No. 506S.
FROM
SURGEON-COLONEL A. STEPHEN, M.B.,
Offg. Principal Medical Officer and Sanitary Commissioner, Assam,
To
THE SECRETARY TO THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER OF ASSAM.
Dated Shillong, the 15th May 1894.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to submit the annual vaccination statements of the province
of Assam for the year 1893-94, in accordance with the instructions contained in Gov-
ernment of India, Home Department, letter No. 28—1579-95, dated Simla, the 15th
July 1887, with the following brief remarks.
Number of vaccinators employed
during the year.
2. Statement No. I gives the average number of vaccinators employed in each
district during the year, exclusive of the dispensary staff,
and the particulars of the work done by them. The
average strength of the vaccination establishment at work
during the year, including licensed vaccinators, amounted to 217 as against 216 in
1892-93. The strengths of Native Inspectors and paid vaccinators, 16 and 154, respect-
ively, remain the same as in the previous year. There were 47 licensed vaccinators
employed as against 46 in 1892-93. Four more licensed vaccinators were employed in
Sylhet than in 1892-93, but there were two fewer licensed men in Goálpára and one
fewer in Kámrúp than in the previous year.
Cost of the Department.
3. The details of the cost of the vaccination department for the year are given in
Statement No. II. The total expenditure amounted to
Rs. 17,999-7-1 as against Rs. 17,701-5-2 in the previous
year, an increase of Rs. 298-1-11. Of the total expenditure, Rs. 7,492-13-4 were met
from provincial funds, Rs. 8,928-12-6 from local funds, Rs. 790-3-3 from municipal
funds, and Rs. 787-10 were contributed by the Manipur State. As there were 146,312
successful operations performed, the cost of each successful case was 1 anna and 11 2/3
pies as against 1 anna and 6 1/3 pies, the cost of each successful case in the previous
year.
Number of vaccinations done by
paid and licensed vaccinators dur-
ing the year.
4. There were 184,426 vaccinations performed by paid and licensed vaccinators
during the year as against 200,241 in 1892-93, a de-
crease of 15,815 operations. Of the total number of
vaccinations done, 179,487 were primary and 4,939 were
cases of re-vaccination, the corresponding numbers for the previous year having been
190,117 and 10,124, respectively. There were thus 10,630 fewer primary vaccinations
and 5,185 fewer re-vaccinations done during 1893-94 than during the previous year.
Percentage of successful vaccin-
ations.
5. Of the 179,487 primary vaccinations done by paid and licensed vaccinators,
155,749, or 86.77 per cent., were successful, 78.05 per
cent, of the cases of re-vaccinations are stated to have been
successful, 3,855 cases having been found successful out of
4,939 operations done. The percentages of primary vaccinations and re-vaccinations
found to be successful in the previous year, were 94.53 and 83.17, respectively, so
that the percentages found to be successful during the year under review were consider-
ably smaller than those of the previous year.
The percentages of successful primary vaccinations vary considerably in different
districts. In Sibságar 95.99 per cent. of the primary cases done by licensed vaccinators,
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