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percentage of 97.16, as successful. The proportion of the population protected by these
272,265 vaccine operations comes to 46.62 per thousand, against 45.02 in 1898-99.
Cost of the Vaccine Department.
7. Annual Statement No. II shows the cost of the department to have been
Rs. 22,938-6-3, a small increase over the figures of last
year, caused by the licensed vaccinators in the Kamrup
district having been replaced by paid men. Rupees 18,575 was spent on salaries,
Rs. 3,018 on travelling allowances, and Rs. 1,345 on contingencies. The Provincial
Funds provided Rs. 8,825, against Rs. 8,923 in 1898-99 ; Local Funds gave Rs. 11,815,
as against Rs. 11,178; Municipalities gave Rs. 872, against Rs. 910; and the Manipur
State paid Rs. 1,426, against Rs. 1,185 in the preceding year.
Work done by the dispensary
establishment.
8. Annual Statement No. III shows the details of the vaccination work done by
the dispensary establishments. They did 23,075 primary
and 1,640 secondary operations, or a total of 24,715, while
in the preceding year they did 14,271 only.
Work
done by
tea-garden
agencies.
9. The subjoined table shows the work done on tea gardens by their Doctor Babus
with a little help from the Provincial establishment. The
total of cases is reported as 12,065 and the proportion of
success as 95.28. These figures are not quite so favor-
able as those of the last working season:
TABLE No. I.
Showing the vaccination work among the garden population performed by Government and tea
garden agencies during the year 1899-1900.
District.
1
Cachar ... ...
Sylhet
... ...
Goalpara
... ...
Kamrup ... ...
Darrang ... ...
Nowgong ... ...
Sibsagar ... ...
Lakhimpur ... ...
Total ... ...
Men.
Primarily vaccinated.
2
165
211
...
...
...
4
20
78
475
Successfully vaccinated.
3
161
187
...
...
...
1
20
73
442
Women.
Primarily vaccinated.
4
184
315
...
...
...
...
27
109
635
Successfully vaccinated.
5
174
295
...
...
...
...
27
107
603
Children.
Primarily vaccinated.
6
2,233
3,495
...
53
94
350
968
3,192
10,385
Successfully vaccinated.
7
2,230
3,179
...
52
94
332
919
3,091
9,897
Total vaccina-
tion by tea¬
garden agency.
Primaily vaccinated.
8
2,582
4,021
...
53
94
351
1,039*
3,379
11,519
Successfully vaccinated.
9
2,565
3,661
...
52
94
333
987*
3,271
10,963
Total vaccina-
tion by Govern-
ment agency.
Primarily vaccinated.
10
221
...
...
64
149
...
...
112
546
Successfully vaccinated.
11
217
...
...
64
140
...
...
112
533
Grand total.
Primarily vaccinated.
12
2,803
4,021
...
117
243
351
1,039
3,491
12,065
Successfully vaccinated.
13
2,782
3,661
...
116
234
333
987
3,333
11,496
Percentage of successful
cases.
14
99.25
91.05
...
99.15
96.30
94.87
95
96.91
95.28
* The sex of 24 cases vaccinated and of 21 successful cases was not communicated.
Work done in each district by
all agencies combined.
10. The next table (No. 2) shows the amount of vaccination work done in each
district for the last five years. A great increase took place
in the Sylhet district, owing no doubt to the improved
general health and the greater number of children born,
and a very large increase was made in the Garo Hills. The work in Manipur fell off
a little, and in the Kamrup district the number of operations performed fell to about the
level of 1896-97 and 1897-98, the progress of 1898-99 not having been maintained.
The Civil Surgeon reports that this is due to the change of system, the licensed
vaccinators having been replaced by paid men ; and I hope that next year I may have