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Comparison of the work done by
the Licensed, Government, District
Board and Municipal Agencies.
9. The following statement shows the comparative amount of work done
by the various agencies by which vaccination is
carried on, viz., Licensed, Government, District
Board and Municipal, during the period under
review as compared with the previous triennial
period.
1
Licensed
Agency.
1893-91
...
...
...
...
1894-95
...
...
...
...
1895-96
...
...
...
...
Average of the three years 1893-96
Ditto
ditto
1890-93
District Board
Agency.
1893-94
...
...
...
...
1891-95
...
...
...
...
1895-96
...
...
...
...
Average of the three years 1893-96
Ditto
ditto
1890-93
Government
or paid
Agency.
1893-94
...
...
...
...
1894-95
...
...
...
...
1895-96
...
...
...
...
Average of the three years 1893-96
Ditto
ditto
1890-93
Municipal
Agency.
1893-94
...
...
...
...
1894-95
...
...
...
...
1895-96
...
...
...
...
Average of the three years 1893-96
Ditto
ditto
1890-93
Number of operators.
2
2,814
3,080
3,156
3,016
2,393
37
39
67
48
139
136
114
130
106
305
320
324
316
308
Total number vaccin-
ated.
3
1,600,711
1,891,098
2,024,903
1,838,904
1,524,712
13,086
27,061
69,060
33,069
120,582
88,191
55,867
88,213
138,028
109,925
167,747
137,251
138,303
107,753
Total number of pri-
mary vaccinations.
4
1,595,884
1,886,111
2,015,528
1,832,508
1,517,662
13,086
27,060
58,172
32,773
Total number of suc-
cessful primary vac¬
cinations.
5
1,583,578
1,858,860
1,978,088
1,806,842
1,508,656
12,846
26,066
56,840
31,917
Total number of re¬
vaccinations.
6
4,827
4,987
9,375
6,396
7,050
...
1
888
296
Total number of suc-
cessful
re-vaccin-
ations.
7
3,239
2,540
5,364
3,714
3,639
...
... 369
123
Total number of suc-
cessful infant vacci-
nations.
8
324,378
366,096
375,393
355,289
260,084
466
2,186
7,063
3,238
Total
number of
children successfully
vaccinated above 1
year and under six
years of age.
9
1,100,626
1,292,562
1,351,904
1,248,364
1,091,081
9,222
19,827
41,778
23,609
No operations were performed by the District Board Agency.
120,308
79,495
51,000
83,601
137,225
100,138
113,476
103,232
105,615
99,744
118,076
77,428
49,077
81,527
134,934
95,218
106,511
95,895
99,208
93,812
274
8,696
4,867
4,612
803
9,787
54,271
34,019
32,693
8,009
91
3,782
1,950
1,941
167
3,974
14,636
12,889
10,500
2,744
13,445
8,770
9,198
10,471
18,461
25,670
28,013
24,653
26,112
22,446
87,607
43,581
25,165
52,118
98,696
58,700
65,486
58,249
60,812
60,791
Total number of suc-
cessful adult vaccin-
ations.
10
161,813
202,742
256,155
206,903
161,127
3,158
4,053
8,368
5,193
17,115
28,859
16,664
20,880
17,944
14,822
27,648
25,882
22,784
13,319
Average operations by
each
vaccinator.
11
569
614
641
609
637
354
694
881
689
855
648
490
678
1,302
360
524
424
437
350
Proportion of popula-
tion
protected
per
1,000.
12
22.73
26.43
28.29
25.82
23.18
.18
.37
.81
.45
1.69
1.15
.72
1.19
2.06
28.72
35.07
31.55
81.78
28.71
As compared with 1890—93 there was an increase in the average number
of licensed vaccinators during the period under review, and consequently a
greater number of operations ; but the average per man is less for the reasons
mentioned in paragraph 4. The District Board agency is a new departure
since 1893-94, in accordance with the strong recommendation I made when
officiating for a short time as Sanitary Commissioner of Bengal in that year,
that District Boards should pay for vaccination. The idea was taken up
by the District Boards with which I was able in that short time to discuss the
matter personally. It will be seen that 37 vaccinators were employed and paid
for from District Board funds in 1893-94, which number has now increased to
67. It is being gradually recognised that vaccination is a legitimate charge on
the funds of a District Board, and I hope before long to see a further
development in this respect. The Government and Native States paid agency
employed an average of 130 men in 1893—96, against 106 in 1890—93. There
was, notwithstanding this increase of staff, a decrease of work, which is ex-
plained by the fact that there was less pioneer work for the Government staff to
do. These men are at present employed in Angul and the Khondmals, and
most of them will be dispensed with as soon as these places are reported to have
been completely traversed, In municipalities an average of 316 men were
employed during 1893—96, against 308 in 1890—93, and they did more work,
viz., 138,308 operations against 107,753. The average per man was also
satisfactorily higher, viz., 437 as against 350.