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98.14 per cent., of the operations inspected by them were successful. Vaccinators
reported that 98.98 per cent. of the primary vaccinations done by them were success-
ful. During 1896-97, Civil Surgeons found that 98.38 per cent., and Native Inspectors
that 97.68 per cent., of the vaccinations inspected by them were successful
Unless
sufficient care is taken, vaccinators are apt to bring forward only successful
cases for the scrutiny of inspecting officers ; and efforts should be made to examine
all the persons vaccinated belonging to the villages inspected. In order that the same
method may be followed by all inspecting officers in the province in future. I have
requested them, when furnishing particulars of operations inspected by them, to state
(a) the number of towns and villages to which the vaccinated persons inspected by them
belonged, (b) the number of persons belonging to these towns and villages primarily vac-
cinated during the season as given in vaccinators' registers, (c) the number of vaccinated
persons belonging to these towns and villages inspected by inspecting officers, and (d)
the number of vaccinations inspected found to be successful. By insisting on seeing
all the persons vaccinated during the season present in places inspected, inspecting
officers will not only be able to determine what proportion of the work done has been
successful, but they will also find out whether the vaccinators' registers are accurately
kept. I examined a considerable number of vaccinations in the plains districts
during my cold-weather tour, and the work was, on the whole, excellent. As in
the previous year, the largest number of inspections, 7,717, was made by Surgeon-
Major Dobson, the Civil Surgeon of the Goalpara district, who has given much
attention to vaccination work in his district. A considerable amount of inspection work
was also done by the Civil Surgeons of the Sibsagar, Sylhet, Nowgong and Kamrup
districts. The Civil Surgeons of the Naga Hills and Khasi and Jaintia Hills districts
made very few inspections. No operations were inspected by the Civil Surgeon of
the Garo Hills. The medical duties of this district were carried on by a hospital
assistant during the vaccinating season, and he was unable to leave the headquarters
station of the district.
Percentage of work of licensed
vaccinators found to be successful.
13. The results of the inspection by Civil Surgeons and Native Inspectors of
work done by licensed vaccinators are given in the
following table :
Table showing the number of licensed vaccinators' operations inspected by the Civil Surgeons
and Native Inspector during the year 1897-98.
District.
1
Cachar ...
Goalpara...
Kamrup ...
Sibsagar ...
Total ...
Total number of vaccinations.
2
265
24,854
1,165
2,318
28,602
Number of vaccin-
ations inspected
By Civil Surgeons.
3
20
6,069
...
59
6,148
By Native Inspect-
ors
4
252
14,716
1,005
130
16,103
22,251
Number of vaccin-
ations found
successful.
By Civil Surgeons.
5
20
6,013
...
56
6,089
By Native Inspect-
ors.
6
252
14,680
1,005
123
16,060
22,149
Number of
vaccinations
found un-
successful.
By Civil Surgeons.
7
...
56
...
3
59
By Native Inspect-
ors.
8
...
36
...
7
43
102
Percentage of success-
ful cases actually
verified by in-
spection.
By Civil Surgeons.
9
100.00
99.08
...
94.92
99.04
By Native Inspect-
ors.
10
100.00
99.76
100.00
94.62
99.73
99.54
Of the 28,602 operations done by licensed vaccinators during the vaccinating
season, 6,148 were inspected by Civil Surgeons, and 16,103 by Native Inspectors.
Civil Surgeons found that 99.04 and Native Inspectors that 99.73 per cent. of the
operations inspected by them were successful
In 1896-97, the corresponding per-
centages found successful were 97.21 and 99.37. The attention of Civil Surgeons
was called to the importance of closely scrutinizing the work of licensed vaccinators in
this office Circular No. 48., dated the 10th of October 1897. The Civil Surgeon of
Goalpara inspected a large number of vaccinations done by these men, but the para-
graph of the circular referring to this subject appears to have escaped the notice of
the Civil Surgeons of Cachar, Kamrup and Sibsagar. They have been requested to
state why they failed to carry out the instructions contained in the circular.