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Dhubri Municipality.
15. Vaccination was made compulsory within this municipality from the 13th
February 1891, but the rules under section 19 of Act XIII
of 1880 were not introduced until the 10th February 1892.
The municipality did not contribute anything towards vaccination, as it was not
required to do so and as the Dhubri Dispensary Hospital Assistant performed
operations with 56 successful cases, against 47 and 42, respectively, in the previous
year. The total number of births registered during the year 1891 was 47, against
62 in 1890. It is reported that the total number of births annually within the
municipal area is so small that at present there seems no necessity for a special
grant for vaccination within this municipality.
Goálpára Municipality.
16. During the year under review 193 vaccinations were performed in this
municipality, of which 188 proved successful, against 47
operations and 45 successful cases in the preceding year.
All the vaccination work was done by the Hospital Assistant in charge of the
which 136 births were registered during the year 1891. It was not necessary for the municipality to contribute
Gauháti Municipality.
17. During the year 1891-92, 702 vaccinations were performed in this munici-
pality, of which 587 proved successful, against a total of
508 operations and 444 successful cases in 1890-91. Of
the 702 operations, the municipal vaccinator performed 659 and the Hospital
Assistant performed 43 cases. The municipality employed a vaccinator who was
retained throughout the year at a monthly salary of Rs. 15. He received a total of
Rs. 180 during the year and performed 544 successful cases, the average cost of each
successful case having come to 5 annas and 4 pies. 28 notices were issued by the
Civil Surgeon; and one person who failed to comply with the notice was prosecuted,
who, however, afterwards complied with the provisions of the Act.
Barpeta Municipality.
18. Vaccination is not compulsory in this municipality. No satisfactory work
can be expected here until the Compulsory Vaccination
Act is introduced. 53 children were vaccinated within the
municipal limits during the year under report, of which 18 were vaccinated by
the Hospital Assistant in charge of the dispensary, and the remaining were vaccinated
by the Local Board vaccinator. Of the 53 children vaccinated, 50 were reported as-
successful and 3 unsuccessful, against 10 operations and 9 successful cases in 1890-91.
The births in this municipality in the past year amounted to 417. 53 vaccinations out
of that number and of those (361) born in the previous year is a very insignificant propor-
tion. I am asking the Civil Surgeon to impress on the subdivisional officer, &c., the neces-
sity for a greater number of vaccinations, but very much improvement cannot be obtained
until vaccination has been made compulsory, which I fear will be difficult, owing to the
intense bigotry in this respect of the people. The municipality contributed nothing
towards vaccination.
Dibrugarh Municipality.
19. A total of 751 persons were vaccinated during the year against 731 in the
previous year. Of those, 725 proved successful and 26
unsuccessful, against 681 and 50 respectively in the previous
year. The number of births registered in this municipality during the year 1891 was
352. There were 7 prosecutions against 7 persons for not giving information of births,
in which 4 persons were convicted; but there was no prosecution during the year
under the Vaccination Act. The total expenditure on vaccination was Rs. 72 in 1891-92.
Silchar Station.
20. Vaccination has been made compulsory in this station from 21st January 1892,
and from the 7th April 1892 inoculation also has been
prohibited by law. During the year under report a total
of 185 operations were performed by the municipal vaccinator, of which 175 were
primary and 10 re-vaccinations ; 169 of the former and 7 of the latter proved successful,
against. a total of 142 vaccinations in 1890-91 within the limits of the station as at
present defined. One vaccinator was paid at Rs. 5 a month for vaccination work in addi-
tion to Rs. 10 as registrar of vital statistics from 1st April 1891 to 31st March 1892. I
have submitted to the Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Assam by my No. 666S.,
dated the 23rd May 1892, a recommendation based on that of the Vice-Chairman, Babu
Harkisor Gupta, that the station limits, as at present defined under the operation of
Act V (B.C.) of 1880 and Act IV (B.C.) of 1865, may be extended :—as, under the present
limits, a good section of the town, including the civil dispensary and comparatively
extensive immediate vicinity, escape the operation of the Acts under consideration,
inoculation being practised beyond the present municipal limits and within an area
which is as much a part of the station of Silchar as that now included within its
limits, which is apt to lead to evasion of the law.