( 8 )
The percentage of successful revaccinations seems rather high.
This
appears to be due to a considerable extent to the large number of vaccinations
among adults who had been vaccinated in their childhood, and in whose case
the prophylactic power of the vaccine virus had completely gone.
Recess work.
8. The following table shows the amount of work performed during the
recess or the non-working season, chiefly in con-
nection with small-pox epidemics and the up-keep
of lymph for emergencies:—
1
Calcutta ... ...
Provincial rural areas ...
Mufassal municipalities, dispen-
saries, &c.
Total ...
1897-98.
2
4,762
86,426
31,424
122,612
1896-97.
3
4,116
88,502
23,215
115,833
Increase.
4
616
...
8,209
6,779
Decrease.
5
...
2,076
...
...
There was an increase of 6,779 operations performed during the non-
working season of the year under report, as compared with a decrease of
31,403 during the corresponding period of 1896-97.
This seems to be partly due to the greater prevalence of small-pox in
some of the districts (Puri, Palamu Gaya, Monghyr, &c.), and partly to rule
11 of the rules for licensing vaccinators having been lately revised by Gov-
ernment, so as to give licensed vaccinators working within their jurisdiction a
deputation allowance when called upon to stamp out outbreaks of small-pox
during the recess. Formerly they were only granted this deputation allow-
ance when working beyond their jurisdiction.
Comparison of the work done
by licensed Government, District
Board, and municipal agencies.
9. The following statement shows the com-
parative amount of work performed by (1) licensed,
(2) District Board, (3) Government, and (4) muni-
cipal agencies during the year under report as com-
pared with the previous year:—
1
Licensed Agency.
1897-98
...
...
...
...
1896-97
...
...
...
...
Increase ... ...
Decrease
...
...
District Board Agency.
1897-98
...
...
...
...
1896-97
...
...
...
...
Increase
...
...
Decrease
...
...
Government or paid Agency.
1807-98
...
...
...
...
1896-97
...
...
...
...
Increase
... ...
Decrease ... ...
Municipal Agency.
1897-98
...
...
...
...
1896-97
...
...
...
...
Increase
...
...
Decrease
...
...
Number of operators.
2
3,240
3,278
... 38
58
60
...
2
49* †
51
105*
107
...
56
279
286
... 7
Total number vaccin-
ated.
3
2,074,250
2,035,504
38,746
...
55,937
58,722
...
2,785
55,485
47,224
8,261
...
133,864
152,205
... 18,341
Total number of pri-
mary vaccinations.
4
2,035,611
2,009,568
26,043
...
55,714
58,722
...
3,008
45,191
42,623
2,568
...
106,577
112,215
... 5,638
Total number of suc-
cessful primary vac-
cinations.
5
1,998,537
1,973,512
25,025
...
53,911
57,380
...
3,469
42,761
41,077
1,684
...
100,300
104,846
... 4,546
Total number of re-
vaccinations.
6
38,639
25,936
12,703
...
223
223 ...
...
10,294
4,601
5,693
...
27,287
39,990
... 12,703
Total number of suc-
cessful
re-vaccin-
ations.
7
30,254
18,742
11,512
...
104
104 ...
...
5,106
2,015
3,091
...
13,743
16,343
... 2,600
Total number of suc-
cessful infant vacci-
nations.
8
463,680
450,298
13,382
...
5,085
6,566
...
1,481
7,357
9,250
...
1,893
32,493
32,865
... 372
Total
number of
children successfully
vaccinated above 1
year and under six
years of age.
9
1,342,433
1,294,493
47,940
...
41,324
41,593
...
269
21,195
18,066
3,129
...
56,010
59,633
... 3,623
Total number of suc-
cessful adult vaccin-
ations.
10
222,678
247,463
...
24,785
7,606
9,221
...
1,615
19,315
15,776
3,539
...
25,540
28,691
... 3,151
Average operations by
each vaccinator.
11
640
621
19
...
964
979
...
15
1,132
1,088
450
441
682
647
...
480
532
... 52
Proportion of popula-
tion protected per
1,000,
12
28.92
28.31
.61
...
.76
.81
...
.05
.63
.61
.07
...
33.10
35.27
... 2.17
* Excluding two vaccinators attached to the Animal vaccination Depôt, Darjeeling, who did not perform any operations.
† This excludes 80 vaccinators of Angul who did not perform, any operation, but were retained in service till the 15th May 1897.