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It will be seen that in circles or rural areas, although the total cost of
vaccination was more during the year under report than in the previous year,
the average cost of each successful case was the same in both years, viz.,
one anna and five pies. In municipalities also the total cost of vaccination was
greater, and so was the cost of each successful case. The general result was
an increase of one pie in the cost of each successful case.
The following is an explanation of the increase or decrease in the total
expenditure in each circle.
In the Calcutta Circle the increase of Rs. 1,295-5-9 is due (1) to the
employment of seven extra vaccinators for two months during the small-pox
epidemic and to contingencies ; (2) to the employment of a Eurasian female
vaccinator on Rs. 40 a month in place of the native female vaccinator on Rs. 12
a month, hitherto employed ; and (3) to the grant of an increase of pay to the
establishment consequent on the amalgamation of the Suburbs of Calcutta
with the Town of Calcutta. In 1889-90 there was only a small extra expendi-
ture on this account. The increase of Rs. 2,447-15-1 in the total cost of
the Metropolitan Circle and of five pies in the cost of each successful case is said
to be due to a falling off in the work and an increase on account of travelling
allowance.
The decrease of Rs. 316-8-1 in the total cost of the Darjiling Circle is due to
further savings effected by the amalgamation of the Sonthal Pergunnahs Circle.
The cause of the increase of Rs. 176-6-9 in the Ranchi Circle is due to the
additional Inspectors appointed with the sanction of Government in that circle.
The increase of Rs. 1,046-9-9 in the Eastern Bengal Circle is due to the
additional supervising agency appointed with the sanction of Government about
the middle of the working season.
The decrease of Rs. 187-4-11 in the Orissa Circle is due principally to the
abolition of the Government agency and the introduction of the licensed system
of vaccination.
The comparatively large increase of Rs. 5,000-6 in the Behar Circle is due
to the increased supervising establishment employed with the sanction of
Government, and also to the grant of full or working season's pay to the staff of
Government vaccinators and Inspectors deputed to stamp out outbreaks of
small-pox which occurred during the recess.
In municipalities the cost of vaccination is borne from municipal funds
supplemented by contributions from private sources. During the year under
report, the following sums were contributed from private sources. For com-
parison the sums contributed during the previous year are also shown :—
Native zemindars ...
Rajahs (Maharajahs)
Cantonments ...
Dispensary ...
District Board ...
Local Board ...
Total ...
1890-91.
Rs.
16
129
210
57
27
30
469
A.
0
5
0
0
0
0
5
P.
0
9
0
0
0
0
9
1889-90.
Rs.
20
329
210
36
18
A.
0
0
0
0
0
P
0
6
0
0
0
......
613 0 6
DIFFERENCE.
Increase.
Rs. A. P.
......
......
Decrease.
Rs.
4
199
A.
0
10
P.
0
9
Equal.
21
9
30
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
......
......
......
143 10 9
General Remarks.
Extent to which vaccination
has been introduced into the
province.
Act IV (B.C.) of 1865, prohibiting the practice of inoculation, is in force
throughout the province except in the rural areas, of
the Durbhunga and Mozufferpore districts, which
have not yet been taken up by the Vaccination De-
partments The Compulsory Vaccination Act V (B.C.) of 1880 is in force in all the