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TABLE No. 2.
Showing increase and decrease of vaccination work in each district during the past two years.
District.
Goálpára ..............................
Kámrúp ..............................
Nowgong ..............................
Darrang ..............................
Sibságar ..............................
Lakhimpur ..............................
Nága Hills ..............................
Khási „ ..............................
Gáro „ ..............................
Sylhet ..............................
Cachar ..............................
Manipur ..............................
Tea-gardens by garden agency ...
Total ............
Total number vaccinated.
1886-87.
11,088
14,653
10,775
11,417
16,450
6,214
1,143
3,209
8,222
28,080
10,646
.........
6,933
1,28,833
1887-88.
12,145
15,879
10,870
14,201
15,709
9,124
1,308
3,797
5,277
26,959
11,271
763
5,046
1,32,349
Difference.
Increase.
1,057
1,226
95
2,784
.........
2,910
165
588
.........
.........
625
763
.........
10,213
Decrease.
.........
.........
.........
.........
741
.........
.........
.........
2,945
1,124
.........
.........
1,887
6,697
Actual
increase.
.........
.........
.........
.........
.........
.........
.........
.........
.........
.........
.........
.........
.........
3,516
Progress of Provincial vaccination.
5. The increase or decrease by districts of Provincial vaccination is shown in the
preceding table. The gross number has risen from 128,833
to 132,349, or an advance of 3,516 on the figures of 1886-87.
The best progress has been made in the Assam Valley districts. I regret to see so serious
a falling off in the numbers protected in the Gáro Hills. It is some years since there has
been any small-pox in those parts, and possibly indifference has crept in, but we know
really nothing of the vital statistics, and cannot say whether the people and the birth-rate
are themselves decreasing.
Vaccination according to class of operators.
6. There has hitherto been a laborious annual table compiled, showing not only the
vaccination performed at each centre, but distributed through-
out each class from Civil Surgeon to apprentice, and with
columns for primary, secondary, and successful vaccination.
I do not think any
advantage, commensurate with its trouble and expense, is to be gained by repeating this
complicated table annually, and it has accordingly been withdrawn from the present
report.
TABLE No. 3.
Showing the number of vaccinations actually inspected by the Civil Surgeons, Hospital-Assistants,
and Native Inspectors, and the number of those found successful during the year 1887-88.
Number.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
District.
Goálpára .....................
Kámrúp .....................
Nowgong .....................
Darrang .....................
Sibságar .....................
Lakhimpur .....................
Nága Hills .....................
Khási „ .....................
Gáro „ .....................
Sylhet .....................
Cachar .....................
Total ...............
Number of vaccina-
tions inspected.
By Civil Surgeons.
3,435
2,732
1,167
328
401
400
161
79
1,700
1,309
1,017
12,729
By Hospital-Assistants, &c.,
...
380
...
722
1,081
...
...
*16
...
857
...
3,056
By Native Inspectors.
5,049
7,529
5,761
6,123
5,978
...
...
...
20,347
2,665
53,452
Number of vaccina-
tions found success-
ful.
By Civil Surgeons.
3,207
2,476
1,015
302
376
363
128
68
1,530
1,244
940
11,649
By Hospital-Assistants, &c.
...
200
...
578
909
...
...
12*
...
789
...
2,488
By Native Inspectors.
4,717
6,681
5,285
5,639
5,623
...
...
...
...
19,485
2,408
49,838
Number of vaccina-
tions found un-
successful.
By Civil Surgeons.
228
256
152
26
25
37
33
11
170
65
77
1,080
By Hospital-Assistants, &c.
...
180
...
144
172
...
...
4*
...
68
...
568
By Native Inspectors.
332
848
476
484
355
...
...
...
...
862
257
3,614
Percentage of
successful cases
actually verified
by inspection.
By Civil Surgeons.
93.36
90.62
86.97
92.07
93.77
90.75
79.5
86.07
90.
95.03
92.42
91.51
By Hospital-Assistants, &c.
...
52.63
...
80.05
84.09
...
...
*75
...
92.06
...
81.41
By Native Inspectors.
93.42
88.73
91.73
92.09
94.06
...
...
...
...
95.76
90.35
93.24
* By Dr. Griffiths of Manphlang.