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be successful. The small percentage of successful primary vaccinations in this district
was due to the bad work done by the vaccinator of the Mokokchang Sub-division, whose
services were afterwards dispensed with. In the Resolution on the Vaccination
Report of 1895-96 the Chief Commissioner observed that in the Bengal Report for
1894-95 it was stated that many vaccinators in that province excluded unsuccessful
operations from their lists, and he requested the Principal Medical Officer and Sanitary
Commissioner to give this matter his careful consideration, and to record the result of
his enquiries in the next Vaccination Report. A Circular was accordingly sent to all
Civil Surgeons, requesting them to take care that vaccinators did not exclude unsuc-
cessful vaccinations from their lists, and directing them to notice what action they had
taken, with results, in their annual reports. In connection with this Circular all
Civil Surgeons have reported that they were satisfied that all unsuccessful operations
were included in the returns.
Proportion of the population suc-
cessfully vaccinated.
6. Including successful vaccinations done by tea-garden agencies, 45.71 per 1,000
of the population were successfully vaccinated during the
year, as against 42.97 per 1,000 successfully vaccinated in
1895-96, and 33.50 per 1,000, the average proportion
successfully vaccinated during the previous five years.
Dispensary vaccination.
7. The details of vaccinations done by dispensary establishments are given in
Statement No. III. From the statement it appears that
these establishments did 7,590 primary vaccinations and
482 re-vaccinations, a total of 8,072 operations. The percentages of primary vaccina-
tions and re-vaccinations found successful were, respectively, 94 26 and 76.35. In
1895-96, dispensary establishments did 10,005 primary vaccinations and 451 re-vaccin-
ations, and the percentages of successful operations were, respectively, 95.08 and
82.26.
Vaccinations in tea-gardens.
8. The details of vaccination work done in tea gardens by Government vaccinators
and tea-garden agencies are given in the following table :—
Table showing the vaccination work among the garden population performed
by Government
and tea-garden agencies, respectively, during 1896-97.
District.
1
Cachar
.
.
.
Sylhet ...
Goalpara ...
Kamrup
...
Darrang ...
Nowgong
..
Sibsagar
.
.
.
Lakhimpur
. .
TOTAL .
Men.
Primarily vaccinated.
2
191
1,052
...
...
Successfully vaccinated.
3
144
565
...
...
Women.
Primarily vaccinated.
4
257
568
...
...
Successfully vaccinated.
5
211
104
...
...
Children.
Primarily vaccinated.
6
2,986
5,882
...
115
Successfully vaccinated.
7
2,859
4,489
...
115
Civil Surgeon failed to furnish information.
8
...
604
1,855
8
...
547
1,264
10
...
859
1,694
10
...
797
1,122
382
1,235
1,902
12,502
368
1,220
1,813
10,864
Total vaccination
by tea-garden
agency.
Primarily vaccinated.
8
3,434
7,502
...
115
223
400
1,235
3,365
16,274*
Successfully vaccinated.
9
3,214
5,158
...
115
223
386
1,220
3,157
13,473*
Total vaccinations
by Government
agency.
Primarily vaccinated.
10
296
...
...
28
...
59
...
643
1,026
Successfully vaccinated.
11
278
...
...
26
...
59
...
625
988
Grand total.
Primarily vaccinated.
12
3,730
7,502
...
143
223
459
1,235
4,008
17,300
Successfully vaccinated.
13
3,492
5,158
...
141
223
445
1,220
3,782
14,461
Percentage of successful
cases.
14
93.62
68.75
...
98.60
100.00
96.95
98.78
94.36
83.59
*Including 223 cases, the details of which were not furnished.
From the table it appears that 16,274 vaccinations were done by tea-garden
agencies and 1,026 by Government vaccinators in tea-gardens, a total of 17,300
operations. Of the 16,374 vaccinations done by tea-garden agencies, 13,473, or 82.79
per cent., were successful, and 988 of the 1,026, or 96.30 per cent., of the operations
performed by Government vaccinators were done successfully. The Civil Surgeon of
Sylhet stated in his report that, of 2,398 vaccinations performed in Mazdu, Ghilacherra