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Expenditure.
43. The total expenditure on vaccination in this district amounted to Rs. 1,609-9.
Of this amount, Rs. 348-15 were paid by Government,
Rs. 1,080-10 by Local Funds, and Rs. 180 by the Munici-
pality. The average cost of each successful case was 3 annas 8 pie.
DARRANG.
Superintendence and staff.
44. The vaccination staff employed during the year under the superintendence of Dr.
S. Borah was composed of (a) two Native Inspectors, who
were paid by the Local Boards at Rs. 25 for six months of
the vaccination season and at Rs. 12 for the other six months of the year, one of whom
was employed in the sadr division and the other in the Mangaldai sub-division; (b) four
Provincial vaccinators, two in each sub-division; (c) eleven Local Board vaccinators,
seven in Tezpur and four in Mangaldai; and (d) one apprentice vaccinator.
Results.
45. The average number of persons vaccinated was 1,285 by each Local Board vaccina-
tor in Mangaldai and only 681 in Tezpur. Each Provincial
vaccinator performed 1,105 cases in Tezpur and 1,099 cases
in Mangaldai. The Mangaldai Native Inspector performed 605 operations, and the
Tezpur Inspector only 117 operations. The apprentice vaccinator performed 105 opera-
tions. The total work done by the vaccination staff during 1889-90 amounted to
15,147 operations, of which 13,724, or 90.60 per cent., proved successful, as compared
with 12,868 operations, of which 11,409, or 88.66 per cent., were successful in 1888-89.
Besides these, 174 vaccinations were performed by the Civil Surgeon and 57 by the
Hospital-Assistants, and their work is shown together in Annual Statement No. III.,
appended to this report.
Inspections.
46. The Civil Surgeon inspected 1,855 operations, the Mangaldai Native Inspector
6,718, and the Tezpur Native Inspector 3,975. Of these, 1,669,
or 89.90 per cent., 5,588, or 83.17 per cent., and 3,940, or
99.11 per cent., respectively were found successful,
Supply of lymph.
47. English lymph in tubes was first received in September, and operations began on
the 1st October both at Tezpur and Mangaldai. When the
lymph became plentiful in these centres, the vaccinators, who
were detailed off, being armed with purwanas duly countersigned by the Deputy-Com-
missioner, were sent to their respective localities. All the English lymph proved successful.
The human lymph was also successful, but the bovine lymph proved unsuccessful.
Lymph was stored in tubes and ivory points.
Expenditure.
48. The total expenditure was Rs. 2,089-12, of which the Local Board contributed Rs.
1,657-2, the Government Rs. 432-10, as compared with Rs.
1,933-2, Rs. 1,347-6, and Rs. 580-12 respectively of the pre-
vious year. This shows that the Government paid Rs. 153-2 less than in the previous
year, which is attributed to the pay of a Native Inspector, which was formerly debited
to the Provincial revenues, being now debited to the Local Fund. The average cost
of 13,640 successful operations by paid agency was 2 annas 5 pie each, which is less
by 3½ pies than the cost in the previous year.
NOWGONG.
Superintendence.
49. Vaccination was carried on in this district under the superintendence of
the Civil Medical Officer. His continued efforts to remove the
opposition of the people to vaccination is very creditable.
Letters from certain influential Gossains, advising their followers to submit to vaccina-
tion, were obtained and used by the vaccinators, and were of great use. Copies of
Sanskrit slokas permitting vaccinations were extracted from the Hindu sacred books by a
Gossain. These were shown to the people and were, in some instances, effective.
Staff.
50. The vaccination staff in this district consisted of one Provincial Native Inspector,
employed for six months; three Provincial vaccinators, of
whom one was permanent and two temporary; and of nine
Local Board vaccinators, all of whom were temporary.
Results.
51. The Native Inspector performed 327 vaccinations, besides 5,597 inspections.
The average number of persons vaccinated by each
Provincial vaccinator was 851, and by each Local Board
vaccinator 774, against 705 and 766 respectively in the previous year. Of the vaccinators,
seven did good work, while five had to be punished by fine for inattention or bad work. Two
hundred and fifty one vaccinations were performed by the Civil Medical Officer and only 33
by the two Hospital-Assistants, as contrasted with 239 and 70 respectively in the preceding