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my predecessor for his bad and short work : he has retaliated by not doing one single
vaccination this year, and as he has left the province without orders and is at the present
moment absent without leave, I have separately recommended his dismissal from the
service. I visited this district in January last especially to enquire into vaccination
matters and was quite satisfied with the quality of the work done, though I could not
then judge of the amount. The tahsildar of Roha, Pandit Guna Hash Goswami, has
taken a great interest in spreading vaccination in his ilaka, and if all other civil officials
had done the same, I feel sure that in spite of the short season and lessened birth-rate,
we should have had an increase, and not a decrease in the number of people protected
from small-pox, and I would beg to recommend that the thanks of the Honorable the
Chief Commissioner be conveyed to this gentlemen who is the head of a large religious
community, and whose teaching and example have been most beneficial.
Number of primary vaccinations.
Season.
1894-95...
1895-96...
1896-97...
1897-98...
l898-99...
Number of
operations.
195,703
253,641
267,198
272,713
237,232
19. Annual Statement No. IV gives details of the total number of primary vaccina-
tions and the number of successful operations for the last
ten years, and shows that the number done in 1898-99 is
less than that done in any year since 1894-95, and presents
a regretable break in a line of satisfactory progress; the
extract given in the margin exhibits this clearly.
Verification of vaccinations by
Inspecting Officers.
20. Annual Statement No. V shows the particulars of verification of vaccination
work. Excluding 12,215 vaccinations done by tea-garden
agencies, 246,690 persons were vaccinated during the past
season; of these, 22,577 were inspected by Civil Surgeons
and 133,681 by the Inspectors of Vaccination, against 24,207 and 150,005 so inspected
last year. The percentage of operations found to be successful by Civil Surgeons was
95.99, against 98.66 in the previous year ; the Native Inspectors report a percentage of
98.73 successful operations, as against 98.14 last season ; and the vaccinators themselves
report 98.84 of their primary operations to have been successful. As above stated (see
paragraph 4), I consider the Civil Surgeons' figures to be the most reliable. This year
Assistant Surgeon Bancroft, Civil Medical Officer, Garo Hills, has inspected the greatest
number, viz., 5,460, and he also raised the number of operations from 8,798 to 15,866.
This is extremely creditable to him, and I think he thoroughly well deserves the special
thanks of the Honorable the Chief Commissioner.
Verification of licensed vaccina-
tors' work.
21. Table No. 3 shows similar particulars of verification of the work done by the
licensed vaccinators as apart from other agencies. The
percentage found to be successful by the Civil Surgeons
is reported as one hundred per cent., that is, that no one
case failed. This shows that only successful cases have been brought before them, and
the procedure laid down in paragraph 12 of my predecessor's report for 1897-98 has
evidently not been acted on. The special attention of all Civil Medical Officers has
been again directed to this important point :
TABLE No. 3.
Showing the number of licensed vaccinators' operations inspected by the Civil Surgeons and
Native Inspectors during the year 1898-99.
District.
1
Coolpara... ... ... ... ...
Kamrup... ... ...
Sibsagar... ... ... ...
Total...
Total number of vaccinations.
2
l8,227
4,780
993
24,000
Number of
vaccinations
inspected.
By Civil Surgeons.
3
1,264
1,140
50
2,454
By Native Inspectors.
4
8,898
2,030
458
11,386
13,840
Number of vacci-
nations found
successful.
By Civil Surgeons.
5
1,264
1,140
50
2,454
By Native Inspectors.
6
8,892
2,030
430
11,352
13,806
Number of vacci-
nations found
unsuccessful.
By Civil Surgeons.
7
...
...
...
...
By Native Inspectors.
8
6
... 28
34
34
Percentage of suc-
cessful cases
actually verified
by inspection.
By Civil Surgeons.
9
100
100
100
100
By Native Inspectors.
10
99.93
100
93.89
99.70
99.75