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as he only did 20 operations from June 1889 to 31st March 1890, and of this number
only 12 proved successful. A report should have been sent to me, and my assistance asked
for, before October 1889, which was not done. As soon as I knew of the matter (just
lately), I at once directed the Civil Surgeon, Sylhet, to select a good Muhammadan from
that district (as suggested by Mr. Porteous, Deputy-Commissioner), and to send him to
the Nága Hills as vaccinator at once. The Civil Surgeon should have taken early action
in this matter. The cost was lowest in Manipur, where it was only at 1 anna 2 pie per
case.
Statement No. III., explanation of
12. Annual Statement No. III. shows the number of operations performed at the
dispensaries by the dispensary staff. The total number of
primary vaccinations performed by this class of operators
amounted to 7,222, against 4,415 in 1888-89, and of that number 6,743 were successful,
showing a percentage of 93.37 of successful cases, as compared with 3,975 total successful
and a percentage of 90.03 in the previous year. Out of the above-noted total of 7,222
dispensary vaccinations, 5,845 were performed in the dispensaries in the Sylhet district, as
compared with 2,950 in 1888-89, which shows a great advance, as compared with the work
done than in any previous season. In the Khási and Jaintia Hills district the figures have
risen from 3 in 1888-89 to 182 in 1889-90, which is a great improvement; in Goálpára
from 280 to 305. In Cachar there was a falling off of 180 operations, as compared with
the figures in the previous year, in Darrang 73, and in Sibságar 61. There was a slight
decrease in the districts of Lakhimpur, Nowgong, and Nága Hills.
Statement No. IV.
13. Annual Statement No. IV. shows the number of primary vaccinations, with
their results, for the past nine years, as compared with
1889-90. This statement shows a continued marked
improvement in the work effected, from 24,163 operations with 21,170 successful
cases in 1880-81 to 146,338 with 134,579 successful cases in 1889-90. The work done
by Government vaccinators rose from 38,894 in 1888-89 to 44,929 in 1889-90, by
dispensary staff from 4,415 to 7,222, by Municipality from 3,176 to 4,127, by Local Fund
vaccinators from 58,924 to 62,005, by licensed vaccinators from 22,284 to 18,755,
and by tea-garden agency from 5,779 to 9,217. There was a marked decrease of
3,529 vaccinations performed by the licensed vaccinators, as compared with those of
the previous year. This was chiefly due to the reduction of the number of this
class in the Kámrúp district from 32 in 1888-89 to 20 in 1889-90, or a reduction of 12,
slightly counterbalanced in the Groálpára district by the addition of two and the
appointment of one in the Sibságar district over the numbers of the previous year.
TABLE No. 8.
District.
Cachar ..................
Kámrúp ...............
Darrang ...............
Class of persons examined.
Schoolboys ...............
Dispensary patients .........
Jail prisoners ...............
Total ...............
Schoolboys ...............
Dispensary patients .........
Jail prisoners ...............
Total
Schoolboys ...............
Schoolboys ...............
Dispensary patients .........
Jail prisoners ...............
Lunatic Asylum ...................
Police ........................
Total
Carried over ............
Number examined.
515
36
97
648
207
16,546
270
17,023
18
1,905
6,573
532
107
91
9,208
26,897
Vaccinated.
127
19
14
160
134
3,070
36
3,240
8
1,425
2,981
230
23
50
4,709
8,117
Inoculated.
297
3
52
352
20
10,716
155
10,891
4
185
1,818
128
54
38
2,223
13,470
Had small-pox.
46
10
28
84
15
1,894
43
1,952
3
204
1,531
166
29
...
1,930
3,969
Unprotected.
45
4
3
52
38
866
36
940
3
91
243
8
1
3
346
1,341
Percentage of
Vaccinated.
24.66
52.77
14.43
24.69
64.74
18.55
13.33
19.03
44.44
74.80
45.35
43.23
21.49
54.95
51.14
30.19
Inoculated.
57.66
8.33
53.60
54.32
9.66
64.76
57.41
63.98
22.22
9.71
27.66
24.06
50.47
41.76
24.14
50.12
Had small-pox.
8.94
27.77
28.86
12.96
7.24
11.45
15.93
11.47
16.67
10.71
23.29
31.20
27.10
...
20.96
14.77
Unprotected.
8.74
11.11
3.09
8.02
18.35
5.23
13.33
5.52
16.67
4.77
3.69
1.50
.93
3.29
3.75
4.92