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TRIENNIAL REPORT
OF
VACCINATION IN BENGAL
FOR THE YEARS
1890-91, 1891-92, and 1892-93.
Officer in charge of the Depart-
ment.
SURGEON-LIEUTENANT-COLONEL W. H. GREGG, who is at present on sick leave,
was in charge of the Vaccination Department
throughout the triennial period under report.
Surgeon-Captain H. J. Dyson, Officiating Sanitary-
Commissioner, Bengal, is the officer who submits this report.
Delay in the submission of the
Report.
2. The report was due to Government on the 15th June, but owing to the
difficulty and delay experienced in getting together
the district returns under the re-organization scheme
from Civil Surgeons and the new officers of the
Department, who had never dealt with such returns before, and the having in
consequence to send them backwards and forwards for correction and recorrec¬
tion, it has been found impossible, in spite of my best endeavours, to submit this
report earlier. Even now I am obliged to do so without the figures of the
Tributary States of Orissa which have not yet been received. The new scheme,
however, is now in working order, the new departmental officers have had
experience of what is required, and delay in the submission of the annual report
ought not again to occur.
Change in the administration of
Vaccination.
3. During the year 1892-93 a radical change was effected, under the
orders of Government, in the working of the Vac-
cination Department in Bengal, the chief feature of
which was the transfer of the executive supervision
and control of the work to Civil Surgeons, who are now for this purpose Superin-
tendents of Vaccination. Under the old scheme, Civil Surgeons had nothing to
do with vaccination beyond the limits of the towns in which they were stationed.
The Province was divided into six circles, each under the supervision of a
Superintendent of Vaccination who was also Deputy Sanitary Commissioner.
Three of these Superintendents were covenanted officers of the Indian Medical
Service, two were Assistant Surgeons, and one was an Apothecary. They were
assisted in the work of inspection by thirteen Deputy Superintendents of
Vaccination, eleven of whom were Assistant Surgeons and two were non-medi-
cal men. Under the Deputy Superintendents of Vaccination, again, were 116 In-
spectors, whose pay varied from Rs. 15 to Rs. 50 a month. This constituted the
supervising staff. The operating staff was composed of 101 Government
vaccinators (including 9 apprentices), who were employed to initiate vaccina-
tion, 297 Municipal vaccinators, and 2,340 licensed vaccinators (including 696
apprentices). The chief defect of the old scheme was the inconveniently large
area with which the Superintendents of Vaccination had to deal, which rendered
it impossible for them to exercise sufficient supervision, or to work in effective
B
( 8 )
Cost of vaccination and contri-
butions from local sources.
10. The following statement shows the cost of vaccination during each of
the three years under report, the average of those
years and the average of the preceding three
years:—
AREA.
Calcutta... ... ... ...
Mufassal municipalities... ...
Provincial rural areas,
including the establish-
ment of Deputy Sani-
tary Commissioners.
Total ...
TOTAL COST.
1890-91.
Rs.
14,934
15,964
1,51,501
1,82,400
A.
2
4
14
4
P.
1
1
1
3
1891-92.
Rs.
15,344
16,234
1,48,262
1,79,841
A.
2
12
14
13
P.
5
6
11
10
1892-93.
Rs.
15,217
17,359
1,33,023
1,65,601
A.
13
13
11
6
P.
6
10
5
9
Average
of
1890-93.
Rs.
15,165
16,519
1,44,262
1,75,947
A.
6
10
13
13
P.
0
2
5
7
Average
1887-90.
Rs.
10,787
13,909
1,41,247
1,65,944
A.
14
2
5
5
P.
2
2
3
7
COST OF EACH SUCCESSFUL CASE.
1890-91.
Rs.
1
0
0
0
A.
3
3
1
1
P.
4
2
4
7
1891-92.
Rs.
1
0
0
0
A.
6
3
1
1
P.
11
0
6
9
1892-93.
Rs.
1
0
0
0
A.
4
3
1
1
P.
0
1
2
5
Average
of
1890-93.
Rs.
1
0
0
0
A.
4
3
1
1
P.
7
1
4
7
Average
of
1887-90.
Rs.
0
0
0
0
A.
15
2
1
1
P.
7
8
4
6
The following were the contributions from local sources:—
SOURCES.
Native estates... ...
Rajahs... ...
Cantonments... ...
Dispensaries...
Local Boards...
District Boards...
Tea estates...
Total...
1890-91.
Rs.
16
129
210
57
30
27
A.
0
5
0
0
0
0
P.
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
469 5 0
1891-92.
Rs.
16
130
210
30
30
62
A.
0
0
0
0
0
8
P.
0
0
0
0
0
0
......
478 8 0
1892-93.
Rs.
24
175
205
30
103
A.
0
1
0
0
11
P.
0
0
0
0
5
......
......
537 12 5
Average
of
1890-93.
Rs.
18
144
208
39
54
29
A.
10
12
5
0
9
13
P.
8
8
4
0
2
4
......
495 3 2
Average
of
1887-90.
Rs
14
320
169
31
A.
10
0
5
2
P.
8
11
4
4
......
6
5
546
0
0
3
0
0
3
These contributions are individually so insignificant as to be scarcely
worthy of mention. It is much to be regretted that so little interest is taken in
vaccination by the educated and well-to-do native of India, and that so little is
contributed by him to help in protecting his co-religionist from the horrors of
small-pox.
( 9 )
Diagrams illustrating the death¬
rate from small-pox and the pro-
portion of the population protect¬
ed against the disease by vaccina-
tion in each district.
11. The first three of the following diagrams illustrate the death-rate
from small-pox per 10,000 of the population in each district of the Pro-
vince during each of the three years under report, and the fourth diagram
shows the proportion of the population of each district protected by
vaccination during the past seven years. The diagrams speaks for them-
selves :—
"1892-93."
c
( 10 )
Diagram showing the death-rates from SMALL-POX per 10,000 of population during the
year 1891-92.
( 11 )
diagram showing the death-rates from SMALL-POX per 70,000 of population during the year
1890-91.
c 2
( 12 )
Diagram showing the proportion of population protected during the seven
years 1886—93.
( 22 )
detailed working of the scheme has been entirely prompted by him, in the
lucid circulars issued from bead-quarters to the local officers. Dr. Gregg,
the permanent Sanitary Commissioner, mentioned in the Annual Sanitary Report
that Mr. Price was an invaluable help to the Department, and remarked that he
had shown powers of organization for which there was not sufficient scope in
the position he occupies. I fully endorse this opinion, and hope the Government
will soon have an opportunity of recognizing his services. If ever an officer
deserved a better appointment, he does.
H. J. DYSON, F.R.C.S., SURGEON-CAPTAIN,
Offg. Sanitary Commissioner, Bengal.
The 6th October 1893.
STATISTICAL RETURNS.
A
iv
STATEMENT No. I—Showing particulars of Vaccination in
Number.
1
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
DISTRICTS.
2
Orissa Division.
Cuttack
...
...
...
...
...
Balasore
...
...
...
...
...
Pari
...
...
...
...
...
Tributary States of Khond-
mahal, Dhenkanal, Talcher,
Ranpur, Angul, Narsinghpur,
Baramba, and Nilgiri.
Boad and Keonjhar ... ...
Total of Orissa Division ...
Paid ...
Licensed
Paid ...
Licensed
Total ...
Chota Nagpur
Division.
Hazaribagh
...
...
...
...
...
Lohardaga
...
...
...
...
...
Palamau
...
...
...
...
...
Manbhum
...
...
...
...
...
Singhbhum
...
...
...
...
...
Political States of Khursawan, Seraikela,
Bonai, Udaipur, Changbauker, Jaspur,
Sirguja, Korea, and Gangpur.
Total of Chota Nagpur Division ...
TOTAL FOR THE PROVINCE
Paid ...
Licensed
Total ...
POPULATION.
3
1,860,846
973,850
916,204
961,357
4,712,257
1,136,866
1,101,469
591,577
1,170,094
538,638
883,359
5,422,003
170,253,264
Average population per square
mile.
4
514
473
371
111
281
162
154
121
283
144
55
126
404
Average number of vaccinators em-
ployed throughout the year.
5
12
51
36
Informa-
tion has not
been re-
ceived.
99
50
72
40
58
14
49
283
134
2,618
2,752
TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS
VACCINATED.
Male.
Female.
Total.
6
4,019
11,410
7,925
5,904
3,019
5,904
26,373
32,277
13,210
16,337
6,206
18,662
8,259
10,524
73,198
67,220
828,964
896,184
3,759
10,727
6,274
4,602
2,517
4,602
23,277
27,879
12,764
15,550
6,137
17,635
7,827
10,348
70,261
63,054
780,794
843,848
7,778
22,137
14,199
10,506
5,536
10,506
49,650
60,156
25,974
31,887
12,343
36,297
16,086
20,872
143,459
130,274
1,609,758
1,740,032
Average number of persons vac-
cinated by each vaccinator.
7
648
456
394
...
...
608
519
443
309
626
1,149
426
507
972
615
632
PRIMARY VACCINATION.
Total.
Male.
Female.
Total.
8
4,019
11,403
7,925
5,894
3,019
5,894
26,366
32,260
12,735
15,597
6,206
17,495
8,247
10,509
70,789
65,979
824,739
890,718
3,759
10,719
6,274
4,596
2,517
4,596
23,269
27,865
12,349
14,881
6,137
16,667
7,812
10,344
68,190
62,486
777,270
839,756
7,778
22,122
14,199
10,490
5,536
10,490
49,635
60,125
25,084
30,478
12,343
34,162
16,059
20,853
138,979
128,465
1,002,009
1,730,474
Succ
Under one year.
9
454
3,882
185
136
730
136
5,251
5,387
7,189
18,669
6,164
9,107
4,081
12,044
57,254
22,229
278,764
300,993
One year and under
six years.
10
5,0
12,0
11,40
6,20
3,40
6,23
32,55
38,78
17,23
10,20
5,60
24,10
10,03
7,00
74,90
92,64
1,138,81
1,231,40
OFFICE OF THE SANITARY COMMR. FOR BENGAL,
The 15th September 1893.
v
Districts of Bengal during the year 1892-93—concluded.
ful
Above six years.
11
1,060
5,804
2,054
3,277
1,108
3,277
10,026
13,303
605
949
547
763
1,865
623
5,332
11,207
174,481
183,688
TOTAL
AT ALL
AGES.
12
7,078
21,733
13,701
9,643
5,321
9,643
47,833
57,476
25,027
29,883
12,323
34,037
15,964
20,289
137,523
126,080
1,592,060
1,718,140
RE-VACCINATION.
Total.
Male.
Female.
Total.
13
...
7
...
10
...
10
7
17
475
740
... 1,167
12
15
2,409
1,241
4,225
5,466
...
8
...
0
...
6
8
14
415
669
... 968
15
4
2,071
568
3,524
4,092
...
15
...
16
...
16
15
31
890
1,409
... 2,135
27
19
4,480
1,800
7,749
9,558
Successful.
Under one year.
14
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
93
34
...
...
...
...
127
...
132
132
One year and
under six years.
15
...
3
...
7
...
7
3
10
205
284
... 66
...
1
556
9
666
675
Above six years.
16
...
1
...
3
...
3
1
4
499
804
... 911
23
17
2,254
471
3,708
4,179
TOTAL AT ALL
AGES.
17
...
4
...
10
...
10
4
14
797
1,122
... 977
23
18
2,937
480
4,506
4,986
PERCENTAGE
OF SUCCESSFUL
CASES EX-
CLUDING
THE UNKNOWN
CASES FROM
THE TOTAL.
Primary.
18
92.53
98.28
96.52
93.75
95.92
99.78
98.32
99.83
99.70
99.60
97.88
99.14
98.63
99.51
99.45
Secondary.
19
...
26.66
...
62.50
45.16
89.55
83.91
...
45.89
85.18
94.73
66.71
27.69
58.95
53.17
RELIGION OF THE NUMBER
VACCINATED.
Total number vaccinated of—
Hindus.
20
7,590
21,533
13,965
10,489
5,045
10,409
48,133
58,632
23,868
20,750
11,364
34,954
15,974
20,815
127,725
112,625
940,838
1,053,463
Muhammadans.
21
177
575
209
4
...
4
961
965
2,105
588
777
1,328
49
57
4,904
15,861
620,214
636,075
Christians.
22
11
29
25
3
...
3
65
68
1
2,789
202
15
63
...
3,070
765
4,729
5,494
Other races.
23
...
...
...
...
491
...
491
491
...
7,760
...
... ...
...
7,760
1,023
43,977
45,000
Persons successfully vaccinated
per 1,000 of population.
24
3.80
22.32
14.95
15.57
12.20
22.71
28.14
20.83
29.92
29.68
22.98
25.90
1.80
22.72
24.52
AVERAGE NUM-
BER OF PERSONS
SUCCESSFULLY VAC-
CINATED DURING
THE PREVIOUS
FIVE YEARS.
Number.
25
30,835
34,418
21,245
14,555
101,053
26,743
44,451
33,888
15,891
23,627
141,600
1,659,032
Ratio per 1,000 of
population.
26
16.57
35.34
23.18
23.33
31.14
23.52
26.25
20.41
29.50
26.74
26.66
23.72
AVERAGE NUM-
BER OF DEATHS
FROM SMALL-FOX
DURING THE
PREVIOUS FIVE
YEARS.
Number.
27
1,412
207
816
Ratio per 1,000 of
population.
28
.75
.21
.89
Data not avail-
able.
2,435
67
442
111
61
.92
.05
.26
.08
.11
Data not avail-
able.
681
10,275
.15
.14
H. J. DYSON, F.R.C.S., Surgn.-Capt.,
Offg. Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal.
x
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT No. IV—Showing the number of persons primarily vaccinated, and the number of those persons who were successfully vaccinated in each of the
undermentioned official years.
ESTABLISHMENT.
Government ...
Municipal ...
Local funds
...
Native States ...
Dispensaries ...
Work done by ex¬
inoculators.
Total ...
PERSONS PRIMARILY VACCINATED.
Total number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
1883-84.
378,587
63,518
...
35,263
6,591
866,550
1,350,519
373,231
59,254
...
31,967
3,684
856,717
1,324,853
Total number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
1884-85.
383,104
101,318
...
31,637
4,020
955,423
1,475,502
376,941
95,389
...
30,676
3,521
950,578
1,457,105
Total number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
1885-86.
251,138
96,845
...
25,082
3,436
985,280
1,361,781
245,656
90,257
...
24,514
2,986
981,844
1,345,257
Total number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
1886-87.
384,671
96,611
...
27,263
3,962
1,090,020
1,602,527
379,007
80,160
...
26,427
3,483
1,086,090
1,585,167
Total number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
1887-88.
395,085
73,432
...
45,679
3,927
1,194,124
1,712,297
388,670
68.913
...
43,278
3,369
1,187,724
1,692,954
Total number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
1888-89.
420,543
79,597
...
32,837
3,658
1,301,580
1,838,215
415,070
75,611
...
30,766
3,029
1,295,895
1,820,371
Total number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
1889-90.
137,308
105,106
...
50,597
3,570
1,480,639
1,777,220
133,537
99,012
...
48,112
2,949
1,474,815
1,758,425
Total number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
1890-91.
168,313
93,674
...
15,132
1,204
1,537,915
1,816,238
165,871
87,471
...
14,094
915
1,529,929
1,798,280
Total number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
1891-92.
110,248
98,436
606
2,986
1,303
1,413,276
1,626,855
108,624
91,983
554
2,684
1,099
1,404,182
1,609,126
Total number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
1892-93.
105,496
98,235
737
691
3,020
1,612,620
1,820,799
104,722
94,122
687
617
2,831
1,601,820
1,804,799
OFFICE OF THE SANY. COMMR. FOR BENGAL,
The 15th September 1893.
H. J. DYSON, F.R.C.S., Surgn.-Capt.,
Offg. Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal.
ANNUAL STATISTICAL RETURNS
AND
SHORT NOTES ON VACCINATION IN BENGAL
FOR THE YEAR 1893-94.
BY
SURGEON-LIEUT.-COLONEL W. H. GREGG, M.B., M.R.C.P., London. Dip. Publ. Health, Camb.,
Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal.
Culcutta:
PRINTED AT THE BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1894.
Not printed for sale.
ANNUAL STATISTICAL RETURNS
AND
SHORT NOTES ON VACCINATION IN BENGAL
FOR THE YEAR 1893-94.
BY
SURGEON LIEUT. COLONEL W. H. GREGG, M.B., M.R.C.P., London, Dip. Publ. Health, Camb.
Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal.
Culcutta:
PRINTED AT THE BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1894.
Not printed for sale.
No. 3492.
FROM SURGEON-LIEUT.-COLONEL W. H. GREGG, M.B.,
Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal,
To THE SECRETARY To THE GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL,
MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT.
Dated Calcutta, the 31st July 1894.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to submit the following short notes on vacci-
nation for the year 1893-94, which were due to Government on the 1st instant.
The delay is due to the following causes:—
(1) Late receipt of the annual reports of the following districts:—
Jalpaiguri and Nadia ...
Dinapore Cantonment ...
Metropolitan Circle
Darjeeling ... ...
Received on the 16th June.
„
„ 19th „
„
„ 25th „
„
„ 2nd July.
(2) Discrepancies which had to be reconciled and omissions supplied in
the reports of the following districts, complete figures from
which were received on the dates mentioned opposite them :—
Dinajpur ... ...
Darbhanga and Cuttack ...
Noakhali
... ...
24-Parganas
20th June 1894.
23rd „
„
29th „
„
9th July
„
It will thus be seen that the Provincial statistical returns could not be
closed until the 9th instant, and of course no report could be written until the
figures were complete. I am doing all I can to get in the local annual reports
punctually. There is a very great improvement in this respect over last year,
and I hope next year to be able to submit the Provincial Annual Report by
the due date, before which I trust the long-pending extra allowance of Rs. 10
a month, which it is proposed to give Civil Surgeons clerks for the heavy
additional duties which have been thrown upon them by the present vaccina¬
tion scheme, will have been granted.
2. I was in charge of the department for the first month, viz. April, of
the official year under report, and again from the 2nd November to the end of
1893-94. In the recess interval of six months, from 2nd May to 1st November
inclusive, I was on leave, and Surgeon-Captain H. .J. Dyson, Deputy Sanitary
Commissioner of the Punjab, acted as Sanitary Commissioner of Bengal, and
held charge of the Vaccination Department.
Among Deputy Sanitary Commissioners and Superintendents of Vaccination,
there were constant changes which interfered seriously with continuous work,
viz.—
In the Metropolitan Circle, Surgeon-Captain Alcock was in charge for the
first 10 days of the year. Assistant Surgeon N. N. Gupta was in charge from
the 11th April to the 7th August 1893, when he was relieved by Surgeon-Captain
Moir, who was in charge for the rest of the year.
A
( 9 )
Vaccination according to sex,
class and age.
10. The following tables show particulars of
vaccination according to sex, class and age during
the year under report as compared with the
previous year:—
SEX.
AREA.
1
Calcutta ... ... ...
Provincial rural areas ...
Mufassal municipalities ...
Total ...
NUMBER VACCINATED AMONGST—
MALES.
1893-94.
2
8,254
897,492
53,447
959,193
1892-93.
3
7,606
888,578
52,491
948,675
Difference.
Increase.
4
648
8,914
956
10,518
Decrease.
5
...
...
...
...
FEMALES.
1893-94.
6
7,059
836,887
41,165
885,111
1892-93.
7
6,591
837,257
43,888
887,736
Difference.
Increase.
8
468
...
...
...
Decrease.
9
...
370
2,723
2,625
PROPORTION PER CENT. TO TOTAL VACCINATION.
MALES.
1893-94.
10
53.90
51.74
56.49
52.00
1892-93.
11
53.57
51.48
54.46
51.65
Difference.
Increase.
12
.33
.26
2.03
.35
Decrease.
13
...
...
...
...
FEMALES.
1893-94.
14
46.09
48.25
43.50
47.99
1892-93.
15
46.42
48.51
45.53
48.34
Difference.
Increase.
16
...
...
...
...
Decrease.
17
.33
.26
2.03
.35
CLASS.
AREA.
1
Calcutta
...
...
Provincial areas ...
Mufassal municipa-
lities.
Total ...
Calcutta ... ...
Provincial areas ...
Mufassal municipa-
lities.
Total ...
1893-94.
1892-93.
NUMBER VACCINATED AMONGST—
Christians.
2
729
5,530
981
7,240
Hindus.
3
10,236
1,060,636
67,707
1,138,579
Muhammadans.
4
4,209
600,165
25,084
629,458
Other class.
5
139
68,048
840
69,027
Increase.
179
586
...
396
534
16,875
...
16,456
345
...
...
...
58
23,129
264
23,451
Christians.
6
550
4,944
1,350
6,844
Hindus.
7
9,702
1,043,761
68,660
1,122,123
Muhammadans.
8
3,864
632,211
26,793
661,868
Other class.
9
81
44,919
576
45,576
Decrease.
...
...
369
...
...
...
953
...
...
32,046
709
32,410
...
...
...
1893-94.
1892-93.
RATIO PER CENT. TO POPULATION.
Christians.
10
2.51
4.01
3.94
3.77
Hindus.
11
2.31
2.39
3.42
2.43
Muhammadans.
12
2.07
2.22
3.35
2.68
Other class.
13
3.05
2.34
4.13
2.35
Increase.
.62
.45
...
.22
.13
.03
...
.03
.17
...
...
...
1.52
.73
1.30
.73
Christians.
14
1.89
3.56
5.46
3.55
Hindus.
15
2.18
2.36
3.47
2.40
Muhammadans.
16
1.90
2.81
3.45
2.82
Other class.
17
1.53
1.61
2.83
1.62
Decrease.
...
...
1.52
...
...
...
.05
...
...
.59
.10
.14
...
...
...
...
B
( 10 )
AGE.
AREA.
1
Calcutta
...
...
...
Provincial rural areas ...
Mufassal municipalities...
Total
...
Calcutta
...
...
...
Provincial rural areas ...
Mufassal municipalities...
Total ...
893-94.
Ages of the successfully vacci-
nated.
Under
one year.
2
4,285
338,276
21,381
363,942
......
......
......
......
One year
and under
six.
3
7,062
1,197,073
51,503
1,255,638
......
......
......
......
Six years
and above.
4
462
179,157
10,525
190,138
......
......
......
......
Primary vaccination, excluding
unknown cases.
Successful.
5
11,809
1,714,500
83,409
1,809,718
......
......
......
......
Unsuccess-
ful.
6
839
10,715
2,925
14,479
......
......
......
Total
7
12,648
1,725,215
86,334
1,824,197
......
......
......
......
1892-93.
Ages of succesfully vaccinated.
Under
one year.
8
4,378
296,615
18,591
319,584
......
......
......
......
One year
and under
six.
9
6,882
1,224,577
57,411
1,288,870
......
......
......
......
Six years
and above.
10
455
185,233
10,657
196,345
......
......
......
......
Primary vaccination.
Successful.
11
11,715
1,706,425
86,659
1,804,799
......
......
......
......
Unsuccess-
ful.
12
395
9,091
2,747
12,233
......
......
......
......
Total.
13
12,110
1,715,516
89,406
1,817,032
......
......
......
......
PROPORTION PER CENT. TO TOTAL PRIMARILY VACCINATED,
EXCLUDING UNKNOWN CASES.
Under 1 year.
1893-94.
14
33.87
19.60
24.76
19.95
Increase.
......
2.31
3.97
2.37
1892-93.
15
36.15
17.29
20.79
17.58
Decrease.
2.28
......
......
......
One year and under
six.
1893-94.
16
55.83
69.38
59.65
68.83
Increase.
......
......
......
......
1892-93.
17
56.82
71.38
64.21
70.93
Decrease.
.99
2.00
4.56
2.10
Six years and above.
1893-94.
18
3.65
10.38
12.19
10.42
Increase.
......
......
.28
......
1892-93.
19
3.75
10.79
11.91
10.80
Decrease.
.10
.41
......
.38
Cost of vaccination.
11. The following statement shows the cost of vaccination during the year under report as compared with
the previous year:—
AREA.
1
Calcutta ... ... ... ...
Mufassal municipalities ...
Provincial rural areas, includ-
ing the establishment of the
Deputy Sanitary Commis-
sioners.
Total
...
1893-94.
Total cost.
2
Rs.
15,494
18,172
1,46,532
1,80,199
A.
12
6
9
12
P.
11
6
9
8
Cost of
each
successful.
vaccination
3
Rs.
1
0
0
0
A.
4
3
1
1
P.
2
4
4
7
1892-93.
Total cost.
4
Rs.
15,217
17,359
1,33,023
1,65,601
A.
19
13
11
6
P.
6
10
5
9
Cost or
each
successful
vaccination.
5
Rs.
1
0
0
0
A.
4
3
1
1
P.
0
1
2
5
DIFFERENCE IN—
Total cost.
Increase.
6
Rs.
276
812
13,503
14,598
A.
15
8
14
5
P.
5
2
4
11
Decrease.
7
Rs. A. P.
...
...
...
...
Cost of each success-
ful vaccination.
Increase.
8
Rs.
0
0
0
0
A.
0
0 0
0
P.
2
3
2
2
Decrease.
9
Rs. A. P.
...
...
...
...
( 11 )
As regards Calcutta the Health Officer explains that the increased
expenditure of 2 pies on each successful operation was caused by the payment
for the first time of house-rent to the Governors of the Mayo Native Hospital
for the use of a portion of the premises as a vaccine centre or depôt, and also to
slightly increased expenditure on account of contingencies.
In mufassal municipalities the increase of 3 pies on each successful opera-
tion is due to payments for better supervision over the work of the vacci-
nators.
In Provincial rural areas the increase of 2 pies on each successful operation
is only apparent. In 1892-93 the expenditure shown was for the seven months
after the introduction of the new vaccination scheme in August 1892. In the
year under report the expenditure is for the full twelve months, which accounts
for the increase. In 1890-91 each successful vaccination cost 1 anna and
7 pies, and in 1891-92 1 anna 9 pies; the average of the three years 1890—93
was 1 anna 7 pies, so that the cost of each case during the year under report is
not really in excess of past years.
The following were the contributions from local sources during the year
under report as compared with the previous year:—
IN TOWNS.
SOURCES.
1
Zamindars ...
Rajas ... ...
Cantonments
Dispensaries
Local Boards
Total ...
1893-94.
2
Rs.
24
140
205
30
115
514
A.
0
0
0
0
11
11
P.
0
0
0
0
9
9
1892-93.
3
Rs.
24
175
205
30
103
537
A.
0
1
0
0
11
12
P.
0
0
0
0
5
5
DIFFERENCE.
Increase.
4
Rs. A. P.
Decrease.
5
Rs. A. P.
Equal
35 1 0
Equal
Eaual
12 0 4
......
......
23 0 8
REMARKS.
6
IN RURAL AREAS.
Zamindars ... ...
District Boards ...
Native States ...
Municipalities ...
Total ...
Rs.
168
654
987
A.
0
6
7
P.
0
6
0
......
1,809 13 6
Rs. A. P.
......
......
416
35
451
0
0
0
0
0
0
Rs.
168
654
571
A.
0
6
7
P.
0
6
0
......
1,358 13 6
Rs. A. P.
......
......
......
35 0 0
......
In towns, the whole of the Rs. 140 shown as contributions from " Rajas''
was given by the Maharaja of Darbhanga, while the whole of the Rs. 115-11-9
shown against " Local Boards" belongs to the district of Gaya, having been
contributed by the Local Boards of Jahanabad, Nawada and Aurangabad.
In rural areas, the sum of Rs. 168 shown against Zamindars was contri-
buted in the district of Tippera by the Nawab of Dacca (Rs. 100) and Raja
Durga Charan Laha of Calcutta (Rs. 36), while the balance (Rs. 32) was given by
Mr. E. J. Courjon of Comilla and Raja Binoy Krishna Bahadur of Shova Bazar,
Calcutta.
Of the Rs. 654-6-6 shown against District Boards, Rs. 614-6-6 was given
for free vaccination by the District Board of Puri, and the balance Rs. 40 by
the District Board of Noakhali. By " Native States " is meant the Tributary States
of Orissa and Chota Nagpur, which contributed Rs. 987-7 in the aggregate for
vaccination in their own States, which is under the general supervision of the
Deputy Sanitary Commissioner of the Western Bengal Circle.
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