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Silchar Station.
23. One hundred and ninety one cases of vaccination were performed in the compulsory
area of this station during the year 1892-93, against 93 cases
in the previous year, showing an increase of 98 cases. Out
of these 191 cases, 175 were successful, against 87 in the preceding year. At my
recommendation, as mentioned in paragraph 14 of the Annual Vaccination Report of
Assam for 1891-92, the boundaries of the station have lately been extended, which
has brought areas, hitherto lying outside it, under the operation of Act V (B.C.) of
1880 and Act IV (B.C.) of 1865 : as both these Acts are in force in this station.
No cases of inoculation occurred within the station limits in the past year, and no parents
refused to have their children vaccinated when required. The working of Act IV (B.C.)
of 1865 is further noticed below. There were only 3 deaths from small-pox during the
year 1892 against 19 in 1891.
Sibságar Station.
24. Vaccination is compulsory in this station. 196 operations, with 187 success-
ful cases, were performed during the year within the station
limits. 29 operations, with 25 successful cases, were per-
formed during the year 1892-93 from the date of the introduction of the Compulsory
Vaccination Act, viz., from 21st January 1892. One vaccinator was employed by
this station at a monthly salary of Rs. 10 for six months, who performed also 274
operations outside the station limits. 15 notices were issued under the Compulsory
Vaccination Act.
Golághát Union.
25. During the year 1892-93, 170 vaccinations were performed within the limits
of this union, of which 156 were successful. As the Com-
pulsory Vaccination Act was not introduced until the 24th
March 1892, no accurate comparison can be made with the statistics of the previous
year when vaccination was not compulsory in the Union. One vaccinator was
employed by this Union at a cost of Rs. 60 during the season. He also performed
358 operations outside the Union limits. Two notices were issued during the year under
the Compulsory Vaccination Act,
Jorhat Union.
26. One vaccinator was entertained from the Union fund on a monthly pay of
Rs. 10 and the total expenditure for the season was Rs. 60.
The vaccinator had to be fined and dismissed in the middle
of the season, and another man was appointed in his place. A total of 116 vaccina-
tions, with 111 successful cases, were performed during the year within the Union
limits ; and, in addition to these, 232 vaccinations were performed outside the Union
limits. As the above table No. 5 shows only the work done under the Compulsory Vac-
cination Act, and as the Act was extended to this Union only from the 12th April 1892,
no comparison has been made with the statistics of the previous years. There were
no prosecutions or convictions during the year 1892-93 under the Compulsory Vaccina-
tion Act.
Remarks on the working of Act
IV (B.C.) of 1865.
27. Act IV (B.C.) of 1865 (an Act for the prohibition of the practice of
inoculation) was extended in April 1892 to the towns of
Sylhet, Karimganj, Sunámganj, Habiganj, Maulvi Bázár,
Silchar, and Hailákándi (all in the Surma Valley). Since
the introduction of this Act in the towns abovenoted, no inoculation has been reported to
have been practised in them, and the number of vaccine operations which has been
performed in those towns during the year 1892-93 has increased generally in comparison
with the figures of the previous year.
Remarks on the working of the Bovine Vaccine Depot at Shillong in 1892-93.
28. Surgeon-Major R. N. Campbell gives a statement of the working, cost, and
other generally useful points in the annual report of the bovine vaccine depôt, which
is appended to this report.
213,867 tubes were distributed as compared with 223,185 in the previous year,
showing a decrease of 9,318 tubes, caused by the Naga Hills and Manipur having
required much fewer tubes than in the previous year, when a severe epidemic of
small-pox prevailed in both districts, and also to Sylhet having required fewer tubes
in comparison with the previous year's supply, owing, probably, to greater success in
vaccination and a consequent saving of the bovine vaccine lymph: as the total percentage
of success, as given in the Annual Provincial Statement No. 1 appended to the reports
for the past two years shows a difference of plus 1.61 per cent. for the Sylhet district in
favour of the year just ended (1892-93) as calculated on 54,737 vaccinations done by
the regular vaccination establishment alone, not counting those effected by the licensed
vaccinator (984) or by dispensary vaccination agency (5,326). Taking into considera-
tion such difference as would be thus explained, the demand and supply of tubes have