MUNICIPAL
DEPARTMENT.
SANITATION.
CALCUTTA, THE 24TH AUGUST 1896.
RESOLUTION—No. 3669S.
READ—
The Triennial Report of the Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal on the working of
the Vaccination Department during the three years 1893-94, 1894-95, and
1895-96.
This Triennial Report, which is the third of its kind, was due to Govern-
ment on the 15th June, but was not received until the 27th July. No reason
is assigned for the delay. Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel W. H. Gregg was in
charge of the Department from the 1st April to the 1st May 1893, when he went
on furlough for six months, and Surgeon-Captain H. J. Dyson, who was trans-
ferred from the Sanitary Department of the Punjab, officiated for him. This
officer was in charge of the Department from the 2nd May to the 1st November
1893. Dr. Gregg resumed charge on the 2nd November 1893, and held it till
the 25th August 1895, when he vacated the appointment and Dr. Dyson
succeeded him. The latter officer, who submits the report, was thus in charge
of the Vaccination Department during the first six and the last six months of
the period under review.
2. Strength of inspecting and working staff.—The following table shows
the strength of the working and supervising staff during each of the three years
under review:—
1
Calcutta
...
...
Calcutta A. V.
Depôt.
Provincial rural
areas.
Mufassal Muni-
cipalities and
Dispensaries.
Total
...
...
YEARS.
2
1893-94 ...
1894-95 ...
l895-96 ...
1893-94 ...
1894-95 ...
1895-96 ...
1893-94 ...
1894-95 ...
1895-96 ...
1893-94 ...
1894-95 ...
1895-96 ...
1893-94 ...
1894-95...
1895-96 ...
INSPECTING STAFF.
Number of Super-
intendents.
3
1
1
1
......
......
......
C. S. + D. C.
46 + 3
47 + 3
47+3
......
......
...... 47 + 3
48 + 3
48 + 3
Number of Deputy
Superintendents.
4
1
1
1
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
......
...... 1
1
1
Number of In-
spectors.
5
4
4
5
2
2
1
50
51
53
7
5
5
63
62
64
Number of Sub-
Inspectors.
6
......
......
......
......
......
......
136
140
142
1
3
4
137
143
146
Number of Head
Vaccinators.
7
2
2
2
1
1
1
10
10
9
1
1
1
14
14
13
Total number of
Inspecting
Officers.
8
8
8
9
3
3
2
245
251
254
9
9
10
265
271
275
OPERATORS.
Vaccinators.
Government
or paid.
9
30
30
37
2
2
2
165
173
181
261
274
269
458
479
489
Licensed.
10
......
......
......
......
......
......
1,829
1,985
2,057
1
......
......
1,830
1,985
2,057
Apprentices.
Government
or paid.
11
4
6
4
......
......
......
9
......
......
...... 1
2
13
7
6
Licensed.
12
......
......
......
......
......
......
985
1,095
1,099
......
......
...... 985
1,095
1,099
Total number of opera-
tors.
13
34
36
41
2
2
......
2,988
3,253
3,337
262
275
271
3,286
3,566
3,651
The fluctuations which the table discloses in the numbers of the subordinate
establishments are due mainly (1) to the provision made for extra supervision
in the Orissa Tributary States; (2) to the employment for the first time of
special establishments paid by the District Boards of Puri and Noakhali and by
zamindars in Tippera; (3) to the appointment of a small extra Government
staff in certain districts where small-pox broke out; and (4) to the creation of
the new district of Angul. In point of numbers the superior staff, consisting
of Civil Surgeons and Deputy Sanitary Commissioners, remained practically
unaltered, but the Sanitary Commissioner observes that the systematic working
of the department was greatly interfered with by the frequent shifting of
individual officers, especially of the three Deputy Sanitary Commissioners, among
whom no less than eleven changes occurred in 1893-94.