No. 4659.
FROM SURGEON-MAJOR H. J. DYSON, F.R.C.S.,
Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal,
To THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL,
MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT.
Dated Calcutta, the 22nd August 1898.
SIR,
Officer in charge of the Depart-
ment.
I HAVE the honour to submit, for the information of Government,
the following short notes on vaccination in Bengal during the year 1897-98.
2. I was in charge of the Department through-
out the year.
In two out of the three circles into which Bengal is divided for the purposes
of vaccination there were no Deputy Sanitary Commissioners or Superintendents
of Vaccination during the greater part of the year, these officers having been
recalled to military duty in connection with the frontier disturbances. During
their absence the current duties of their offices were looked after by me in addi-
tion to my own duties. The charge of the several circles was held as under:—
In the Metropolitan Circle Surgeon-Captain J. Gould from 1st April to
17th July, and I during the remainder of the year.
In the Northern Bengal Circle Surgeon-Captain B. H. Deare from 1st April
to 5th August, and I during the rest of the year.
In the Western Bengal Circle Surgeon-Captain E. S. Peck from 1st April to
17th July, Surgeon Captain J. C. Vaughan from 18th July to 3rd August, and
Assistant Surgeon Gopal Chandra Mukerjee from 4th August to 31st March 1898.
With the exception of Dr. Vaughan, who performed no inspection work
during the short period he was in charge, the other Covenanted Deputy
Sanitary Commissioners were on plague duty during the working season and
could not therefore do any vaccination work.
Strength of staff.
3. The following table shows the full strength of the vaccination estab-
lishment during the year under report, as compared
with the previous year, with explanatory notes in
the remarks column of increases or decreases:—
1
Calcutta
...
...
Calcutta Animal
Vaccine Depôt.
Provincial rural
areas.
YEAR.
2
1897-98 ...
1896-97 ...
Increase
Decrease
1897-98 ...
1896-97 ...
Increase
Decrease
1897-98 ...
1896-97 ...
Increase
Decrease
INSPECTING STAFF.
Number of Super-
intendents.
3
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
Number of Deputy
Superintendents.
4
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
47 Civil Sur-
geons+3 De-
puty Sanitary
Commissioners.
47 Civil Sur.
geons+3 De-
puty Sanitaty
Commissioners.
...
...
...
...
Number of In-
spectors.
5
3
4
... 1
1
1
...
... 60
60
...
...
Number of Sub-
Inspectors.
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
142
142
...
...
Number of Head
Vaccinators.
7
2
2
...
...
1
1
... ...
10*
9
1
...
Total number of
Inspecting
staff.
8
7
8
... 1
2
2
...
...
252
261
1
...
OPERATORS.
Vaccinators.
Government
or paid.
9
29
29
...
...
2
2
...
...
180†
165
15
...
Licensed.
10
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2,144
2,101
43
...
Apprentices.
Government
or paid.
11
5
4
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Licensed.
12
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1,096
1,177
... 81
Total number of oper-
ators.
13
34
33
1
...
2
2
...
...
3,420
3,443
... 23
REMARKS.
14
The decrease in the number
of Inspectors is due to the
abolition of one Inspector.
The appointment of one more
head vaccinator in the Tri-
butary States accounts for
the increase in the number
of the inspecting staff. The
increase in the number of
paid vaccinators is due to the
entertainment of paid vaccina-
tors in the famine-stricken
areas. A larger number of
licensed
vaccinators was
employed in some of the dis-
tricts, to which the increase
is due.
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