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Vaccinations done by all agen-
cies in each district.
9. The number of vaccinations done by all agencies
in each district is given in the following table :
Table showing the amount of vaccination
work done by all agencies in each district
during
the
years 1896-97 and 1897-98.
District.
1
Cachar ... ... ...
Sylhet
...
..
...
Goalpara ... ... ...
Kamrup ... ... ...
Darrang ... ... ...
Nowgong ... ... ...
Sibsagar ... ... ...
Lakhimpur ... ... ...
Naga Hills ... ... ...
Khasi and Jaintia Hills ... ...
Garo Hills ... ... ...
North Lushai Hills ... ...
Manipur ... ... ...
Tea gardens, by garden agency ...
Total ... ...
Total number vaccinated.
1896-97.
2
10,686
81,066
19,086
25,520
11,797
13,207
41,283
13,415
11,558
4,990
8,340
766
16,708
16,274
274,696
1897-98.
3
10,946
87,004
26,702
24,091
14,135
19,659
33,024
14,278
10,101
4,397
8,798
486
19,139
11,154
2 83,914
Difference.
Increase.
4
260
5,938
7,616
...
2,338
6,452
...
863
...
...
458
...
2,431
...
26,356
Decrease.
5
...
...
...
1,429
...
...
8,259
...
1,457
593
...
280
...
5,120
17,138
Actual
increase
over the
previous
year.
6
9,218
Including the work done by the dispensary staff and by tea-garden agencies, 283,914
vaccinations were done during the season, as against 274,696 done during 1896-97.
In the report for 1896-97, it was observed that more vaccinations had been done in
that year than in any previous year ; the returns show that 9,218 more operations were
done during the year under review than during 1896-97.
Districts in which the greatest
increase occurred.
10. In the Goalpara district 7,616 more vaccinations were done than in the
previous year. The Civil Surgeon reports that the in-
crease was principally due to the efficient assistance given
to the vaccinators by Mr. Ward, the District Superintend-
ent of Police. Six thousand four hundred and fifty-two more operations were done
in the Nowgong district than during the previous year Small-pox appeared in this
district in epidemic form during the year, and the Civil Medical Officer, Surgeon-
Captain Mac Naught, took considerable personal interest in the work and did what he
could to overcome the prejudices of the inhabitants of many villages who were opposed
to vaccination. The increase in the number of operations done in the Sylhet and
Darrang districts, and in the Manipur State, 5,938, 2,338, and 2,431, respectively, was
very satisfactory.
Districts in which the greatest
decrease occurred.
11. The returns show that 8,259 fewer operations were done in the Sibsagar
district than in the previous year. Notwithstanding this
decrease, the amount of work done in this district was com-
paratively very large, and 68.16 per 1,000 of the population
were reported to have been successfully vaccinated by the paid and licensed vaccinators.
The returns for 1896-97 show that 4,298 fewer vaccinations were done in the Kamrup
district than in the previous year, and this year's returns show that 1,429 fewer
operations were done than in 1896-97. The Civil Surgeon is of opinion that the decrease
was due partly to the great prevalence of cholera, but principally to the migration of
the people in consequence of the floods which occurred after the earthquake. In the
Naga Hills 1,457 fewer operations were done than during the previous year. The
returns show 5,120 fewer operations done by tea-garden agency on tea gardens. Last
year incorrect returns were furnished by three tea gardens, and the actual decrease in
1897-98 was only 2,827.
Percentages found successful by
inspecting officers.
12. Statement No. V shows the particulars of vaccination work verified by inspect-
ing officers for the year. Excluding 11,154 vaccinations by
tea-garden agencies, 272,760 persons were vaccinated
during the season, and of these, 24,207 were inspected
by Civil Surgeons and Civil Medical Officers and 150,005 by Native Inspectors of
Vaccination. Civil Surgeons found that 98.66 per cent., and Native Inspectors that
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