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Recess work.
8. During the recess, i.e., between the months of March and October,
which is otherwise known as the non-working sea-
son, the following amount of work was done, chiefly
in connection with local outbreaks of small-pox, and in order to keep a small
quantity of lymph alive in each district, so as to be always prepared for emer-
gencies :—
1
Calcutta
...
...
...
...
...
Provincial rural areas
...
...
...
Mufassai municipalities, dispensaries,
&c.
...
...
...
...
...
...
GRAND TOTAL. ...
1893-94.
2
5,086
70,156
18,502
93,744
1892-93.
3
4,362
57,082
10,656
72,100
Increase.
4
724
13,074
7,846
21,644
Decrease.
5
...
...
...
...
Comparison of work of Licensed,
District Board, Government and
Municipal agencies.
9. The following statement shows the comparative amount of work
performed by (1) Licensed, (2) District Board, (3)
Government and (4) Municipal agencies during
the year under report as compared with the pre-
vious year:—
1
Licensed
agency.
1893-94 ... ... ...
1892-93
...
...
...
Increase ... ...
Decrease ...
...
District Board agency.
1893-94
...
...
...
1892-93
...
...
...
Government or paid
agency.
1893-94
...
...
...
1892-93
...
...
...
Increase
...
...
Decrease ... ...
Municipal
agency.
1893-94
...
...
...
1892-93 ... ... ...
Increase
...
...
Decrease ... ...
Number of operators.
2
2,814
2,618
196
...
37
Total number vacci-
nated.
3
1,600,711
1,609,758
...
9,047
13,086
Total number of pri-
mary vaccinations.
4
1,595,884
1,602,009
...
6,125
13,086
Total number of suc-
cessful primary vac-
cinations.
6
1,583,578
1,592,060
... 8,482
12,846
Total number of
revaccinations.
6
4,827
7,749
... 2,922
...
Total number of suc-
cessful revaccinations.
7
3,237
4,506
...
1,269
...
Total number of suc-
cessful infant vacci-
nations.
8
324,378
278,896
45,482
...
466
Total
number of
children successfully
vaccinated above one
year and under six
years of age.
9
1,100,626
1,139,481
...
38,855
9,222
Total number of suc-
cessful adult vacci-
nations.
10
161,813
178,189
...
16,376
3,158
Average operations by
each vaccinator.
11
689
615
74
...
394
Proportion of popula-
tion protected per
1,000.
12
22.73
22.94
...
.21
.18
None.
139
99
40
...
305
328
... 23
120,582
116,077
4,505
...
109,925
110,576
... 651
120,308
115,986
4,322
...
100,138
102,804
... 2,666
118,076
114,365
3,711
...
95,218
98,374
... 3,156
274
91
183
...
9,787
7,772
2,015
...
91
30
61
...
3,974
2,924
1,050
...
13,445
17,851
... 4,406
25,670
22,969
2,701
...
87,607
85,771
1,836
...
58,700
64,460
. .. 5,760
17,115
10,773
6,342
...
14,822
13,869
953
...
855
1,172
...
317
360
337
23
...
1.69
1.64
.05
...
28.63
29.36
...
.73
It will be seen that each licensed vaccinator performed 689 operations
during the year under report against 615 in the previous year, each Govern-
ment vaccinator 855 against 1,172, and each municipal vaccinator 360 against
337. The reason for the falling off in the average work of the Government
vaccinators, who are for the most part employed in Darbhanga, which with the
South Lushai Hills is the only district not yet thrown open to the licensed
agency system, is that during the year under report the district was traversed for
the second time, and there were consequently fewer subjects available for vacci-
nation. The average per Government vaccinator was further reduced during
the year under report by the employment of special establishments to stamp out
local outbreaks of small-pox. In these cases there are comparatively few opera-
tions to be performed in a short time by more men than would ordinarily be
employed: hence the annual average per man is small.