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be instructed in vaccination, and be allowed a small fee for each successful case, testified to
by one of the European officers attached to the Political Agent's office.
Sylhet.—Dr. Griffith, formerly Civil Surgeon, says the attitude of the people is
positively favourable to vaccination. Such being the case, an effort ought to be made to take
advantage of the feeling, but it is difficult to say how the work could be carried on
satisfactorily, excepting on the circle system. Twenty-eight vaccinators would only be in the
proportion of one to 61,400; of these, four would have to be head vaccinators, and, as in
Kámrúp, two well-paid men would have to superintend, and, above all, the Civil Surgeon
when he can leave the station. The present Civil Surgeon's report, only now seen, does not
represent the people as being very favourably inclined to vaccination. It would be
a great advantage if the inoculators of the district could be induced to practice vaccination
in the same manner as they do in Kámrúp, though in that case the same strict supervision
would be requisite.
Cachar.—Four men for this district.
Gáro Hills.—Four Gáros have been employed as vaccinators, and have done fairly,
having vaccinated successfully 1,443. They ought to be continued, though the number is
large for the population. They ought to be able to vaccinate all the unprotected, or
about 2,500.
The total number recommended is as below :—
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
DISTRICTS.
Kámrúp ................
Goálpára ..................
Darrang ..................
Nowgong ..................
Sibságar .....................
Lakhimptir
Khási Hills ...............
Nága Hills .....................
Gáro Hills .....................
Sylhet
.....................
Cachar .....................
Total ...
Vaccinators employ-
ed during the
past year.
*1
†55
1
1
1
1
‡5
2
...
4
§2
1
NOW RECOMMENDED.
Native
Superin-
tendents.
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
4
Head Vac-
cinators.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
...
4
Ordinary.
...
4
6
6
6
5
2
...
4
24
4
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REMARKS.
* One paid by Gauháti mu-
nicipality.
† Fifty-five inoculators
employed as vaccinators
without payment.
† One permanently em-
ployed. Four temporarily
employed for four months.
§ One paid by municipality
for four months.
It ought to rest with the Civil Medical Officer of the district to what places the men
should be sent; but, as mentioned before, they ought not to be put to work singly. The
part of the district they are to work in should be clearly laid down, so that the Civil Surgeon
can find them at any time he may have leisure. The sudder, sub-division, and police-stations
would be the preferable places to commence operations at.
The proportionate allowance above alluded to several times is the number of
vaccinators that ought to be allowed according to the population per square mile,
calculating for scantily-populated districts,—one vaccinator to 25,000 or 30,000, and
in fairly-populated districts one to 50,000 or 60,000. The number that each vaccinator
ought, under ordinary circumstances, to vaccinate is thirty per thousand. With the
exception of the vaccinator in Sibságar, nothing approaching this work was done by any
of the vaccinators last year.