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Compulsory vaccination.
31. The Vaccination Act is compulsory in the municipal
area in the Sylhet town.
Expenditure.
32. The total cost of the vaccination establishment was Rs. 2,894-15-11, and of
this amount Rs. 1,245-1-6 were paid by Government,
Rs. 1,437-8-9 by Local Funds, and Rs. 212-5-8 by Munici-
palities. The average cost of each successful case was 1 anna 6 ½ pie.
GOÁLPÁRA.
Staff.
33. Dr. Dobson, Civil Surgeon, has been the Superintendent of Vaccination through-
out the year. There were under his orders one Native
Inspector, one Government vaccinator, one Local Board
vaccinator, and 20 licensed vaccinators, total 23.
Results.
34. The number of operations performed by all classes of operators amounted to
15,582, against 15,062 in 1888-89, or 520 in excess of the
previous year. Of this number, 772 were performed by
the Native Inspector, 1,240 by the Government vaccinator, 627 by the Local Board
vaccinator, and 12,943 by licensed vaccinators. It will be observed that the work done
by the licensed vaccinator is about five times in excess of the work done by the paid
agency.
Inspections.
35. Inspection in this district was good. Out of a total of 15,887 vaccinations, 9,517
cases were verified, viz., 3,220 by the Civil Surgeon, with
92.11 per cent. of successful cases, and 6,297 by the Native
Inspector, with 95.15 per cent. of successful cases.
Vaccination of immigrants.
36. There are no tea-gardens in this district, but the vaccinators performed opera-
tions on newly-arrived and other immigrants. Vaccina-
tion is not compulsory in the district.
Lymph.
37. The lymph supplied by the Sanitary Commissioner, Assam, proved to be very
good. The lymph supplied by the Sanitary Commissioner,
Bengal, and Deputy-Sanitary Commissioner, Darjeeling
Circle, was also reported generally good. Arm-to-arm vaccination is performed as far
as possible.
Expenditure.
38. The total expenditure on vaccination in this district was Rs. 331 only, and of
this amount Rs. 70 were paid by Government, and Rs. 261
by the Local Board. The average cost of each successful
case was 2 annas.
KÁMRÚP.
Staff.
39. Dr. Nandi was in charge of the district from the beginning of the year to 10th
November 1889, and Dr. J. Mullane held charge during the
rest of the season from 11th November 1889 to 31st March
1890 The working staff comprised one Inspector, 4 Government vaccinators, one
Municipal vaccinator, 7 Local Board vaccinators, and 20. licensed vaccinators, total 33.
Results.
40. The total number of vaccinations performed by these operators amounted to
12,750, against 15,839 in 1888-89. Of this number, 295
were performed by the Native Inspector, 2,491 by Govern-
ment vaccinators, 516 by the Municipal vaccinator, 4,368 by Local Board vaccinators, and
5,080 by licensed vaccinators, as compared with 175, 3,204, 526, 3,765, and 8,169
respectively in 1888-89. The successful cases were 11,527, or 91.04 per cent., as con-
trasted with 14,618 successful cases, or 92.38 per cent., in the previous year. 10,084
cases were verified by inspections, and of these 1,356 cases were inspected by the Civil
Surgeon, 385 by the Hospital-Assistant of Barpeta, and 8,343 by the Native Inspector.
Lymph source.
41. The preliminary operations were commenced in Gauháti on the 15th September
by 4 tubes of lymph received from the Deputy-Sanitary
Commissioner, Darjeeling Circle, and with these one case was
successfully vaccinated. Subsequently, 22 tubes were received from the Sanitary
Commissioner, Bengal; all the cases vaccinated from this source proved a failure. On the
29th September 16 English lymph tubes were received from the Sanitary Commissioner,
Assam, and from this source 42 cases were successfully vaccinated; from these successful
cases a large stock of lymph was raised, which was distributed to the vaccinators before
they started work.
Opposition to vaccination.
42. In some portion of the district the opposition to vaccination is still great, and in
many villages in the district not a single case has hitherto
been vaccinated. The Vaccination Act is compulsory in the
Gauháti municipal area only. There were 7 prosecutions, and conviction was obtained
in each case.
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