2
Percentage of successful opera-
tions.
5. Of the 227,114 primary vaccinations done by paid and licensed vaccinators,
221,992, or 97.74 per cent., were successful. 'Last year
155,837 primary vaccinations were done successfully by the
same agencies, or 66,155 fewer than the number done
successfully during the year under review. In 1894-95, the percentage of successful
cases was 87.80. Of the 6,698 cases of re-vaccination, 5,893, or 87.98 per cent., were
successful. In 1894-95, 2,441 re-vaccinations were done successfully, the percentage
of successful cases having been 61.25. The lowest percentage of successful primary
vaccinations, 85.05, was obtained in the North Lushai Hills, and the next lowest, 90.32
and 91.49, were the respective percentages obtained in the Khasi and Jaintia Hills and
in the Garo Hills districts. The results obtained in the districts in the plains were very
satisfactory.
Proportion of the population suc-
cessfully vaccinated.
6. Including the cases done successfully in tea gardens by tea-garden agencies,
there were 42.97 per 1,000 of the population of the province
successfully vaccinated during the year, as against 28.88
per 1,000 done successfully during 1894-95. The average
number of persons successfully vaccinated annually during the previous five years was
164,908, and during that period 29.27 per 1,000 of the population were, on an average,
successfully vaccinated annually.
Dispensary vaccination.
7. From Statement No. III it appears that dispensary establishments performed
10,456 vaccinations during the year, of which 10,005 were
primary and 451 were cases of re-vaccination. Of the
primary vaccinations, 9,513, or 95.08 per cent., were successful, and of the 451 cases
of re-vaccination, 371, or 82.26 per cent., were done successfully. Last year, 11,842
primary vaccinations and 460 re-vaccinations, a total of 12,302 operations, were done
by the dispensary establishment. In that year,of the primary operations, 9,677, or
81.72 per cent., and of the re-vaccinations, 297, or 64.57 per cent., were done success-
fully.
Vaccination work in tea gardens.
8. The following table gives the details of vaccination work done in tea gardens
by Government vaccinators and by tea-garden agencies :
Table showing the vaccination work among the garden population performed by Government
and tea-garden agencies, respectively, during 1895-96.
District
Cachar
...
...
Sylhet ... ...
Goalpara ... ...
Kamrup ...
...
Darrang ...
...
Nowgong... ...
Sibsagar ... ...
Lakhimpur ... ...
Total ... ...
Men.
Primarily vaccinated.
551
1,139
...
...
...
19
...
1,122
2,831
Successfully vaccinated.
496
983
...
...
...
19
...
1,122
2,620
Women.
Primarily vaccinated.
493
729
...
...
...
2
...
1,037
2,261
Successfully vaccinated.
428
528
...
...
...
2
...
1,036
1,994
Children.
Primarily vaccinated.
3,518
2,931
...
17
61
301
573
3,929
11,330
Successfully vaccinated.
3,239
1,647
...
17
6l
287
569
3,811
9,631
Total vaccina-
tions by tea¬
garden agency.
Primarily vaccinated.
4,562
4,799
...
17
61
322
573
6,088
16,422
Successfully vaccinated.
4,163
3,158
...
17
61
308
569
5,969
14,245
Total vaccina-
tions by Govern-
---- agency.
Primarily vaccinated.
464
...
...
...
...
74
...
765
1,303
Successfully vaccinated.
446
...
...
...
...
74
...
738
1,258
Grand total.
Primarily vaccinated.
5,026
4,799
...
17
61
396
573
6,853
17,725
Successfully vaccinated.
4,609
3,158
...
17
6l
382
569
6,707
15,503
Percentage of successful
cases.
91.70
65.80
...
100.00
100.00
96.46
99.30
97.87
87.46
There were altogether 17,725 vaccinations done on tea gardens, of which 16,422
were done by tea-garden agency and 1,303 by Government vaccinators. Of the 16,422