( 2 )
this opinion is correct is supported by the low death-rate from small-pox which
occurred during the year under report, viz., .13 per mille. In connection with
the above figures it should be remembered that the registration of vital statistics
generally is now much more carefully performed than was formerly the
case, also that deaths from small-pox like those of cholera are probably more
correctly registered than most other fatal diseases; and though every effort
is being made to encourage vaccinators to enter all cases vaccinated, still the
returns are somewhat misleading, as they do not show the full number of
persons vaccinated, and they give too high a percentage of the number of
successful cases. In this connection I should like to draw attention to a paper
I read before the Medical Congress in December last on Vaccination in Bengal,
a copy of which will be found in the Appendix.
Full strength of establishment.
4. The full strength of the vaccination establishment during 1894-95, as
compared with 1893-94, s shown in the following
table —
1
Calcutta ... ... ...
Provincial rural areas
...
Mufassal municipalities and
dispensaries.
Total
...
YEAR.
2
1894-95
1893-94
Increase
Decrease
1894-95
1893-94
Increase
Decrease
1894-95
1893-94
Increase
Decrease
1894-95
1893-94
Increase
Decrease
INSPECTING STAFF.
Number
of
Superinten-
dents.
3
1
1
...
...
47 Civil
Surgeons
+3
D.S.CS.
46+3
D.S.CS.
1
...
...
...
...
...
48+3
D.S.CS.
47+3
D.S.CS.
1
...
Number
of
Deputy Su-
perinten-
dents.
4
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
Number
of
Inspectors.
5
4
4
...
...
53
52
1
...
5
7
...
2
62
63
...
1
Number
of
Sub-Inspec-
tors.
6
...
...
...
...
140
136
4
...
3
1
2
...
143
137
6
...
Number
of
Head Vacci-
nators.
7
2
2
...
...
11
11
...
...
1
1
...
...
14
14
...
...
Total number
of Inspecting
staff.
8
8
8
...
...
254
248
6
...
9
9
...
...
271
265
6
...
OPERATORS.
Vaccinators.
Govern-
ment or
paid.
9
30
30
...
...
175
167
8
...
274
261
13
...
479
458
21
...
Licensed.
10
...
...
...
...
1,985
1,829
156
...
...
1
...
1
1,985
1,830
155
...
Apprentices.
Govern-
ment or
paid.
11
6
4
2
...
...
9
...
9
1
...
1
...
7
13
...
6
Licensed.
12
...
...
...
...
1,095
985
110
...
...
...
...
...
1,095
985
110
...
Total number
of operators.
13
36
34
2
...
3,255
2,990
265
...
...
262
13
...
3,566
3,286
280
...
The Calcutta establishment except for the addition of two paid apprentices
was the same as in the previous year.
In the rural areas of the province the increase of one Superintendent (i.e.,
Civil Surgeon) is due to the creation of the new district of Angul, to which is
also due the increase of one in the total number of Inspectors. The increase of
four Sub-Inspectors is due to the creation of two additional Sub-Inspector-
ships in Midnapore, and the change of designation to Sub-Inspectors of the two
Inspectors of the Political States of Chota Nagpur. This does not, however,
reduce the total number of Inspectors, because two new Inspectors were
appointed in the Tributary States of Orissa. There was also an increase in the
operating establishment of 8 paid vaccinators, 156 licensed vaccinators, and
110 licensed apprentices, which is due to general increase of work. The
decrease of nine Government or paid apprentices is due to the abolition of the
paid agency system of work in Darbhanga and to these men not being sent
to Angul when most of the paid staff of Darbhanga was transferred. The
municipal and dispensary figures need no special comment. The increase in the
number of operators is under the heading " Dispensaries."