( 2 )
been performed during the year may be fairly ascribed, in some measure at
least, to the effect of the new scheme, the success or failure of which appears
to depend largely on the energy or apathy of the Civil Surgeon of the district.
Strength of the establishment.
4. The strength of the supervising and operating staff during each of the
three years under review is exhibited in the follow-
ing statement:—
Calcutta
...
...
...
Provincial rural areas
...
Mufassal Municipalities and
Dispensaries.
Total of above
...
Tear.
1890-91
1891-92
1892-93
1890-91
1891-92
1892-93
1890-91 1891-92 1892-93 1891-92
1891-92
1892-93
INSPECTING STAFF.
Number of Super¬
intendents.
1
1
1
6
6
46
and 3
D.S.Cs.
...
...
...
7
7
47
and 3
D.S.Cs.
Number of Deputy
Superintendents.
1
1
1
13
13
1
...
... ...
14
14
2
Number of Inspec-
tors.
4
4
4
115
119
51
...
... 6
119
123
61
Number of Sub-
Inspectors.
...
...
...
...
...
135
...
... ...
...
...
135
Number of Head
Vaccinators.
2
2
2
13
13
9
...
...
...
15
15
11
Total number of
Inspecting
offi-
cers.
8
8
8
147
151
245
...
... 6
155
109
259
OPERATORS.
Vaccinators.
Government
or paid.
38
31
31
107
92
89
249
259
285
394
382
405
Licensed.
...
...
...
1,631
1,641
1,754
5
3
2
1,636
1,644
1,756
Apprentices.
Government
or paid.
4
7
4
10
9
10
...
...
...
14
16
14
Licensed.
...
...
...
594
696
864
...
...
...
594
696
864
Total number of
operators.
42
38
35
2,342
2,438
2,717
254
262
287
2,638
2,738
3,039
The increase in the number of Superintendents and Sub-Inspectors and the
decrease in that of Deputy Superintendents and Head Vaccinators in 1892-93
as compared with the two previous years is due to the changes in the Depart-
ment described in the last paragraph.
Number of vaccinations.
5. The total number of vaccinations and the average number performed
by each operator during the past three years have
been as follows :—
TOTAL NUMBER OF VACCINATIONS PERFORMED.
1890-91.
1,833,978
1891-92.
1,641,088
1892-93.
1,836,411
Average
of
1890-93.
1,770,492
Average
of
1887-90.
1,790,098
AVERAGE NUMBER OF OPERATIONS PER MAN.
1890-91
695
1891-92.
599
1892-93.
603
Average
of
1890-93.
631
Average
of
1887-90.
719
In last year's Resolution the Lieutenant-Governor expressed his opinion
that none of the reasons given for the marked falling off in the number of
operations were entirely satisfactory. The figures for the year under report
confirm the opinion then expressed, for neither the material condition nor the
health of the people have been much better in 1892-93 than in the year
previous, yet the total number of operations during 1892-93 increased by
195,323. Whatever the cause of the falling off was in 1891-92, it would have
been possible to hope that the recovery in the year under report would be
permanent owing to the closer interest and more effective supervision that can
now be exercised by Civil Surgeons, bad it not been that this influence has been
exerted in a very unequal manner in different districts. The statement in
paragraph 5 of the report, which gives the number of operations in each district,
shows great fluctuations from year to year in the same district, and extra-
ordinary variations between districts believed to be not dissimilar in regard
to population and general characteristics. The annual average of vaccinations,
for instance, during the three years 1890-93 was in Jessore 26.6 per thousand of
the population, and in the next district, Backergunge, only 16.3. Saran, again,
has 26.7 and Champaran 17.5, and Pabna shows 34.8 to the 27.4 of Bogra.
Degree of protection afforded.
6. The figures referred to above are those of total vaccinations in the
past three years, embracing persons of all ages; but
the Officiating Sanitary Commissioner has given a
useful table showing for the year 1892-93, i.e., since the reorganisation
of the department was carried out, the extent to which the infants under
one year of age were vaccinated in each district. The total number of infants
of this age in the Province estimated to be available for vaccination in 1892-93
was 2,546,670, of whom 319,584, or 125.49 per mille, were successfully