( 4 )
subordinates, 70,314 were found to be successful in 1888-89, againat 63,975 in 1887-88.
The number of vaccinations found to be unsuccessful by Native Inspectors is greater
than in the previous year, probably owing to closer and more careful inspection on their
part in 1888-89. The number found to be unsuccessful by the Civil Surgeons and
their subordinates were much less than in the previous year. The percentage of success-
ful cases, as verified by the Civil Surgeons, was 97.32 (the highest) in the Sylhet
district, and 76.47 (the lowest) in the Nága Hills district. The percentage of successful
cases, as verified by the Native Inspectors of vaccination, ranges from 98.05 (the highest)
in Goálpára to 79.60 (the lowest) in the Cachar district.
TABLE No. 4.
Showing separately the vaccination work among the garden population performed by Government
and tea-garden Agencies during 1888-89.
District.
Cachar .....................
Sylhet .....................
Goálpára ..................
Kámrúp ..................
Darrang ..................
Nowgong ..................
Sibságar ..................
Lakhimpur ...............
Total ...............
Men.
Primarily vaccinated.
84
71
...
...
...
1
2
2
160
Successfully vaccinated.
80
8
...
...
...
1
2
2
93
Women.
Primarily vaccinated.
79
142
...
...
...
...
5
1
227
Successfully vaccinated.
77
23
...
...
...
...
5
1
106
Children.
Primarily vaccinated.
2,091
1,793
... 19
200
407
563
319
5,392
Successfully vaccinated.
1,905
1,582
... 8
200
369
542
229
4,835
Total vacci-
nations by
tea-garden
agency.
Primarily vaccinated.
2,254
2,006
...
19
200
408
570
322
5,779
Successfully vaccinated.
2,062
1,613
... 8
200
370
549
232
5,034
Total vacci-
nations by
Government
agency.
Primarily vaccinated.
423
...
...
Successfully vaccinated.
296
...
...
Not recorded
separately.
...
...
...
448
871
...
...
...
349
645
Grand total.
Primarily vaccinated.
2,677
2,006
... 19
200
408
570
770
6,650
Successfully vaccinated.
2,358
1,613
... 8
200
370
549
581
5,679
Percentage of successful
cases.
88.08
80.41
...
42.10
100.
90.69
96.31
75.45
85.39
Vaccination on tea-gardens.
6. The total vaccinations performed on tea-gardens during the year under report were
6,650, against 6,695 in the previous year, showing a very
slight decrease of 45 operations on the figures of the previous
year. Of the total number of primary vaccinations for the past year, 871 were performed
by Government agencies, of which 645 were successful giving 74.05 per cent. of successful
operations, and 5,779 by tea-garden agencies, with 86.93 per cent. of successful operations,
as compared with 1,649 and 5,046 respectively in the previous season. Government agency
having been suspended in most gardens, excepting some in Cachar and Lakhimpur, will
account for the divergency in the former figures from those of the previous year. Managers
of tea-gardens should be requested to show more interest in this work, as the figures arrived
at, although somewhat better than last year, are not satisfactory, and regular submission
of these returns should be insisted on. Cachar shows a slight falling off in the grand
total primarily vaccinated which would not have happend had all the returns due been
received from managers; but the operations by garden agency much exceed those.
of the previous season, although those by Government agency are much less, in consequence
of this office Circular Memorandum No. 58., dated the 28th May 1889, approved by the
Chief Commissioner, as mentioned in paragraph 5 of Resolution on the Vaccination Report
of the season of 1887-88. In Sylhet, the increase in the grand total is also very
marked. In Kámrúp, the grand total is even less than last year, and in Darrang it is
much less. In Nowgong the figures are something better than last year, while in Sibságar
they are less, which, it is explained in the report, is due to the fact of no returns
having been received from the sadr division and Jorhát sub-division, the figures
given being for a few gardens in the Golághát sub-division only. As Government
vaccinators are only available in the former portion of this district, the absence of
the returns noted apparently explains the absence of any record here of operations done
by the Government agency. In the Lakhimpur district there is an improvement over
the figures of the previous season.
There were 5,679 total successful vaccinations, against 5,988 in previous year,
and the percentage of successful cases was 85.39, or less than the 89.44 of 1887-88.