1888-89, with the brief notes accompanying them,
and the report of the previous year incorporated with the Sanitary Report,
together with the Resolutions recorded thereon.
This is the first occasion on which, under instructions contained in the
Resolution of the Government of India, Home Department, No. 28—1579-95,
dated 15th July 1887, a triennial report on the working of the Vaccination
Department in Bengal has been submitted. Dr. Gregg's report, though com-
mendably moderate in length, gives a sufficiently clear view of the working of
the Department during the past three years, and the diagrams and maps which
accompany it are both intelligible and instructive.
2. The system of administration of the Department remained unchanged;
but during the past year the amalgamation of the Sonthal Pergunnahs Circle
with the Darjeeling Circle has reduced the number of circles from eight to seven.
The following table shows the number of officers and vaccinators working under
the Department during each of the three years under report: —
In Vaccination Circles
In municipalities and
dispensaries.
Grand Total...
...
1887-88 ...
1888-89 ...
1889-90 ...
1887-88 ...
1888-89 ...
1889-90 ...
1887-88 ...
1888-89 ...
1889-90 ...
Superintendents.
8
8
7
...
...
...
8
8
7
INSPECTING STAFF.
Deputy Superinten-
dents.
12
12
14
...
...
...
12
12
14
Inspectors.
93
93
110
...
...
...
93
93
110
Head Vaccinators,
Ac., &c.
21
19
21
...
... ...
21
19
21
Total of Inspecting
Officers.
126
124
145
...
...
...
126
124
145
OPERATIONS.
Vaccinators.
Government or
paid.
210
192
179
209
240
245
419
432
424
Licensed.
1,321
1,349
1,480
14
4
7
1,335
1,353
1,487
Apprentices.
Government or
paid.
40
48
31
...
...
...
40
48
31
Licensed.
598
731
588
...
... ...
598
731
588
Total.
2,169
2,320
2,278
223
244
252
2,392
2,564
2,530
3. The average annual number of operations performed during the past
three years was 1,790,098, or 719 to each vaccinator employed; and the average
annual percentage of persons vaccinated to the whole population was 2.9. Of the
two agencies, the paid and the licensed, the former were far the more active,
performing on an average 1,475 operations each to 671 of the licensed vaccina-
tors—a result which is probably due to the fact that the people obtain their
services free and are therefore more willing to employ them.
4. The reported proportion of successful operations was in the case of
primary operations 99.38 and 95.30 in vaccination circles and municipalities,
dispensaries, &c., respectively, and in the case of secondary operations 34.08
( 3 )
8. The Lieutenant-Governor is glad to notice the excellent work done by
Moulvie Tajamal Hossein, Deputy Superintendent of the Bhagulpore Division.
The remarks made by the Sanitary Commissioner on the working of his subor-
dinates in this Department will be communicated to the Appointment Depart-
ment for record.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal,
H. J. S. COTTON,
Secretary to the Government of Bengal.
No. S 1-R/9 12.
COPY of the Resolution, with a copy of the Report, forwarded to all Commis-
sioners of Divisions for information.
No. S 1-R/9 13.
COPY of the Resolution forwarded to the Sanitary Commissioner of Bengal
for information.
No. S 1-R/9 14.
COPY of the Resolution and of the Report forwarded to the Inspector-
General of Police for information.
No. S 1-R/9 15.
COPY of the Resolution, with extract of the two last portions of paragraph 19
of the Report, forwarded to the Appointment Department for information, with
reference to the remarks recorded by the Sanitary Commissioner regarding the
conduct of certain officers of the Vaccination Department.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal,
H. C. STREATFEILD,
Offg. Under-Secy. to the Govt. of Bengal.
DARJEELING,
The 20th October 1890.
R. D'R.—Reg. No 7447C-553—3-11-90.
ANNUAL STATISTICAL RETURNS
AND
BRIEF NOTES ON VACCINATION IN BENGAL
FOR
THE YEAR
1890-91.
BY
SURGEON-MAJOR W. H. GREGG, M., B., M.R.C.P., London, Dip. Publ. Health, Camb.
Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal.
Calcutta:
PRINTED AT THE BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1891.
Not printed for Sale.
ANNUAL STATISTICAL RETURNS
AND
BRIEF NOTES ON VACCINATION IN BENGAL
FOR THE YEAR
1890-91.
BY
SURGEON-MAJOR W. H. GREGG, M.B., M.R.C.P., London, Dip. Publ. Health, Camb.
Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal.
Calcutta:
PRINTED AT THE BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1891.
Not printed for Sale.
No. 4296.
FROM SURGEON-MAJOR W. H. GREGG,
Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal,
TO THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL,
MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT.
Dated Calcutta, the 15th July 1891.
SIR,
LAST year I submitted, in accordance with the orders of the Govern-
ment of India, No. 28-1579—95, dated the 15th July 1887, a triennial report on
the working of the Vaccination Department in Bengal during the years 1887-88,
1888-89, and 1889-90. I have the honour now, in accordance with the same
orders, to submit the following brief notes, with statistical returns of vaccination,
for the year 1890-91, and to explain that the delay in doing so is due to the
non-receipt, till after the 15th ultimo, of the necessary statistics from several
municipalities without which the annual statements appended to this report
could not be closed.
2. I was in charge of the Department throughout the year and had the
following staff to work with:—
CIRCLE.
Calcutta ... ... ... ... ... ...
Metropolitan Circle (comprising the
districts of
Burdwan, Bankura,
Birbhum, Midnapur, Hughli and
Serampur, Howrah, 24-Pergunnahs,
Nuddea,
Jessore, Khulna, and
Murshidabad).
Darjiling
Circle
(comprising the
districts
of Dinajpur, Maldah,
Rajshahye, Rungpur, Bogra, Pubna,
Darjiling,
Julpiguri,
Purneah,
Monghyr, Bhagulpur, and Sonthal
Pergunnahs).
Ranchi Circle (comprising the districts
of Hazaribagh, Lohardugga, Sing-
bhum, Manbhum, and the Political
States of Chota Nagpur).
Eastern Bengal Circle (comprising
the districts of Dacca, Faridpur,
Backerganj, Mymensing Tipperah,
Chittagong, and Noakhali).
Orissa Circle (comprising the districts
of Cuttack, Pari, and Bolasore,
and the Tributary States of Orissa).
Bebar Circle (comprising the districts
of Patna, Gya, Shahabad, Sarun,
Chumparun,
Mozufferpur,
and
Durbhunga).
Total of Vaccination Circles ...
Municipalities and Dispensaries
...
GRAND TOTAL ...
Officers in charge of circle.
Dr. W. J. Simpson
...
...
Surgeon-Major K. P. Gupta ...
Surgeon L. A. Waddell, except
for nine weeks when Deputy
Superintendent
Moulvi
Tajmul Hossein acted as
Superintendent.
Surgeon-Major J. J. Wood ...
Assistant Surgeon N. N.
Gupto, except from 28th May
to 22nd August when Deputy
Superintendent Bejoy Krisna
Mookerjee acted as Superin-
tendent.
Assistant
Surgeon
Bejoy
Kumar Chuckerbutty from
the beginning of the year
up to 31st August 1890.
Assistant Apothecary P.Vee-
riaNaidu from 1st Septem-
ber to the end of the year.
Assistant Surgeon Mathura
Nath Sen.
......
......
......
INSPECTING STAFF.
Number of Deputy Superin-
tendents.
1
4
3
2
2
...
2
14
...
14
Number of Inspectors.
4
41
22
13
22
6
11
119
...
119
Number of head vaccinators
or supervisors of Govern-
ment or paid vaccinators.
2
1
1
...
...
3
8
15
...
15
Total number of inspecting
officers.
7
46
26
15
24
9
21
148
...
148
OPERATORS.
Vaccinators.
Government or paid.
38
2
6
...
...
26
73
145
249
394
Licensed.
......
408
322
161
415
144
181
1,631
5
1,636
Apprentices.
Government or paid.
4
...
...
...
...
...
10
14
...
14
Licensed.
...
111
337
72
30
44
...
594
...
594
Total number of vaccinators or
operators.
42
521
665
233
445
214
264
2,384
254
2,638
( 9 )
Hindus, but the Ferasis give much trouble. In addition to the necessity for
making vaccination compulsory in rural areas, it is desirable, if vaccination is to
be put on a satisfactory footing, that something should be done to help the
licensed vaccinators in realizing their fees when they have any difficulty in
doing so themselves, which at present is the case in most districts, especially in
those in which the Magistrates do not recognize the vaccinator's license as a legal
document authorizing them (1) either to vaccinate or (2) to receive fees for
their work. These matters are discussed and a remedy suggested in the note on
the reorganization of the Sanitary and Vaccination Department which is at
present under the consideration of Government,
Local aid.
As a general rule, assistance whenever applied for by the officers of the
Vaccination Department was rendered by the local
authorities in promoting by persuasion the cause of
vaccination, but in the absence of a compulsory law such help was not found
to be very material.
Diagrams showing the death.-
rate from small-pox and the pro-
portion of the population protected
against the disease of vaccina-
tion.
The following diagrams illustrate the death-rate from small-pox per 10,000
of the population in each district of the Province
during the year under report, and the proportion of
the population protected against the disease by
vaccination during the seven years ending 1890-91.
This period of time is taken, as it is the period
during which the efficacy of vaccination is supposed to last.
( 10 )
Diagram showing the death-rates from SMALL-POX per 10,000 of population during the
year 1890-91.
( 11 )
Diagram showing the proportion of population protected per 10,000 during the seven years
1884—91.
( 14 )
Compared with last year the proportion per cent. of operations inspected
by each Deputy Superintendent is as follows:—
1890-91 ...
1889-90...
Increase
...
Decrease ...
1
44.17
31,23
12.94
...
2
13.09
10.23
2.86
...
3
11.89
22.74
...
4.85
4
85.50
28.49
...
2.99
5
22.39
82.96
...
0.56
6
17.47
16.11
1.36
...
7
11.94
9.50
2.44
...
8
5.45
6.19
...
0.74
9
28.76
25.91
2.85
...
10
14.16
12.81
1.35
...
11
12.61
8.59
4.02
...
12
9.88
2.75
7.13
...
13
10.60
...
A new
post
14
7.02
7.16
...
0.14
It will be seen that three out of the four Deputy Superintendents in the
Metropolitan Circle, one out of the three in the Darjiling Circle, and one out
of the two in the Behar Circle show less work during the year under report
than in the previous year, which is not creditable to them.
Subordinate Inspecting Officers.
CIRCLE.
Calcutta ... ... ...
Metropolitan Circle ...
Darjiling Circle ...
Ranchi Circle ... ...
Eastern Bengal Circle
Orissa Circle
...
...
Behar Circle
...
...
Inspectors, inspecting
vaccinators, and head
vaccinators.
3 Inspectors and 1 Native
Superintendent.
40 Inspectors
...
...
22 Inspectors and 1 head
vaccinator. 13 Inspectors ... ...
22 Inspectors
...
...
6 Inspectors and 3 head
vaccinators.
11 Inspectors and 8 head
vaccinators.
Number of
villages in his
jurisdiction.
The whole town
and its amalga-
mated area.
51,989
55,009
28,525
42,027
29,277
30,257
Total
number of
opera-
tions per-
formed
in his
jurisdic-
tion.
17,498
388,857
492,675
147,203
321,706
138,715
239,407
Total
number of villages
visited.
The whole town
and its amalga-
mated area.
10,231
10,294
5,309
4,265
1,499
7,766
Number
of cases
inspected.
10,901
294,249
268,165
93,008
176,057
49,236
141,540
Proportion
per cent. of
cases inspected
to total
number of
vaccinations
performed in
his jurisdic-
tion.
62.27
75.67
52.40
63.18
54.72
35.49
59.12
N.B.—The head vaccinators attached to Calcutta and the Central Vaccination Depôt are not inspecting officers. In the Behar
Circle two first class vaccinators performed few inspections which have been included in the statement.
Conduct of establishment.
The remarks made in my Annual Sanitary Report for 1890 under this
heading are applicable here, as the same officers are
vaccination as well as sanitary officers.
I have the honour to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient servant,
W. H. GREGG, M.B., M.R.C.P., Lond.,
Dip. Publ. Health, Camb.,
Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal.
iv
STATEMENT NO. I.—Showing particulars of Vaccination in
Number.
1
1
2
3
4
5
CIRCLES AND DISTRICTS.
2
Behar Circle of Superintendence.
Patna
...
...
...
Champarun ... ...
Sarun
...
...
...
Shahabad ... ... ...
Gya
...
...
...
Total ...
By paid ...
By licensed ...
By paid ...
By licensed
By paid ...
By paid ...
By licensed
By paid ...
By licensed
By paid
...
By By licensed
TOTAL OF BEHAR CIRCLE ...
GRAND TOTAL OF ALL
CIRCLES ... ... ...
By paid ...
By licensed
Total ...
POPULATION.
3
1,466,516
1,690,038
2,208,197
1,845,814
2,026,504
9,237,069
60,214,617
Average population per square
mile.
4
729
481
856
426
433
540
378
Average number of vaccinators em-
ployed throughout the season.
5
During
recess.
49
During
recess.
27
83
During
recess.
51
During
recess.
54
83
181
264
159
2,225
2,384
TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS
VACCINATED.
Males.
Females.
Total.
6
262
13,260
9,387
11,900
58,153
1
15,829
12
15,015
67,816
56,004
123,819
105,798
792,839
898,637
312
12,537
8,425
10,992
56,869
2
12,193
9
14,249
65,617
49,971
115,588
95,678
751,746
847,424
574
25,797
17,812
22,892
115,022
3
28,022
21
29,264
133,432
105,975
239,407
201,476
1,544,585
1,746,061
Average number of persons vac-
cinated by each vaccinator.
7
526
848
1,386
549
542
1,608
585
907
1,267
694
732
PRIMARY VACCINATIOS
Total.
Males.
Females.
Total.
8
257
13,253
9,387
11,900
58,129
1
15,828
12 15,015
67,786
55,996
123,782
101,245
789,040
890,285
310
12,522
8,425
10,992
56,853
2
12,191
9
14,249
65,599
49,954
115,553
93,620
748,696
842,316
567
25,775
17,812
22,892
114,982
3
28,019
21
29,264
133,386
105,950
239,335
194,865
1,537,736
1,732,601
Su
Under one year.
9
55
2,113
1,126
2,387
9,220
...
2,290
...
1,494
10,401
8,284
18,685
24,089
250,188
274,277
One year and under
six
year.
10
22
12
17
87
...
20
...
23
100
84
184
133
1,120
1, 253
* The Government staff of vaccinators were abolished under orders of Government, Bengal Municipal Department, No. 8 E/6 , dated 4th December 1890.
OFFICE OF THE SANITARY COMMR.
FOR BENGAL,
The 25th June 1891.
v
Circle of Superintendence during the year 1890-91—concluded.
Above six years
11
36
1,135
4,382
2,495
17,011
......
4,253
6
4,093
21,435
11,976
33,411
32,998
1,59,448
1,92,446
TOTAL
OF ALL
AGES.
12
536
25,536
17,640
22,704
1,13,846
......
27,139
19
29,067
1,32,041
1,04,446
2,36,487
1,90,116
15,29,761
17,19,877
RE-VACCINATION.
Total.
Males.
Females.
Total.
13
5
7
......
......
24
......
1
......
......
29
8
87
4,553
8,799
8,352
2
15
......
......
16
......
2
......
......
18
17
35
2,058
3,050
5,108
7
22
......
......
40
......
3
......
......
47
25
72
6,611
6,849
13,460
Successful.
Under one year.
14
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
31
6
37
One year and
under six years.
15
1
2
...
...
8
...
...
...
...
9
2
11
69
282
351
Above six years.
16
1
17
......
......
6
......
......
......
......
7
17
24
1,826
2,913
4,739
TOTAL OF ALL
AGES.
17
2
19
......
......
14
......
......
......
......
16
19
35
1,926
3,201
5,127
PERCENTAGE
OF SUCCESSFUL
CASES EX-
CLUDING
THE UNKNOWN
CASES FROM
THE TOTAL.
Primary.
18
95.88
99.18
99.27
99.40
99.18
......
98.01
90.47
99.35
99.18
98.97
99.08
98.40
99.58
99.45
Secondary.
19
28.77
86.36
......
......
35.
......
......
......
......
34.04
76.
48.61
31.34
46.81
39.49
RELIGION OF THE NUMBER
VACCINATED.
Total number vaccinated of—
Hindus.
20
405
23,584
15,058
19,703
1,00,103
......
26,794
11
26,674
1,15,669
96,755
2,12,424
1,75,225
9,14,918
10,90,143
Mahomedans.
21
79
2,211
2,752
3,180
14,918
......
1,228
10
2,590
17,760
9,209
26,969
22,035
6,93,610
6,15,645
Christians.
22
...
2
2
9
1
...
...
...
...
3
11
14
948
4,196
5,144
Other races.
23
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3,268
31,861
35,129
Persons successfully vaccinated
per 1,000 of population.
24
.36
17.42
10.43
13.43
51.56
......
14.70
.009
14.34
14.29
11.30
25.60
3.18
25.45
28.64
AVERAGE NUM-
BER OF PERSONS
SECCESSFULLY VAC-
CINATED DURING
THE PREVIOUS
FIVE YEARS.
Number.
25
21,391
17,901
314
27,424
22,821
46,472
43,379
89,851
3,33,221
12,30,504
15,63,725
Ratio per 1,000 of
population.
26
14.58
10.59
.14
14.85
11.26
5.03
4.69
9.72
5.53
20.43
25.96
AVERAGE NUM-
BER OF DEATHS
FROM SMALL-POX
DURING THE
PREVIOUS FIVE
YEARS.
Number.
27
302
1,485
319
340
408
......
......
2,854
......
......
5,829
Ratio per 1,000 of
population.
28
.20
.87
.14
.18
.20
......
......
.30
......
......
.09
e services of some of those working on the Native States were retained up to the end of the season and were paid by their respective States for this service.
W. H. GREGG-, M.B., Dip., Publ., Health, Camb.,
Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal.
viii
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT NO. IV—Showing the number of persons primarily vaccinated, and the number of those persons who were successfully vaccinated in each of the
undermentioned official years.
ESTABLISHMENT.
Government ...
Municipal ... ...
Local funds ...
Native states
...
Dispensaries ...
Works done by ex¬
inoculators.
Total
...
PERSONS PRIMARILY VACCINATED.
Total number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
1880-81.
831,485
62,588
365
1,374
6,027
437,610
1,339,448
823,212
59,403
350
1,212
5,532
425,490
1,315,199
Total number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
1881-82.
680,023
61,951
...
19,136
11,329
474,207
1,246,646
672,185
58,250
...
16,994
9,580
466,934
1,223,943
Total number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
1882-83.
378,597
63,518
...
35,263
6,591
866,550
1,850,519
373,231
59,254
...
31,967
3,684
856,717
1,324,853
Total number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
1883-84.
383,104
101,318
...
31,637
4,020
955,423
1,475,502
376,941
95,389
...
30,676
3,521
950,578
1,457,105
Total number.
Number successfully
vaccinated.
1884-85.
251,138
96,845
...
25,082
3,436
985,280
1,361,781
245,656
90,257
...
24,514
2,986
981,844
1,315,257
Total number.
Number successfully
vaccinated.
1885-86.
384,671
96,611
...
27,263
3,962
1,090,020
1,602,527
379,007
90,160
...
26,427
3,483
1,086,090
1,586,167
Total number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
1886-87.
395,085
73,482
...
45,679
3,927
1,194,124
1,712,297
389,670
68,913
...
43,278
3,369
1,187,724
1,692,954
Total number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
1887-88.
420,543
79,597
... 32,837
3,658
1,301,580
1,838,215
415,070
75,611
...
30,766
3,029
1,295,895
1,820,371
Total number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
1888-89.
137,308
105,106
... 50,697
3,570
1,480,639
1,777,220
133,537
99,012
...
48,112
2,949
1,474,815
1,758,426
Total number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
1889-90.
168,313
93,674
... 15,132
1,204
1,537,915
1,816,238
165,871
87,471
...
14,094
915
1,529,929
1,798,280
OFFICE OF THE SANY. COMMR. FOR BENGAL,
The 25th June
1891.
W. H. GREGG, M.B., Dip. Publ. Health, Camb.,
Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal.
MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT.
SANITATION.
No. 1823.
CALCUTTA, THE 13TH AUGUST 1891.
RESOLUTION.
READ—
The statistical returns of vaccination in Bengal for 1890-91 with brief notes by the
Sanitary Commissioner.
Read also—
The statistical returns for 1889-90, which were incorporated with the triennial report
on vaccination for 1887—90, and the Resolution recorded on it.
The statistical returns of vaccination for 1890-91 have been submitted
with brief notes by Dr. W. H. Gregg, Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal, who
was in charge of the department throughout the year. Under recent orders
these returns should have reached Government on the 15th June, but they were
not received until the 20th July. The delay is said to have been due to the
difficulty of obtaining the necessary statistics from several municipalities. It is
hoped that in future years arrangements will be made for the more punctual
submission of municipal returns. The vaccination work carried on in munici-
palities is on a comparatively small scale, and the statements setting forth its
results ought to be ready within a fortnight from the close of the official year.
2. The following table shows the strength of the working establishment
in 1890-91 and the previous year :—
YEAR.
1890-91 ... ... ...
1889-90 ... ... ...
Superintendents.
8*
8*
Deputy Super-
intendents.
14
14
Inspectors.
119
110
Head vaccinators
or supervisors.
15
21
VACCINATORS.
Paid.
145
179
Licensed.
1,631
1,480
APPRENTICES.
Paid.
14
31
Licensed.
594
588
REMARKS.
* Including the Health Officer of the
town of Calcutta, who is in charge of
the vaccination work of the town.
The increase in the number of licensed vaccinators was caused by the exten-
sion of the licensed system in the Eastern Bengal, Behar, and Orissa circles.
Four additional Inspectors were appointed in the Ranchee Circle, and the
Assistant Surgeon in charge of vaccination and sanitation in the suburbs of
Calcutta was replaced by a special Inspector.
3. The following table shows the total number of vaccinations performed in
1890-91 as compared with those for 1889-90 :—
Calcutta
...
...
...
Metropolitan
Circle ... ...
Darjeeling
ditto ... ...
Ranchee
ditto
...
...
Eastern Bengal ditto ... ...
Orissa
ditto ... ...
Behar
ditto
...
...
Total vaccination circles ...
Municipalities and dispensaries, &c. ...
Grand Total ...
1890-91.
17,498
388,857
492,675
147,203
321,706
138,715
239,407
1,746,061
87,917
1,833,978
1889-90.
26,280
417,822
445,711
149,682
391,816
101,588
170,389
1,703,288
102,182
1,805,470
4. There has been an increase of 28,508 cases in the Darjeeling, Orissa and
Behar circles of vaccination, and a decrease in the Metropolitan, Ranchee and
Eastern Bengal circles, as well as in municipalities and in the town of Calcutta.
( 4 )
for some time past, but considerable difficulty was found in obtaining a proper
site. A suitable piece of land has at last been selected at the north base of
Senchal. Steps are being taken to provide the necessary buildings, and it is
hoped that the depôt will be got into working order during the current year.
10. In discussing the attitude of the people towards vaccination, the
Sanitary Commissioner writes as if they had only now discovered that the
operation is not compulsory in rural areas. He says that many members of the
higher and wealthier Hindu castes habitually evade vaccination, and that every-
where there is difficulty in realising the vaccinator's fees. As a remedy for the
former difficulty, Dr. Gregg proposes to extend the compulsory clauses of the
Vaccination Act to rural areas ; while he suggests that the latter might be got
over by making a vaccinator's fees recoverable through the village panchayat like
the chowkidari tax. Neither suggestion seems to the Lieutenant-Governor to be
practicable nor desirable. The whole question of the organisation of the
Vaccination Department is now under consideration, and Sir Charles Elliott
would rather remodel it on a district or divisional basis, so as to extend the
duties of the Civil Surgeon, than resort to compulsory provisions without adequate
machinery to enforce them.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal,
H. H. RISLEY,
Offg. Secretary to the Government of Bengal,
No. 1824.
COPY of the Resolution, with a copy of the notes, submitted to the Govern¬
ment of India, Home Department, for information.
Circular No. 30.
COPY of the Resolution, with a copy of the notes, forwarded to all
Commissioners of Divisions for information.
No. 1825.
COPY of the Resolution forwarded to the Sanitary Commissioner, Bengal,
for information.
No. 1826.
COPY of the Resolution and of the notes forwarded to the Inspector-
General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal, for information.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal,
J. WINDSOR,
Offg. Under-Secretary to the Govt. of Bengal.
CALCUTTA,
The 20th August 1891.
C. E. G.—Reg. No. 3204C—1,147—21-8-91.
ANNUAL STATISTICAL RETURNS
AND
BRIEF NOTES ON VACCINATION IN BENGAL
FOR THE YEAR 1891-92.
BY
SURGEON LIEUT-COLONEL W. H. GREGG, M.B., M.R.C.P., London, Dip. Publ. Health, Camb.,
Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal.
Calcutta:
PRINTED AT THE BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1892.
Not printed for Sale.
ANNUAL STATISTICAL RETURNS
AND
BRIEF NOTES ON VACCINATION IN BENGAL
FOR
THE
YEAR
1891-92.
BY
SURGEON-MAJOR W. H. GREGG, M.B., M.R.C.P., London, Dip. Publ. Health, Camb.
Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal.
Calcutta:
PRINTED AT THE BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1892.
Not printed for Sale.