ABSTRACTS OF REPORTS OF CIVIL SURGEONS.
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The following statement shows the degree to which the inhabitants are
potected by inoculation, vaccination, and small-pox.
Vaccine census.
Class of persons.
Prisoners in jail
...
...
Bengali school-boys
...
...
English school-boys
...
...
Number
examined.
184
101
117
Inocu¬
lated.
133
58
68
Percent-
age
of total
examined
72.2
57.4
58.1
Vaccin-
ated.
12
6
14
Per cent¬
age
of total
examined.
6.5
5.9
11.9
Had
small-pox.
20
9
2
Per cent.
of total
examined.
10.8
8.9
1.7
Unpro-
tected.
19
28
13
Per cent.
of total
examined
10.4
27.7
11.3
Tipperah.
Work more careful
and systematic.
Tipperah.—Mr. Stork reports that a Government vaccinator was employed
throughout the year on a salary of Rs. 10, one-half of which was paid by
Government and the other by the Municipality. This man worked in the
station and in two villages in thannah Thollah; another man was employed on
Rs. 5, paid by the local dispensary, during the vaccinating season, in thannah
Chagalnyah, the people of that locality having petitioned for a vaccinator. The
work of the first man was systematic. He took up mohullah after mohullah,
and Mr. Stork inspected his work frequently and verified reported results.
The other man vaccinated upwards of 200 people in an area of 6 miles; his work
was not inspected. The system of arm to arm vaccination was adopted at the
sudder station. On the whole the number of persons vaccinated was greater
than in the previous year, and though the percentage of success is smaller, it
is a true result. The prejudices of the people against vaccination are wearing
off in this district. Inoculation is practised in all parts of the district. Out-
breaks of small-pox are occasionally caused by it. An attempt was made to
educate inoculators, but without success. A native doctor was deputed to one
locality when small-pox broke out; he segregated the affected and treated the sick.
The following particulars regarding protection are given :—
Vaccine census.
Class of persons examined.
Government school
...
...
Jail
...
...
...
...
Villages
...
...
...
...
Total ...
Numbers
examined
153
223
459
835
Inocu-
lated.
119
216
100
435
Per cent.
of total
examined
77.7
96.8
21.7
52.09
Vaccin-
ated.
21
4
120
145
Per cent
of total
examined.
13.7
1.7
26.1
17.3
Had
small-pox.
......
3
106
109
Per cent.
of total
examined.
......
1.3
23.1
13.05
Unpro-
tected.
13
......
133
146
Per cent
or total
examined.
8.5
.........
28.9
17.4
ASSAM AND ADJACENT HILLS.
Gowalparah.
Details of small-
pox at Luckhi¬
pore
Gowalparah.—Mr. Briscoe, Civil Medical Officer, reports that in this district
there is one vaccinator employed on Rs. 10 a month, paid by Government; he
was formely an inoculator. This man worked in the Sudder Station, at Luckhipore,
and in villages near Habraghat. The work done was rather less than in 1870-71,
and the success not so great; this was owing to many of the vaccinations having
been performed in the month of April. The people are very averse to vaccin-
ation, and the priests more especially so; the only chance of success is to gain
over the latter. No systematic work is possible; inoculation is practised through-
out the district. There are 39 inoculators, and none of these have been as yet
induced to submit to be taught vaccination. Arm to arm vaccination was
practised as much as possible. Mr. Briscoe gives the following account of an
outbreak of small-pox at Luckhipore :—
Sixty to eighty people were attacked at Luckhipore, and 27 fatal cases were reported.
The disease was imported, and afterwards spread by contagion and inoculation. A man with
his mother and sister came from the Goureepore district (about three or four days' journey)
and put up at the Luckhipore zemindar's place in March ; the man took ill with small-pox
immediately after his arrival and died. The mother and sister were also taken ill with the
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