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TABLE No. 8.
District.
Cachar ............
Goálpára ......
Darrang .........
Nowgong ......
Gáro Hills ......
Class of persons examined.
Schoolboys .....................
Dispensary patients ............
Jail prisoners ................
Total ...................
Schoolboys ..................
Dispensary .........
Total ..................
Schoolboys ...............
Dispensary patients .........
Jail prisoners ..................
Lunatic Asylum ...............
Total ..................
Schoolboys .....................
Dispensary patients ..................
Jail prisoners .....................
Total ..................
Schoolboys .....................
Dispensary .....................
Total ...............
Grand Total ...............
Number examined.
517
31
105
653
167
14,167
14,334
251
6,690
457
89
7,487
39
2,846
333
3,218
87
1,291
1,378
27,070
Vaccinated.
188
7
31
226
113
2,127
2,240
180
3,187
103
2
3,472
7
582
9
598
20
365
385
6,921
Inoculated.
264
14
42
320
20
9,017
9,037
40
1,825
180
38
2,083
......
828
188
1,016
50
884
934
13,390
Had small-pox.
36
5
30
71
11
2,132
2,143
13
1,580
146
43
1,782
4
1,316
119
1,439
14
17
31
5,466
Unprotected.
29
5
2
36
23
891
914
18
98
28
6
150
28
120
17
165
3
25
28
1,293
Percentage of
Vaccinated.
36.36
22.58
29.52
34.61
67.66
15.01
15.62
71.71
47.64
22.54
2.25
46.37
17.94
20.44
2.70
18.58
22.98
28.27
27.94
25.57
Inoculated.
51.06
45.16
40.00
49.00
11.98
63.64
63.04
15.93
27.28
39.38
42.69
27.82
...
29.09
56.45
31.57
57.47
68.47
67.78
49.46
Had small-pox.
6.96
16.12
28.57
10.87
6.59
15.05
14.95
5.18
23.62
31.95
48.31
23.80
10.25
46.24
35.73
44.71
16.09
1.32
2.25
20.19
Unprotected.
5.61
16.12
1.90
5.51
13.77
6.29
6.38
7.17
1.46
6.13
6.74
2.00
71.79
4.21
5.10
5.12
3.46
1.94
2.03
4.78
Proportion of protection amongst certain
classes examined.
30. The results of examinations made by the Civil Surgeons among certain classes
of the general population to ascertain to what extent they
were protected against vaccination are illustrated in the
above table. The total number of persons examined was 27,070. Of this, 6,921 were
vaccinated, 13,390 inoculated, 5,466 had small-pox, and 1,293 unprotected, and the results
show to what extent inoculation is practised in the districts of Cachar, Groáipára, Darrang,
Nowgong, and Gáro Hills. In Sylhet, vaccination has been greatly interfered with by
the gunacks who are much believed in by the people, and who practice inoculation only,
from which practice a very severe epidemic of small-pox broke out in the past season in
Lakhai in the Habiganj sub-division of that district. I have recommended to the Chief
Commissioner that all inoculation be made penal in Assam, as this practice of unchecked
inoculation has resulted in serious epidemics of small-pox and loss of life resulting
therefrom. The total number of schoolboys examined was very small, as compared
with other classes of persons so examined, which arises from schools being but occasionally
inspected, whereas dispensaries and jails are almost daily inspected at sadr stations by
the Civil Surgeons.
District reports.
31. As in the previous year, the Civil Surgeons have made no change in the form
of their annual returns and reports. They were submitted
to this office punctually.
CHARLES P. COSTELLO,
Deputy-Surgeon-General and Sanitary Commissioner, Assam.
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