REPORT ON VACCINATION IN ASSAM.
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TABLE NO. V.
Showing separately the vaccination work among the garden population performed by Government and
Tea-garden agency during 1883-84.
Districts.
Goálpára ....................
Kámrúp ...........................
Nowgong ......................
Darrang .....................
Sibságar .........................
Lakhimpur ......................
Sylhet
Cachar ......................
Total ..............
Men.
Primarily vaccinated.
...
5
1
2
34
45
468
1,376
1,931
Successfully vaccinated.
...
2
1
2
21
45
54
138
263
Women.
Primarily vaccinated.
...
7
4
...
43
35
438
1,184
1,711
Successfully vaccinated.
...
5
3
...
22
35
64
145
274
Children.
Primarily vaccinated
...
...
86
11
608
408
1,177
4,404
6,694
Successfully vaccinated.
...
...
65
10
525
274
1,002
2,887
4,763
Total vaccina-
tions by tea-
garden
agency.
Primarily vaccinated.
...
12
91
13
685
488
2,083
6,964
10,336
Successfully vaccinated.
...
7
69
12
568
354
1,120
3,170
5,300
Total vaccina-
tions by
Government
agency.
Primarily vaccinated.
...
168
224
79
1,353
192
2,798
4,814
Successfully vaccinated.
...
...
140
214
63
1,034
180
2,107
3,738
Grand Total-
Primarily vaccinated.
...
12
259
237
764
1,841
2,275
9,762
15,150
Successfully vaccinated.
...
7
209
226
631
1,388
1,300
5,277
9,038
Vaccination on tea-gardens by Government
and private agency.
24. The work which has been carried on during the past season among the
labourers of all classes on the Assam tea-gardens is shown in
the above table.
Statistics are yet defective.
Results as received.
25. It has elsewhere been explained that the statistics enumerated above do not
comprise all that has been done; returns are said to be
disliked by the managers; and probably from one-third of
the gardens answers have not been received. The figures represent a very great advance
on those of last year. The total vaccinations on tea-gardens
by private agency in the season 1882-83 was only 2,243,
with 1,746 deemed successful, and 2,735 with 2,445 by Government employés. This
year the returns state that 10,336 persons were vaccinated by garden agency alone,
but with only 5,300 successful, equal to 51 per cent. On the other hand, the vaccina-
tions by Government servants were 4,814 with 3,738 successful, a proportion of 77.6.
Ratio of successes very low.
26. As no reports accompany the tabular returns received from garden managers,
I cannot explain the very low rate of successes entered. At
Cachar there was mention of the English lymph having been
reported useless, but I should say the want of success was probably due to inattention on
the part of parents and the vaccinating officer combined. In the Annual Sanitary Report
of the Province for this year mention is made of very inefficient vaccination which came
under my personal observation in Sibságar.
27. There were thus 15,150 operations this year and 9,038 successful, against
4,978 and 4,191 of the last season: Civil Surgeons and others interested would do well
to ascertain privately what were the difficulties which prevented a better average of
successful operations, and I should be very glad if I can be of any assistance in removing
them by private advice and supplies of good lymph.