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Silchar Municipality.
23. Two hundred and twenty-five persons were successfully vaccinated in this
municipality, as against 208 in the previous year. No
death from small-pox was reported during the year 1898.
Thirteen notices were issued under the Act, but no one was prosecuted.
Sylhet Municipality.
24. In this municipality 372 successful vaccinations were performed, as against
365 in 1897-98. Although 378 notices were issued, yet
not a single prosecution was instituted. As in the last
year, two deaths from small-pox were registered during the year.
Dhubri Municipality.
25. Only 34 operations were done successfully in Dhubri during the year, while
105 successful ones were performed in the preceding year.
No notices were issued under the Act. Three deaths
resulted from small-pox during the year. This is not satisfactory, and greater attention
should be given to vaccination next year.
Goalpara Municipality.
26. Fifty-nine successful vaccinations were done in this municipality, as against
98 in the previous year. Eighty-four notices were issued,
but only 3 persons were punished. There were no small-
pox deaths reported.
Gauhati Municipality.
27. In this municipality 392 successful vaccinations were performed during the
year, which is a little over half of the operations, viz., 722,
performed in 1897-98. There were 10 deaths from small-
pox, and no notices issued under the Act. The work here has also been unsatisfactory,
and greater care and trouble should be taken next year.
Nowgong Municipality.
28. In Nowgong 141 persons were successfully vaccinated, as against 553 in the
preceding year. Only one notice was issued, and no one
was prosecuted. Five deaths from small-pox were regis-
tered. Vaccination work in the whole of this district has greatly fallen off. See
remarks in paragraph 18.
Dibrugarh Municipality and
Cantonment.
29. In the municipality 608 and in the cantonment 104 successful vaccinations
were done ; the corresponding numbers for 1897-98 were
504 and 47. Sixty-eight notices were issued, but no one
was prosecuted. No small-pox deaths were registered.
Sibsagar Station.
30. In Sibsagar 316 persons were successfully vaccinated, as against 310 in 1897-
98. It appears that only 8 notices were issued under the
Act, but 22 persons were prosecuted, though no one was
punished. Five deaths from small-pox were registered during the year. The notices
were here probably collective and not individual ones, though I do not find it so stated,
in the district returns.
Shillong Station and Cantonment.
31. In the civil station 235 and in the cantonment 157 operations were performed
successfully during the year, as against 181 and 54, re-
spectively, in the previous season. No notices were issued
under the Act, and no small-pox deaths were recorded. Practically the whole popula-
tion is protected.
Golaghat Union.
32. In this union only 76 successful vaccinations were done, as against 105 in the
preceding year. One person was prosecuted and punished
under the Act. No death from small-pox was recorded.
Jorhat Union.
33. One hundred and forty-seven persons were successfully vaccinated, as com-
pared with 119 in the previous year. No notices were
issued under the Act, and there were no small-pox deaths
reported.
Inoculation.
34. The Civil Surgeon of Dhubri states that not a single case of inoculation has
been reported for many years past, although the people
have not taken kindly to vaccination. The Civil Surgeons
of Kamrup, Darrang, Nowgong and Lakhimpur state that the practice of inoculation has
almost entirely ceased in their districts, but the Civil Surgeon, Sibsagar, thinks it is still
resorted to in some of his villages. In the Surma Valley the practice still survives,
but not to the same extent as formerly; no epidemic of small-pox could be traced to this
custom.