( 3 )
it exceeds 1,000. The low averages shown in the returns submitted by provincial vacci-
nators from Golághát and North Lakhimpur were specially referred to in the report for
1883-84, and these sub-divisions again furnish the lowest averages in the Province.
Municipal staff
Dhubri ................
Gauháti ................
Sibsagar ..............
Jorhát ...............
Golághát ................
Sylhet .............
Silchar ...............
Dibrugarh .............
Habiganj .............
1884-85.
1
1
1
1
..
1
1
1
1
8
1883-84.
1
1
1
.. 1
1
1
..
..
6
1882-83.
.. 1
32
..
.. 1
..
..
..
4
9. The number of vaccinators maintained by municipalities, towns, and stations is
shown in the margin, the only increase appearing in the
districts of Sylhet and Lakhimpur. The number of
operations performed by this class of vaccinators has
increased from 1,487 in 1883-84 to 4,146, and of these
latter, 3,679, or 88.7 per cent., were successful, while the
staff has increased by the addition of two vaccinators,
and the average per man has risen from 248 to 518.
The highest average of work done appears in Dhubri
(881 successful cases), and the lowest in Silchar (203), but the returns in all cases show
an improvement over the figures of the past year.
Local Board staff
10. Forty vaccinators were employed by local boards, as compared with 20 in
1883-84, and the number of operations was 26,486, against
15,219. The' largest number of operations is reported from
Nowgong, (5,226 successful cases), and the average per head is highest in Goálpára (985).
The lowest averages are in Golághát (166), Karimganj (379), Sunámganj (391), and
Dhubri (490). The success which has attended the local boards in their efforts to pro-
mote vaccination is a most pleasing and hopeful feature in the annals of the year.
Ex-inoculators
1880-81 ......................
1881-82 ......................
1882-83 ......................
1883-84 ......................
1884-85 ......................
Ex-inoculators.
Number.
58
96
48
51
28
Operations
8,665
15,990
9,466
13,114
15,338
Districts.
Goalpara .. ..
Kámrúp .. ..
Sylhet .. .. ..
Number of
operations.
10,712
4,569
57
11. The vaccinations performed by ex-inoculators were first brought on record in
1880, when 58 men were employed, and their operations
numbered 8.665. It was observed last year that the
35 men of this class in Kámrúp were practically left
without any supervision at all. For 1884-85 their
numbers have been reduced to 18, and there are also
8 in Goálpára and 2 in Sylhet; one of the latter is an
apprentice, and is shown under that designation in the table in paragraph 7 above.
These 28 men did more work than the 51 who were employed in 1883-84. The results
recorded in Goálpára, if trustworthy, are extremely credit-
able. Dr. Eteson proposes to call this class of men licensed
vaccinators as in Bengal, and the change of name is
approved.
Tea-garden operations.
12. The following table shows the vaccination work among the garden population
performed by Government and tea-garden agency during the
past three years:—
Number of primary operations
by Government agency.
Total
number.
2,735
, 4,814
, 3,490
Number
successful.
2,445
3,738
2,570
Percent-
age.
89.0
77.6
73.6
Number of primary operations
by garden agency.
Total
number.
2,243
10,336
8,449
Number
successful.
1,746
5,300
5,486
Percent-
age.
77.7
51.0
64.9
The decrease in 1884-85 is attributable to Cachar, where the number of operations
reported has fallen off from 9,762 to 4,868; Sibságar, on the other hand, shows 2,534
operations, against 764 in 1883-84. But the statistics depend entirely on the good-will
of garden managers, and are invariably incomplete.
Cost of the department.
13. The following table gives a comparative statement of the cost of vaccination to
Government during the past three years, excluding the salaries
of the Sanitary Commissioner and Civil Surgeons :—
Government vaccinators
Local Fund
„ ...
Municipal
„ ...
Total ...
1882-83.
Pay.
Rs.
3,067
390
348
3,805
Travelling
allowance.
Rs.
243
...
...
243
Total.
Rs.
3,310
390
348
4,048
1883-84.
Pay.
Rs.
4,139
1,117
482
5,738
Travelling
allowance.
Rs.
1,373
103
...
1,476
Total.
Rs.
5,512
1,220
482
7,214
1884-85.
Pay.
Rs.
4,317
2,434
831
7,582
Travelling
allowance.
Rs.
1,603
248
...
1,851
Total.
Rs.
5,920
2,682
831
9,433
The average cost per successful operation was 1½ annas for work done by provincial
or local board vaccinators, and 3½ annas for work done by municipal vaccinators, and
the general average of all is 1 anna 7½ pies per successful case, against 1½ annas in
1883-84.