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Cost of the department.
6. The total cost of the Department for the year was Rs. 22,345-12-10, as against
Rs 21,723-9-1 in 1896-97, an increase of Rs. 622-3-9.
The pay of Inspectors and of vaccinators amounted to
Rs. 3,847-1-8 and Rs. 14,531-10-1, respectively, as compared with Rs. 3,783-4-10 and
Rs. 13,630-0-0, the respective sums expended under these heads during 1896-97.
During the year Rs. 2,974-8-6 were spent on travelling allowances and Rs. 992-8-7
on contingencies. The increase in the expenditure was due to 7 additional paid
vaccinators and 4 apprentices having been appointed during the year. Of the total
expenditure, Rs. 8,316-0-3 were met from Provincial. Rs. 11,819-9-4 from Local
and Rs. 847-15-11 from Municipal Funds, and Rs. 1,362-3-4 were contributed by the
Manipur State There were 218,516 persons successfully vaccinated by paid vaccinators,
so that the cost of each successful vaccination done by these men was one anna and
eight pies. In 1896-97, the cost of each successful vaccination, including the work of
18 licensed vaccinators who received rewards, was one anna and six pies.
Dispensary vaccinations.
7. Statement No. III gives the details of dispensary vaccination done during the
year. The dispensary staff did 16,172 primary vaccinations
and 1,005 re-vaccinations, a total of 17,177 operations, as
against 8,072 operations done in 1896-97, an increase of 9,105 cases. The percentages
of primary cases and re-vaccinations found to be successful were, respectively, 97.66
and 79.90, as against 94.26 and 76.35, the corresponding percentages found successful
in 1896-97.
Tea-garden vaccinations
8. The following statement gives the details of vaccination work on tea gardens
by garden agencies and Government vaccinators.
Table showing the vaccination work among the garden population
performed
by
Government
and tea-garden agencies, respectively, during 1897-98.
District.
1
Cachar ...
Sylhet ...
Goalpara ...
Kamrup ...
Darrang ...
Nowgong ...
Sibsagar ...
Lakhimpur ...
Total
Men.
Primarily vaccinated
2
l61
93
...
...
...
95
23
493
865
Successfully vaccinated.
3
137
82
...
...
...
94
22
484
819
Women.
Primarily vaccinated.
4
194
197
...
...
...
91
27
485
994
Successfully vaccinated.
5
182
192
...
...
...
90
27
482
973
Children.
Primarily vaccinated.
6
2,612
2,893
...
101
...
580
441
1,874
8,501
Successfully vaccinated.
7
2,414
2,733
...
101
...
579
440
1,842
8,109
Total vaccination
by tea-garden
agency.
Primarily vaccinated.
8
2,967
3,183
...
101
...
766
1,285*
2,852
11,154
Successfully vaccinated.
9
2,733
3,007
...
101
...
763
1,283*
2,808
10,695
Total vaccina-
tion by Govern-
ment agency.
Primarily vaccinated.
10
321
...
...
...
...
...
...
586
907
Successfully vaccinated.
11
320
...
...
...
...
...
...
574
894
Grand total.
Primarily vaccinated
12
3,288
3,183
...
101
...
766
1,285*
3,438
12,061
Successfully vaccinated.
13
3,053
3,007
...
101
...
763
1,283*
3,382
11,589
Percentage of successful cases.
14
92.85
94.47
...
100.00
...
99.61
99.84
98.37
96.09
* The sex of 794 cases was not communicated.
The table shows that 11,154 persons were primarily vaccinated in tea gardens during
the year by tea-garden agencies and 907 by Government vaccinators, a total of 12,061
cases. Of these vaccinations, 11,589, or 96.09 per cent., were done successfully. In the
report for last year it was stated that 16,274 operations were done by tea-garden agencies,
of which 82.79 per cent. were successful. Further enquiries showed that three gardens
in the Sylhet district furnished incorrect returns in 1896-97, and that there were actually
13,981 vaccinations done by tea-garden agencies, of which 13,473, or 96.37 per cent.,
were successful.