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TABLE No. 4.
Showing the vaccination work done under the Compulsory Vaccination Acts, Nos. V and
XIII
(B.C.) of 1880, in certain Municipalities,
Stations and Unions in Assam during the years
1896-97 to 1899-1900.
Name of Municipality,
etc.
1
Silchar Municipality ...
Sylhet ... ...
Dhubri
„ ...
Goalpara
„ ...
Gauhati
„ ...
Nowgong
„ ...
Dibrugarh
„ ...
„
Cantonment
Sibsagar Station ...
Shillong
„ ...
„ Cantonment ...
Golaghat Union ...
Jorhat
„ ...
Total ... ...
Population according to the census of
1891
2
7,523
14,027
4,825
5,440
8,283
4,815
8,362
1,514
5,249
4,730
1,99
2,211
1,159
71,128
Number of children in the register since
the Acts have been in force.
3
984
7,064
644
1,215
3,556
287
5,120
...
1,301
515
152
620
481
21,948
Number of vaccinations.
1896-97.
Total number.
4
185
559
167
144
539
...
463
27
413
683
510
166
297
4,152
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
5
156
559
154
142
528
...
436
19
403
584
256
156
292
3,685
1897-98.
Total number.
6
210
365
107
102
735
554
507
103
322
190
62
105
125
3,487
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
7
20
365
105
98
722
553
504
47
310
181
54
105
119
3,371
1898-99
Total number.
8
225
375
34
59
393
161
614
123
320
244
235
79
159
3,021
Number
successfully
vaccinated
9
225 372
34
59
392
14
608
104
316
235
157
76
147
2,866
1899-1900.
Total number.
10
229
371
88
105
457
121
640
19
160
232
96
121
113
2,752
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
11
220
368
86
105
435
108
626
19
151
215
92
114
109
2,648
1899-1900.
Number of notices issued.
12
21
399
...
...
7
1
70
...
87
...
...
10
...
595
Number of prosecut ons.
13
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
22
...
...
...
...
22
Number of punishments.
14
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Mortality from
small-pox dur-
ing the five
years 1895 to
1899.
Average number of deaths
from small-pox.
15
1.40
2.20
1
0.20
4.20
1
28.80
8.20
...
0.80
1.80
49.60
Death-rate per 1,000 of
population from small-
pox.
16
0.18
0.16
0.31
0.03
0.51
0.21
2.91
1.56
...
0.36
0.83
0.68
Date on which the Compulsory Vaccina-
tion Acts came into force.
17
21st January
1890.
1st
October
1882.
13th
Febru-
ary 1891.
13th Novem-
ber 1890.
August 1882.
7th
April
1897.
September
1883.
21st January
1892.
21st
June
1895.
24th
March
1892.
12th
April
1892.
Silchar Municipality.
17. In this municipality 220 persons were successfully vaccinated, as against
225 in the previous year, showing a slight decrease. No
deaths from small-pox were registered during the year
1899. Twenty-one notices were issued under the Act, but no one was prosecuted.
Sylhet Municipality.
18. In Sylhet, 371 vaccinations were performed and 368 of the operations were
successful. Although 399 notices were issued, yet not
a single prosecution was instituted. There were no
small-pox deaths reported.
Dhubri Municipality.
19. Eighty-six persons were successfully vaccinated in this municipality during
the year, as against 34 in the year preceding. One death
from small-pox was registered in Dhubri during 1899.
No notices were issued under the Act.
Goalpara Municipality.
20. There were 105 successful vaccination operations, as against 59 in the
previous year. No small-pox deaths were recorded and no
notices were issued under the Act.
Gauhati Municipality.
21. Four hundred and thirty-five successful vaccinations were done in this
municipality, as against 392 in 1898-99. Seven notices
were issued under the Act, but no one was prosecuted.
No deaths from small-pox were registered during the year 1899.
Nowgong Municipality.
22. In the Nowgong Municipality 108 persons were successfully vaccinated,
as against 141 in the year preceding. Only one notice
was issued under the Act, but there was no prosecution.
No deaths from small-pox were recorded.
Dibrugarh Municipality.
23. In the municipality 626 and in the cantonment 19 successful vaccinations
were done. The corresponding numbers for 1898-99 were
608 and 104. Seventy notices were issued, but no one
was prosecuted. Only one death resulted from small-pox during the year.
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