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Results of inspections made by
inspecting officers.
13. The particulars of vaccination work verified by inspecting officers are contained
in Statement V. From the statement, it appears that of the
193,779 vaccinations done during the season by all agencies,
with the exception of garden agencies on tea gardens, 13,541
operations were inspected by Civil Surgeons and 120,796 by native Inspectors. Civil
Surgeons found that 10,908 of the vaccinations inspected by them were successful, and
native Inspectors reported 105,361 successful cases, so that the percentages of cases
inspected found successful by Civil Surgeons and native Inspectors were, respectively, 80.56
and 87.22. Vaccinators reported that 87.80 per cent. of primary vaccinations done by
them were successful. During 1893-94, Civil Surgeons inspected 9,890 and native In-
spectors 115,565 operations, and the percentages found to be successful were, respectively,
77.51 and 89.28. A comparison of the results shows that Civil Surgeons inspected 3,651
and native Inspectors 5,231 more operations than in the previous season. Among Civil
Surgeons, the largest number of inspections, 3,497, was made by the Civil Surgeon of
Sibságar, he having inspected 15.98 per cent. of the vaccinations performed in his district
during the season. A considerable number of inspections were made by the Civil Surgeons
of Goálpára, Darrang and Kámrúp. There were 1,051 inspections made by the Civil
Surgeon of Manipur, a very creditable outturn, as he holds the Civil Surgeoncy as a
collateral charge. There were very few inspections made by the Civil Surgeons of
Cachar, Lakhimpur, Nowgong and Sylhet. The Civil Surgeons of Cachar and Lakhimpur
had some difficulty in leaving headquarters on inspection duty, as, during a considerable
portion of the vaccinating season, they were in medical charge of the troops stationed
at the headquarters of their districts. The Civil Surgeon of the Khási and Jaintia Hills
district inspected only 236 operations. He is in charge of the lymph depôt at Shillong,
and I requested him not to leave the station during the vaccinating season, as the
lymph depôt requires daily supervision.
The six native Inspectors of Sylhet district verified the results in 43,511 cases, as
against 47,479 in 1893-94. In Sibságar district, 17,606 cases were inspected by the
native Inspector, as compared with 11,316 inspections made by him in the previous year.
In the plains districts, the native Inspectors of the Cachar and Groálpára districts made the
fewest inspections.
Inspection of work done by
licensed vaccinators.
14. The proportion of vaccinations done by licensed
vaccinators, found after inspection to be successful, is given
in the following table :
Table showing the number of licensed vaccinators' operations inspected by the Civil Surgeons and Native
Inspectors during the year 1894-95.
District.
Goálpára ...
Kámrúp ...
Sibságar ...
Total ...
Total number of vaccinations.
11,138
16,563
1,262
28,963
Number of vacci-
nations inspected
By Civil Surgeons.
979
295
456
1,730
By Native Inspect-
ors
3,529
5,677
1,262
10,468
12,198
Number of vacci-
nations found
successful
By Civil Surgeons.
905
261
418
1,584
By Native Inspect-
ors.
2,755
5,288
1,145
9,188
10,772
Number of vacci-
nations found
unsuccessful.
By Civil Surgeons.
74
34
38
146
By Native Inspect-
ors.
774
389
117
1,280
1,426
Percentage of suc-
cessful cases actual-
ly verified by in-
spection.
By Civil Surgeons.
92.44
88.47
91.67
91.56
By Native Inspect-
ors.
78.07
93.15
90.73
87.77
88.31
From the table it appears that of 28,963 operations done by licensed vaccinators
1,730 were inspected by Civil Surgeons and 10,468 by native Inspectors, and of these
Civil Surgeons found that 1,584, and Native Inspectors that 9,188, cases were successful.
The percentages of operations inspected found to be successful by Civil Surgeons and
Native Inspectors were, therefore, 91.56 and 87.77, respectively.
In last year's report it was noted that Civil Surgeons had apparently overlooked
the instructions contained in Government of India letter No. 223, dated the 4th Novem-
ber 1893, regarding the desirability of having the work of licensed vaccinators closely
scrutinized. The attention of Civil Surgeons was particularly called to this subject in
September 1894. From the table, it appears that 42 per cent. of the work of licensed