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In the Northern Bengal Circle, Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel Bovill acted
as Deputy Sanitary Commissioner and Superintendent of Circle Vaccination
for the first 11 days of the year, in addition to his own duties as Civil Surgeon
of Patna. Surgeon-Major T. R. MacDonald was in charge from the 12th to
the 19th April and Assistant Surgeon P. M. Mitter from 20th April 1893 to
20th January 1894, when Surgeon-Captain Deare took charge for the remaining
two months and eleven days of the year.
In the Western Bengal Circle, Surgeon-Major MacDonald was in charge
for the first two days of the year and Assistant Surgeon N. N. Gupta for
the next six days. He was relieved by Surgeon-Captain N. P. Sinha, who
was in charge from 9th April 1893 to the 5th February 1894, when Surgeon-
Captain Clarkson took over charge for the remaining month and 23 days of the
year.
Strength of local working and
supervising staff.
3. The strength of the local supervising and
working staff during 1893-94 as compared with
1892-93 is shown in the following table :—
1
Calcutta
...
...
...
Provincial rural areas
...
Mufassal municipalities and
dispensaries.
Total
...
YEAR.
2
1893-94
1892-93
1893-94
1892-93
1893-94
1892-93
1893-94
1892-93
INSPECTING STAFF.
Number
of
Superinten-
dents.
3
1
1
46+3
D.S.Cs.
46
and 3
D.S.Cs.
... ...
47+3
D.S.Cs.
47
and 3
Number of
Deputy Su-
perinten¬
dents.
4
1
1
...
1
... ...
1
2
Number
of
Inspectors.
5
4
4
52
51
7
6
63
61
Number of
Sub-Inspec-
tors.
6
...
...
136
135
1
...
137
135
Number
of
Head Vacci-
nators.
7
2
2
11
9
1
14
11
Total number
of Inspecting
staff.
8
8
8
248
245
9
6
265
259
OPERATORS.
Vaccinators.
Govern-
ment or
paid.
9
30
31
167
89
261
285
458
405
Licensed.
10
...
... 1,829
1,754
1
2
1,830
1,756
Apprentices.
Govern-
ment or
paid.
11
4
4
9
10
...
...
13
14
Licensed.
12
...
... 985
864
... ...
985
864
Total number
of operators.
13
34
35
2,990
2,717
262
287
3,286
3,039
It will be seen that the Calcutta establishment was the same as in the
previous year, the number of operators being one less only in 1893-94. In the
Province the increase of one Inspector is not an additional appointment, but
merely the change of designation of the officer in charge of the Calcutta Animal
Vaccination Depôt from Deputy Superintendent to Inspector. The additional
Sub-Inspector shown is an extra appointment in Hazaribagh, where the area of
supervision was found to be impracticable for the two men originally sanctioned
for that district. The increase of two head vaccinators occurs in the Orissa
Tributary States, where extra supervision was found to be necessary. This is
not an extra charge on the Provincial revenues, as it is met from the contribu-
tion towards vaccination received from Tributary States. The increase in the
number of paid vaccinators is due to the inclusion of the Orissa Tributary
States staff which was not included last year owing to no information having
been supplied : also to the special establishments paid for, for the first time, by
the District Boards of Puri and Noakhali, and by zamindars in Tippera; also to
the employment of a small extra Government staff in certain districts where
small-pox broke out during the recess and licensed vaccinators could not be
got to stamp out the disease. The increase in the number of licensed
operators is due to Civil Surgeons as Superintendents of Vaccination being
allowed to exercise their discretion in the matter. For instance in places where
they think the number of vaccinators is not enough, they appoint more licensed
men.
As regards municipalities, &c., the increase in the supervising staff, though
small, is satisfactory. The decrease in the number of operators is due to the
fact that last year many Civil Surgeons and Assistant Surgeons performed some
operations with their own hands. This year, i.e., the year under report it
appears from the returns that they did not do so.