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Remarks on the working of the Compulsory Vaccination Acts in 1892-93, as
tabulated in Table No. 5 above, in those Municipalities, Stations, and
Unions in which they are in force.
General.
17. The above table No. 5 shows the places where the Compulsory Vaccination Acts
[Act V (B.C.) and Act XIII, both of 1880] were in force
in the past vaccination season, with the dates on which
the Acts first came into force. This table also shows the number of prosecutions and
convictions as well as the average number of deaths and the death-rate per mille of
population from small-pox for the five years from 1888 to 1892. The total number
of operations performed has increased from 1,734 in 1889-90 to 2,984 in 1892-93, and
the corresponding number of successful cases has increased from 1,439 to 2,721 in those
two years.
Sylhet Municipality.
18. During; the year under review, 405 vaccinations were performed in this
Municipality ; of which 378 were successful; and in the
previous year there were 358 operations and 335 successful
cases, which show an increase of 47 vaccinations and of 43 successful cases in compari-
son with the figures of the previous year. Vaccination has been compulsory in this
Municipality since 1st October 1882, and the practice of inoculation was prohibited
by law from the 7th April 1892. No death was reported as having occurred
within this Municipality in any of the last five years, except 1891, in which year 7
deaths were registered. 248 notices were issued during the year 1892-93 against 280
in 1891-92 under the Compulsory Vaccination Act. There were no prosecutions or
punishments during the year 1892-93.
Dhubri Municipality.
19. No separate vaccinator was entertained for this Municipality. The vaccina-
tion work was performed by the medical subordinate in
charge of the Dhubri Dispensary. A total of 248 opera-
tions were performed during the year 1892-93, contrasted with 59 in 1891-92
and 47 in 1890-91, which is a great improvement in favour of the past year, and the
corresponding number of successful cases were 174, 56, and 32 respectively in the past
three years.
Goálpára Municipality.
20. During the year under review 83 vaccinations were performed in this Munici-
pality as contrasted with 193 in 1891-92 and 47 in
1890-91. Although the work done in 1892-93 was much
less than that of 1891-92, vet it exceeded that of 1890-91. The numbers of successful
vaccinations were 74, 188, and 45 in 1892-93, 1891-92, and 1890-91 respectively.
There was no separate vaccinator entertained for this Municipality, and the Hospital
Assistant in charge of the Goálpára Dispensary performed all the vaccination work
noted above. Vaccination was made compulsory in this Municipality on 12th November
1890, but it appears from table No. 5 above that no notices under the Compulsory
Vaccination Act have been issued since then.
Gauháti Municipality.
21. A total of 790 vaccinations were performed in this Municipality during the
year 1892-93, of which 774 proved successful, against a
total of 702 operations and 587 successful cases in 1891-92,
and a total of 508 operations and 444 successful cases in 1890-91. The work in
this Municipality was done in a great measure under the personal supervision of the
Civil Surgeon. Of the total of 790 operations, the Municipal Vaccinator performed
752 cases and the Hospital Assistant performed 38 cases. A vaccinator paid by the
Municipality was retained for the whole year on a salary of Rs. 15 a month. There
were 35 deaths from small-pox in this Municipality during the year 1892 and 6 in
1891, but there was no death from this disease in the year 1890. Vaccination has been
compulsory in this Municipality since August 1882. 11 notices were issued in 1892-93,
28 in 1891-92, and 10 in 1890-91, and there was only one prosecution in each of the
years 1892-93 and 1891-92, with no prosecution during the year 1890-91.
Dibrugarh Municipality.
22. In the Dibrugarh Municipality, and also in the Dibrugarh Cantonment, Act XIII of
1880 (The Vaccination Act) has been in force since September
1883. 13 notices were issued on persons who objected to have
their children vaccinated ; but, as they all permitted their children to be vaccinated after
notices were issued, there was no occasion for prosecution. Vaccination was performed by
a Municipal Vaccinator, who was employed for six months on a monthly salary of
Rs. 12 under the supervision of the Civil Surgeon. This vaccinator performed a total
of 771 operations during the past year, of which 683 were successful, as contrasted
with 751 and 725 respectively in the previous year. The total expenditure during the
past year under the head of vaccination was Rs. 72, against the same amount in the
preceding year. 14 cases were vaccinated in the Dibrugarh Cantonment, of which
9 proved successful, against 6 cases in the previous year, all of which had been successful.