SHORT NOTES ON VACCINATION
FOR THE YEAR 1896-97.
THE following are short notes on vaccination in Bengal for the year 1896-97.
Officer in charge of the Depart-
ment.
2. I was in charge of the Department throughout the year, and had
under me the following Deputy Sanitary Commis-
sioners to supervise the work of vaccination.
In Metropolitan Circle Surgeon-Captain R. Scott from 15th April to 14th
July and from 26th October to 25th November 1896; Dr. Hay Jagannadham
from 30th July to 25th October 1896; Surgeon-Captain Oldham from 10th
December 1896 to 5th March 1897; and Surgeon-Captain Jay Gould from 6th
to 31st March 1897. There was no Deputy Sanitary Commissioner in this.
Circle from the 1st to 14th April, from 15th to 29th July and from 26th
November to 9th December 1896. I looked after the current duties of the office
during those periods in addition to my own work.
In the Northern Bengal Circle Surgeon-Captain B. H. Deare throughout
the year.
In the Western Bengal Circle Surgeon-Captain J. C. S. Vaughan from 1st
April to 22nd December 1896, and Surgeon-Captain E. S. Peck from 23rd
December 1896 to 31st March 1897.
During the whole of the working season, viz., from October to March,
these officers were on plague duty, and were thus unable to do much vaccination
inspection.
Strength of staff.
3. The following table shows the full strength of the subordinate working
staff during the year under report as compared with
the previous year with explanations in the remarks
column of increases and decreases:—
Full strength of establishment.
1
Calcutta ... ...
Calcutta A. V.
Depôt.
Provincial rural
areas.
Mufussal
muni-
cipalities, dis-
pensaries, &c.
Total
...
...
YEAR.
2
1896-97 ...
1895-96 ...
Increase ...
Decrease ...
1896-97 ...
1895-96 ...
Increase ...
Decrease ...
1896-97 ...
1896-96 ...
Increase ...
Decrease ...
1896-97 ...
1895-96 ...
Increase ...
Decrease ...
1896-97 ...
1896-96 ...
Increase ...
Decrease ...
INSPECTING STAFF.
Number of Deputy
Superintendents.
3
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
Number of In-
spectors.
4
4
5
...
1
1
1
...
...
50
53
... 3
5
5
...
...
60
64
... 4
Number of Sub-
Inspectors.
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
142
142
...
...
4
4
...
...
146
146
...
...
Number of Head
Vaccinators.
6
2
2
...
...
1
1
...
...
9
9
...
...
1
1
...
...
13
13
...
...
Total number of
Inspecting
staff.
7
8
9
...
1
2
2
...
...
251
254
... 3
10
10
...
...
271
275
...
4
OPERATORS.
Vaccinators.
Government
or paid.
8
29
37
...
8
2
2
...
...
165
181
... 16
253
269
... 16
449
489
... 40
Licensed.
9
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2,101
2,057
44
...
...
...
...
...
2,101
2,057
44
...
Apprentices.
Government
or paid.
10
4
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
... 2
4
6
... 2
Licensed.
11
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1,177
1,099
78
...
...
...
...
...
1,177
1,099
78
...
Total number of oper-
ators.
12
33
41
...
8
2
2
...
...
3,443
3,337
106
...
253
271
... 18
3,731
3,651
80
...
REMARKS.
13
The decrease of 1 Inspector and 8
vaccinators is due to there having
been no special establishment for
small-pox during the year under
report.
The decrease of 3 Inspectors is due
to employment of one in place of
4 in the Tributary States of Orissa.
The decrease of 16 paid vacci-
nators is due to less number of men
employed during the year under
review than in 1895-96, when small-
pox broke out in an epidemic form
in many districts. The increase of
licensed vaccinators is due to
general increase of work.
The decrease of 16 vaccinators is due
to less number entertained in some
municipalities during the year
under reference.
Number of operations performed
and average per man.
4. The following statement shows district by district and in Calcutta, the
Animal Vaccination Depôt and municipalities separ-
ately the total number of vaccinators employed, the
total number of operations they performed, and the