GENERAL REPORT.
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Age of those vacci
nated.
9. Age of the vaccinated.—The vaccine registers and returns are designed
to indicate how may of those vaccinated were under and over one year of
age. This, though a very rough classification, is sufficient for all practical pur-
poses. The aim of vaccination is to protect all children as soon after birth
as possible, and the proportion of children under one year vaccinated is a good
index of the success of vaccination. Of 590,048 regarding whom this cir-
cumstance was noted, 59,023 or about 10 per cent. were under and 531,025
or 90 per cent. over one year.
Comparison
with
previous years
Details of circles
STATEMENT No. VI.
CIRCLE.
Calcutta and suburbs ...
Metropolitan circles ... ...
Darjeeling circle ... ...
Ranchee
„ ... ...
Sonthal Pergunnahs ... ...
Eastern Bengal circle .. ...
Dispensary vaccination ...
1872-73
1871-72
PERCENTAGE
Under 1
year.
22.4
7.1
7.5
12.7
11.1
5.8
18.8
Above 1
year
77.6
92.9
92.5
87.3
88.9
94.2
81.2
Under 1
year.
23.3
6.3
6.7
14.2
9.8
...
27.7
Above 1
year
76.7
93.7
93.3
85.8
90.2
...
72.3
The percentages of previous years were—1871-72, 13 and 87; 1870-71,
12.5 and 87.5; and 1869-
70, 9.2 and 90.8. There
has therefore been a fall-
ing off in the number
of infant vaccinations.
Statement No. VI.
shows the different cir-
cles in detail, in com-
parison with the pre-
vious season. There is
some improvement ma-
nifest in the Metropoli-
tan, Darjeeling and Son-
thal Pergunnahs circles,
and a falling off in Calcutta and Ranchee. The greatest falling-off is in dis-
pensary vaccination. The Eastern Bengal circle has made a bad start and is
lowest in the scale as regards infant vaccination.
Cost of vaccination
Saving as compared
with estimate
Details and causes
of savings.
10. Cost of Vaccination.—The budget grant for vaccination for the offi-
cial year 1872-73 amounted to Rs. 86,600. The actual disbursements under
this head amounted to Rs. 78,286-12-5. There was therefore, as compared
with the grant, a saving of Rs. 8,313-3-7. The figure shown in Table A, namely
Rs. 82,367-9, which was compiled from the detailed returns of executive
officers, exceeds that supplied by the Accountant General by Rs. 4,080-12-7.
I am unable to account for this difference, but even with the higher figure there
is still a saving of Rs. 4,232-7. Table No. III. shows the cost of the six circles
in detail, in comparison with the amount sanctioned for each. There is a sav-
ing in Calcutta in consequence of the abolition of one superintendent. The
Metropolitan circles show a large saving in consequence of the office of
superintendent having been held for several months as an additional charge
and the present officiating superintendent drawing lower allowances. There
is a slight saving under the heads of head vaccinators, vaccinators and con-
tingencies in the Darjeeling circle. The Ranchee and Sonthal Pergunnahs
circles show very little difference between the amount sanctioned and expended,
but there is a considerable saving in the new Eastern Bengal circle in conse-
quence of the full sanctioned establishment not having been employed. The
total amount sanctioned according to this table was Rs. 86,148, and total ex-
pended Rs. 76,728; total saving Rs. 9,420.
The Superintendent of the Darjeeling circle has entered a sum of Rs. 6,312
(1052x6) as sanctioned, whereas the expenses of the circle were not really
included in the estimate. The saving is thus reduced to Rs. 3,108. On com-
paring the total expenditure of Table A with that of the previous year, an
increase of Rs. 3,687 in the amount paid by the State and a decrease of
Rs. 226 in the amount paid from other sources is manifest. The total expen-
diture of the circles as deduced from Table III was in 1871-72, Rs. 74,074 and
in 1872-73, Rs. 76,728, an increase of Rs. 2,656. The formation of a new
circle accounts for this increase. The amount paid from other sources for
dispensary vaccination has been nearly the same in both years, but the amount
shown under the head of "paid by the State" is larger in 1872-73. I suspect,
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