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Goálpára Municipality.
18. The Vaccination Act was introduced into this municipality about the beginning
of the season. The municipality did not contribute anything
towards vaccination. The work was carried on by the
Hospital Assistant in medical charge of the dispensary and by a licensed vaccinator, as
in the previous year. There were 47 operations performed during the year, against 95
in the previous year ; of that number, 45 were successful.
Gauháti Municipality.
19. Five hundred and eight operations were performed during the year, against 541
in the previous year ; of that number, 444 were successful.
The permanent municipal vaccinator performed 419 primary
vaccinations, of which 362 were successful. Ten notices were issued to the parents who
refused to allow their children to be vaccinated. The total expenditure on vaccination
was Rs. 180.
Barpeta Municipality.
20. The municipality did not contribute anything towards vaccination. The people
will not accept vaccination, on account of religious bigotry,
until it is made compulsory. There have been 10 children
vaccinated by the Hospital Assistant, of whom 9 were successful, against 82 with
51 successful cases in 1889-90. The Vaccination Act, V of 1880, is not compulsory in
this municipality.
Dibrugarh Municipality
21. Vaccination is compulsory within the municipal area. The population within
the municipality is well protected. One temporary vaccina-
tor on Rs. 12 per month for six months was employed. He
performed 693 primary operations, of which 640 were successful, against 626 with 504
successful cases in the previous year. The total expenditure on vaccination was Rs. 72,
and the average cost of each successful operation was 1 anna 8 pies.
Silchar Station.
22. Vaccination is not compulsory within the station. One vaccinator was employed
on Rs. 5 per month throughout the year from April 1890
to March 1891. 239 primary operations were performed,
of which number only 142 children were vaccinated within the limits of the station,
and the remaining 117 were done in the villages near the station. The number of
successful cases was 223. The average cost of each successful case was 3 annas and
11 pies. No Progress can be expected unless vaccination is made compulsory by law.
Sibságar Station.
23. The law against inoculation is enforced in the station. The people appreciate
vaccination. The station pays Rs. 10 monthly during the
season for a vaccinator. He was employed from October to
March, and performed 518 operations, of which 481 were successful. The average cost
of each successful case was 2 annas.
Shillong Station
24. Vaccination is carried on in this station under the supervision of the Civil
Surgeon. The permanent vaccinator was found on one
occasion to record fictitious cases. He was therefore fined
one month's pay and was dismissed. A new man has been appointed in his place, who is
doing good work. Four hundred and nineteen operations were performed during the year,
of which 366 were successful. The Civil Surgeon had 22 successful cases out of 23 opera-
tions, and the Hospital Assistant in charge of the animal vaccination depôt and the
Hospital Assistant in subordinate medical charge of the Shillong dispensary performed 49
vaccinations, all of which were successful. It should be noted here that the Shillong
vaccinations were generally performed with animal lymph. The total expenditure
on vaccination was Rs. 126-3-3 out of a grant of Rs. 150. The average cost of each
successful case was 5 annas 6 pies. This high rate for successful cases was due to the
indifferent vaccinator, who was discharged for his false returns as above noted.
Habiganj Union.
25. The report says that it was at first intended to employ the Hospital Assistant
of the coolie depôt (who has spare time) this year, to avoid
the cost of employing a ganak. The Hospital Assistant,
however, fell sick and took sick leave at the beginning of the vaccination season, and a
ganak vaccinator was employed on Rs. 10 per mensem from 3rd December 1890 to 31st
March 1891 to vaccinate within the limits of the union under the supervision of the
Local Board Inspector of Vaccination. There were 104 operations performed by this
vaccinator, including 25 cases performed by the Inspector of Vaccination, against 165 in
the previous year. Of that number, 71 were successful, inclusive of 21 successful cases
of the Inspector, against 165 operations with 121 successful cases in the last year. The
total expenditure on vaccination was Rs. 40. The sooner Act V is introduced here the
better. I am recommending to the Chief Commissioner that this union be directed to
engage a really good vaccinator with the advice of the Civil Surgeon.
Balaganj Union
26. There was no paid vaccinator in this union. The Hospital Assistant and the com-
pounder performed only three operations, of which two were
successful and one unsuccessful, which is not satisfactory.
There was no expenditure on vaccination during the year. There is no longer a regular