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Vaccination in places where
Compulsory Vaccination Acts are
in force.
22. In Table No. 4 the details of vaccination work done in places where the
Compulsory Vaccination Acts are in force are given.
These places are the Silchar, Sylhet, Dhubri, Goalpara,
Gauhati, Nowgong and Dibrugarh Municipalities, the
Sibsagar and Shillong Stations and the Golaghat and Jorhat Unions. The population
of these 11 places, including the cantonments at Dibrugarh and Shillong, is 71,128.
Amongst these, 3,021 vaccinations only were performed, as against 3,487 in the previous
season, but in spite of this, the number of deaths from small-pox was only 25, against
29 in 1897; the death-rate from this cause, viz., 0.35 per mille, is less than that (0.41)
of last year, and compares very favorably with the general provincial rate (1.03), and
affords good reasons for extension of the Acts to other towns. In the last season 553
notices were issued under the Acts, 26 persons were prosecuted and 4 punished;
the figures show that the Acts are being more steadily enforced ; in 1896-97, 618 notices
were issued, but no one was prosecuted; in 1897-98, 594 notices were issued, 25 persons
were prosecuted and 2 punished :
TABLE No. 4.
Showing the vaccination work done under the Compulsory Vaccination Acts, Nos. V and XIII (B. C.) of 1880, in certain
Municipalities, Stations and Unions in Assam during the years 1895-96 to 1898-99.
Name of Municipality,
etc.
1
Silchar Municipality ...
Sylhet
„
...
Dhubri
„ ...
Goalpara
„ ...
Gauhati
„ ...
Nowgong
„ ...
Dibrugarh „ ...
„
Cantonment ...
Sibsagar Station
...
Shillong
„ ...
„
Cantonment ...
Golaghat Union
...
Jorhat
„ ...
Total ... ...
Population according to the census of
1891.
2
7,523
14,027
4,825
5,440
8,283
4,815
8,362
1,514
5,249
4,730
1,990
2,211
2,159
71,128
Number of children on the register since
the Acts have been in force.
3
777
6,787
537
1,071
3,301
140
4,759
...
1,133
412
131
542
409
19,999
Number of vaccination.
1895-96.
Total number.
4
181
478
146
174
587
...
1,462
19
404
357
81
104
168
4,161
Number successfully vaccin-
ated.
5
181
442
134
169
572
...
1,269
18
394
316
71
104
158
3,828
1896-97.
Total number.
6
185
559
167
144
539
...
463
27
412
683
510
166
297
4,152
Number successfully vaccin-
ated.
7
156
559
154
142
528
...
436
19
403
584
256
156
292
3,685
1897-98.
Total number.
8
210
365
107
102
735
554
507
103
322
190
62
105
125
3,487
Number successfully vaccin-
ated.
9
208
365
105
98
722
553
504
47
310
181
54
105
119
3,371
1898-99.
Total number.
10
225
375
34
59
393
161
614
123
320
244
235
79
159
3,021
Number successfully vaccin-
ated.
11
225
372
34
59
392
141
608
104
316
235
157
76
147
2,866
1898-99.
Number of notices issued.
12
13
378
...
84
...
1
68
...
8
...
...
1
...
553
Number
of prosecutions.
13
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
...
22
...
...
1
...
26
Number of punishments.
14
...
...
...
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
4
Mortality from small-
pox during the five
years 1894 to 1898.
Average number of deaths
from small-pox.
15
1
2
3
7
5
1
29
8
...
1
2
59
Death-rate per 1,000 of popu-
lation from small-pox.
16
0.1
0.1
0.6
1.3
0.6
0.2
2.9
1.5
...
0.5
0.9
0.8
Date on which
the Compulsory
Vaccination
Acts came into
force.
17
21st
January
1892.
1st
October
1882.
13th
February
1891.
12th November
1890.
August 1882.
7th April 1897.
September 1883.
21st
January
1892.
21st June 1895.
24th
March
1892.
12th April 1892.