NationalLibraryOfScotland/medical-history-of-british-india huggingface dataset:
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VACCINATION.
in the Province of Assam during the year 1901-1902.
Primary vaccination.
Total.
6
1,588
13,827
1,459
733
308
1,748
476
554
61
106
869
369
824
22,921
Successful.
Under one
year.
7
160
1,342
598
143
77
465
169
218
31
42
198
67
505
4,015
Over one and
under six years.
8
1,189
12,002
725
539
174
1,185
306
333
30
48
665
295
263
17,754
Total of all
ages.
9
1,569
13,344
1,396
713
299
1,650
475
551
61
106
863
362
813
22,202
Revaccination.
Total.
10
65
107
28
9
8
46
44
12
1
67
128
...
5
520
Successful.
11
60
81
22
5
7
32
34
9
1
55
114
...
5
425
Percentage of successful
cases.
Primary.
12
98.80
96.51
95.68
97.40
97.09
94.37
99.79
99.46
100
100
99.31
98.10
98.67
96.86
Revaccination.
13
92.31
75.70
78.57
55.56
87.50
69.57
77.27
75.00
100
82.09
89.06
...
100
81.73
Surgeons, Hospital Assistants and compounders at and near dispensaries.
the number of those persons who were successfully
vaccinated, in the Province of
Assam
undermentioned
official years.
vaccinated.
Total number.
Number success-
fully vaccinated.
Total number.
Number success-
fully vaccinated.
Total number.
Number success-
fully vaccinated.
Total number.
Number success-
fully vaccinated.
Total number.
Number success-
fully vaccinated.
Total number
Number success-
fully vaccinated.
31 st March.
1896-97.
10
65,547
7,590
5,421
129,149
22,418
4,122
16,274
16,650
...
27
267,198
11
61,977
7,154
5,369
127,121
22,321
4,028
13,473
16,592
...
19
258,054
1897-98.
12
56,641
16,172
4,679
132,015
28,221
4,771
11,154
19,054
...
6
272,713
13
55,734
15,793
4,661
130,628
28,194
4,685
10,695
18,969
...
5
269,364
1898-99.
14
54,344
13,887
4,101
102,429
23,655
4,526
12,215
21,931
...
144
237,232
15
53,476
13,226
4,097
100,972
23,629
4,468
11,405
21,900
...
125
233,298
1899-1900.
16
59,427
23,075
4,086
117,298
19,301
3,572
12,519
16,753
...
198
255,329
17
58,625
22,420
3,964
115,911
19,159
3,548
10,963
16,732
...
96
251,388
1900-1901.
18
57,122
16,931
4,628
120,532
19,809
3,318
13,254
15,625
...
44
251,263
19
54,609
15,960
4,332
116,284
19,590
3,156
12,634
14,574
...
38
241,177
1901-1902.
20
58,659
22,921
5,032
128,039
25,834
177
15,634
15,119
...
185
271,600
21
56,762
22,202
4,949
125,201
25,444
161
15,028
14,827
...
118
264,692
SHILLONG : Printed and published by CONYNGHAM FRANCIS, Press Superintendent, Assam, at the Secretariat
Printing Office : (Genl.) No. III—207— 19-6-1902.
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6. In paragraph 15 of the report is an allusion to inoculation. The Civil Surgeons
of Sylhet and Cachar complain that inoculation is still carried on ; that several outbreaks
of small-pox were distinctly traceable to the operation of the inoculators or ganaks ;
and it is a surprising fact that the inhabitants of Hailakandi (in the Cachar district)
actually petitioned for the stoppage of vaccination and the authorisation of inoculation in
its place. Inoculation appears to be widely practised only in the Surma Valley districts,
where its popularity seriously interferes with the spread of vaccination. The Principal
Medical Officer would have it prohibited by law, and its exercise made a punishable
offence. It is doubtful whether the country is ripe for such a measure.
7. The Officiating Chief Commissioner's acknowledgments are due to Colonel
Carr-Calthrop for his efficient control of the Department.
By order of the Chief Commissioner of Assam,
F. C. HENNIKER,
Offg. Secretary to the Chief Commissioner of Assam.
A. S. P. O. (Genl.) No. 287—275—8-8-1902.
TRIENNIAL VACCINATION REPORT
OF THE
PROVINCE OF ASSAM
FOR THE YEARS
1899-1900 to 1901-1902.
BY
COLONEL C. W. CARR-CALTHROP, M.D., Ch.D., I.M.S.,
PRINCIPAL MEDICAL OFFICER AND SANITARY COMMISSIONER, ASSAM.
SHILLONG:
PRINTED AT THE ASSAM SECRETARIAT PRINTING OFFICE.
1902.
Price 1s.]
[Price Eleven Annas.
VACCINATION RETURNS
OF THE
PROVINCE OF ASSAM
FOR THE SEASON
1902-1903,
With brief Explanatory Notes.
BY
COLONEL C. W. CARR-CALTHROP, M.D., Ch.D., I.M.S.,
PRINCIPAL MEDICAL OFFICER AND SANITARY COMMISSIONER, ASSAM.
SHILLONG:
PRINTED AT THE ASSAM SECRETARIAT PRINTING OFFICE.
1903.
Price 1s.]
[Price Eleven Annas.
[Prescribed maximum length—2 pages.]
VACCINATION RETURNS
OF THE
PROVINCE OF ASSAM
FOR THE SEASON
1902-1903,
With brief Explanatory Notes.
BY
COLONEL C. W. CARR-CALTHROP, M.D., Ch.D., I.M.S.,
PRINCIPAL MEDICAL OFFICER AND SANITARY COMMISSIONER, ASSAM.
SHILLONG:
PRINTED AT THE ASSAM SECRETARIAT PRINTING OFFICE.
1903.
Price 1s.]
[Price Eleven Annas.
Agents for the sale of Books published by the Assam Administration.
Agents In India.
(1) Messrs. Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta.
(2) Messrs. W. Newman & Co., Calcutta.
(3) Messrs. S. K. Lahiri & Co., Calcutta.
Agents In England.
(1) Mr. E. A. Arnold, 37, Bedford Street, Strand, W. C.,
London.
(2) Messrs. Constable & Co., 2, Whitehall Gardens, S. W.,
London.
(3) Messrs. Sampson Low, Marston & Co., St. Dunstan's House,
Fetter Lane, E. C., London.
(4) Messrs. Luzac & Co., 46, Great Russell Street, W. C.,
London.
(5) Messrs. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Charing Cros
Road, W. C., London.
(6) Mr. B. Quaritch, 15, Piccadilly, W., London.
(7) Messrs. P. S. King & Son, 9, Bridge Street, Westminster,
S. W., London.
(8) Messrs. Williams & Norgate, Oxford.
(9) Messrs. Deighton Bell & Co., Cambridge.
Agents on the Continent of Europe.
(1) MM. Friedländer & Sohn, II, Carlstratse, Berlin.
(2) M. Otto Harrassowitz, Leipzig.
(3) M. Karl Hiersemann, Leipzig.
(4) M. Ernest Leroux, 28, Rue Bonaparte, Paris.
(5) Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague.
SHILLONG :
PRINTED BY E. HILL, PRESS SUPERINTENDENT, ASSAM.
No. 1828.
FROM
COLONEL C. W. CARR-CALTHROP, M.D., Ch.D., I.M.S.,
PRINCIPAL MEDICAL OFFICER AND SANITARY COMMISSIONER, ASSAM,
To
THE SECRETARY TO THE HON'BLE THE CHIEF COMMIS-
SIONER OF ASSAM.
Shillong, the 13th May 1903.
SIR,
I HAVE the honor to forward the Provincial Vaccination Returns for the
season 1902-1903, with brief explanatory notes, as directed by your letter No.
410M. & S.—3473 G., dated the 10th May 1901.
I have the honor to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient Servant,
C. W. CARR-CALTHROP, M.D., Ch.D., Colonel, I.M.S.,
Principal Medical Officer and Sanitary Commissioner, Assam.
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Digram showing the Death-rates from Small-pox per 10,000 of population during the year 1902
and the proportion of population protected during the seven years 1896-97 to 1902-1903.
NOTE.—The narrow lines indicate death-rates from small-pox for the year 1902.
The wide lines indicate the population protected by vaccination during the past seven years.
The rate of the scale of the narrow and wide lines is as 1 to 100.
INDEX TO STATEMENTS.
STATEMENT NO.
I.—Showing particulars of Vaccination in the Province of Assam during
the year 1902-1903.
STATEMENT NO. II.—Showing the cost of the Vaccine Department in the Province of Assam
during the year 1902-1903.
STATEMENT NO. III.—Showing Dispensary Vaccination in the Province of Assam during the
year 1902-1903.
STATEMENT NO. IV.—Showing the number of persons primarily vaccinated and the number
of those persons who were successfully vaccinated in the Province
of Assam in each of the ten years ending 1902-1903.
STATEMENT NO. V.—Showing particulars of Vaccination verified by inspecting officers for
the year 1902-1903.
APPENDIX I.—Statistics relating to the number of children under one year of age in towns
available for vaccination and the number of successful operations performed
on them.
4
B.—DISPENSARY
Statement No. III.—Showing Dispensary Vaccination
District.
1
Cachar ... ... ...
Sylhet ... ... ...
Goalpara ... ... ...
Kamrup ... ... ...
Darrang ... ... ...
Nowgong ... ... ...
Sibsagar
...
...
...
Lakhimpur ... ... ...
Naga Hills ... ... ...
Khasi and Jaintia Hills ... ... ...
Garo Hills
...
... ...
Lushai Hills ... ... ...
Manipur ... ... ...
Total ... ... ...
Number of
dispensaries in
each district
to which
a vaccinator
is attached.
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
....
Average num-
ber of vaccina-
tors attached to
dispensaries
during the
season.*
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total number
of persons
vaccinated.
4
547
12,030
1,748
615
1,038
2,259
323
838
103
98
153
2,177
668
22,597
Average num¬
ber of persons
vaccinated
by each
vaccinator.
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
* Vaccinations were performed by the Civil Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons,
Comparative Statement No. IV.—Showing the Number of Persons primarily vaccinated,
in each of the under
Establishment.
1
Government ... ...
Dispensaries ... ...
Municipal ... ...
Local Funds ... ...
Licensed vaccinators ...
Apprentice
...
...
Tea gardens by garden agencies
Native States
... ...
Army—
European ... ...
Native ... ...
Total ... ... ...
Persons
Total number.
Number success¬
fully vaccinated.
Total number.
Number success¬
fully vaccinated.
Total number,
Number success¬
fully vaccinated.
Total number.
Number success¬
fully vaccinated.
Year ending
1893-1894.
2
56,217
12,213
4,067
82,664
26,341
...
9,282
10,198
...
15
200,997
3
47,386
7,946
3,245
72,093
24,176
...
7,439
8,849
...
12
171,146
1894-1895.
4
51,908
11,842
4,933
78,166
28,922
1,995
6,358
11,568
...
11
195,703
5
44,025
9,677
4,021
67,672
26,916
1,753
4,452
11,450
...
5
169,971
1895-1896.
6
60,434
10,005
5,507
106,934
33,489
3,790
16,422
16,960
...
100
253,641
7
58,022
9,513
5,375
105,400
32,978
3,616
14,245
16,601
...
89
245,839
1896 1897.
8
65,547
7,590
5,421
129,149
22,418
4,122
16,274
16,650
...
27
267,198
9
61,977
7,154
5,369
127,121
22,321
4,028
13,473
16,592
...
19
258,054
5
VACCINATION.
in the Province of Assam during the year 1902-1903.
Primary vaccination.
Total.
6
477
11,792
1,728
613
1,008
2,241
318
827
103
56
152
2,172
666
22,153
Successful.
Under one
year.
7
55
1,494
838
81
249
448
121
78
19
15
145
97
269
3,909
Over one and
under six years.
8
300
9,995
771
532
638
1,754
184
671
84
34
7
1,732
389
17,091
Total of all
ages.
9
457
11,489
1,715
613
998
2,202
305
822
103
56
152
1,829
658
21,399
Re-vaccination.
Total.
10
70
238
20
2
30
18
5
11
...
42
1
5
2
444
Successful.
11
50
169
20
2
30
15
4
10
...
24
1
5
2
332
Percentage of successful
cases.
Primary.
12
95.81
97.43
99.25
100
99.01
98.26
95.92
99.40
100
100
100
84.21
98.80
96.60
Re-vaccina-
tion.
13
71.43
71.01
100
100
100
83.33
80.00
90.91
...
57.14
100
100
100
74.78
Hospital Assistants, and compounders at and near dispensaries.
and the Number of those Persons who were successfully vaccinated, in the Province of Assam
mentioned official years.
primarily vaccinated.
Total number.
Number success-
fully vaccinated.
Total number.
Number success¬
fully vaccinated.
Total number.
Number success-
fully vaccinatcd.
Total number.
Number success-
fully vaccinated.
Total number.
Number success¬
fully vaccinated.
Total number.
Number success-
fully vaccinated.
31st March
1897-1893.
10
56,641
16,172
4,679
132,015
28,221
4,771
11,154
19,054
...
6
272,713
11
55,734
15,793
4,661
130,628
28,194
4,685
10,695
18,969
...
5
269,364
1898-1899.
12
54,344
13,887
4,101
102,429
23,655
4,526
12,215
21,931
...
144
237,232
13
53,476
13,226
4,097
100,972
23,629
4,468
11,405
21,900
...
125
233,298
1899-1900.
14
59,427
23,075
4,086
117,398
19,301
3,572
11,519
16,753
...
198
255,329
15
58,625
22,420
3,964
115,911
19,159
3,548
10,963
16,732
...
96
251,388
1900-1901.
16
57,122
16,931
4,628
120,532
19,809
3,318
13,254
15,625
...
44
251,263
17
54,609
15,960
4,332
116,284
19,590
3,156
12,634
14,574
...
38
241,177
1901-1902.
18
58,659
22,921
5,032
128,039
25,834
177
15,634
15,119
...
185
271,600
19
56,762
22,202
4,949
125,201
25,444
161
15,028
14,827
...
118
264,692
1903-1903.
20
65,773
22,153
2,835
140,660
18,016
6,636
18,696
16,563
...
118
291,450
21
64,616
21,399
2,804
138,747
17,844
6,582
16,960
16,260
...
35
285,247
SHILLONG : Printed and published by E. HILL, Press Superintendent, Assam, at the Secretariat Printing Office:
(Genl.) No. 109—190—9-6-1903.
VACCINATION RETURNS
OF THE
PROVINCE OF ASSAM
FOR THE SEASON
1903-1904.
With Brief Explanatory Notes.
BY
COLONEL DAVID WILKIE, M.B., I.M.S.,
PRINCIPAL MEDICAL OFFICER AND SANITARY COMMISSIONER, ASSAM.
SHILLONG:
PRINTED AT THE ASSAM SECRETARIAT PRINTING OFFICE.
1904.
Price 1s]
[Price Eleven Annas.
[Prescribed maximum length—2 pages.]
VACCINATION RETURNS
OF THE
PROVINCE OF ASSAM
FOR THE SEASON
1903-1904.
With Brief Explanatory Notes.
BY
COLONEL DAVID WILKIE, M.B., I.M.S.,
PRINCIPAL MEDICAL OFFICER AND SANITARY COMMISSIONER, ASSAM.
SHILLONG:
PRINTED AT THE ASSAM SECRETARIAT PRINTING OFFICE.
1904.
Price 1s.]
[Price Eleven Annas.
Agents for the sale of Books published by the Assam Administration:.
Agents in India..
(1) Messrs. Thacker, Spink & Co., Calcutta.
(2) Messrs. W. Newman & Co., Calcutta.
(3) Messrs. S. K. Lahiri & Co., Calcutta.
Agents In England.
(1) Mr. E. A. Arnold, 37, Bedford Street, Strand;W. C.,
London.
(2) Messrs. Constable & Co., 2, Whitehall Gardens, S. W.,
London.
(3) Messrs. Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., Charing
Cross Road, W. C., London.
(4) Mr. B. Quaritch, 15, Piccadilly, W., London.
(5) Messrs. P. S. King & Son, 9, Bridge Street, Westminster,.
S. W., London.
(6) Messrs. Williams & Norgate, Oxford.
(7) Messrs. Deighton Bell & Co., Cambridge.
Agents on the Continent of Europe.
(1) MM. Friedländer & Sohn, 11, Carlstrasse, Berlin.
(2) M. Otto Harrassowitz, Leipzig.
(3) M. Karl Hiersemann, Leipzig.
(4) M. Ernest Leroux, 28, Rue Bonaparte, Paris.
(5) Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague.
SHILLONG :
PRINTED BY E. HILL, PRESS SUPERINTENDENT, ASSAM.
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gram showing the death-rates from Small-pox per 10,000 of population during the year 1903,
and the proportion of population protected during the seven years 1897-98 to 1903-1904
NOTE.—The narrow lines indicate death-rates from small-pox for the year 1903.
The wide lines indicate the population protected by vaccination during the past seven years.
The rate of the scale of the narrow and wide lines is as 1 to 103.
INDEX TO STATEMENTS.
STATEMENT No. I.—Showing particulars of vaccination in the prov-
ince of Assam during the year 1903-1904.
Ditto
II.—Showing the cost of the department in the
province of Assam during the year 1903-1904.
Ditto
III.—Showing dispensary vaccination in the prov-
ince of Assam during the year 1903-1904.
Ditto
IV.—Showing the number of persons primarily vac-
cinated and the number of those persons who
were successfully vaccinated in the province of
Assam in each of the ten years ending 1893-
1904.
Ditto
V.—Showing particulars of vaccination verified by
inspecting officers for the year 1903-1904.
APPENDIX I.—Statistics relating to the number of children under one
year of age available for vaccination in towns and the
number of successful operations performed on them.
PAGE
2
ib.
4
ib.
6
ib.
4
B.—DISPENSARY
Statement No. III.—Showing Dispensary Vaccination
Districts.
1
Cachar ... ...
Sylhet ... ...
Goalpara ... ...
Kamrup ... ...
Darrang... ...
Nowgong ... ...
Sibsagar ... ...
Lakhimpur ... ...
Naga Hills ... ...
Khasi and Jaintia Hills
Garo Hills ... ...
Lushai „ ... ...
Manipur... ...
Total
... ...
Number of dispensaries in
each district to which a vac-
cinator is attached.
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Average number of vaccinators
attached to dispensaries
during the year.*
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Total number of persons vac-
cinated.
4
628
12,050
1,925
432
747
2,097
426
757
101
123
317
1,059
416
21,078
Average number of persons
vaccinated by each vaccinator.
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Primary vaccination.
Total.
6
587
11,902
1,921
420
690
2,052
426
757
101
120
300
1,039
392
20,707
Successful.
Under
one
year.
7
148
1,746
847
87
136
599
136
199
29
25
208
130
215
4,505
One and
under six
years.
8
418
9,660
920
312
540
1,418
277
527
41
62
85
779
170
15,209
Total of
all ages.
9
566
11,406
1,829
413
676
2,017
413
741
70
120
293
960
385
19,889
Un-
known.
10
...
...
8
...
...
12
...
...
31
...
...
79
7
137
* Vaccinations were per formed by the Civil Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons,
Comparative Statement No. IV.—Showing the Number of Persons primarily vaccinated
in each of the under
Establishment.
1
Government
...
...
Dispensaries ... ...
Municipal ... ...
Local Funds ... ...
Licensed vaccinators ...
Apprentice
...
...
Tea gardens by garden agencies
Native States ... ...
Army—
European ... ...
Native ... ... ...
Total ... ... ...
Persons
Total number.
Number success-
fully vaccinated.
Total number.
Number success,
fully vaccinated.
Total number.
Number success-
fully vaccinated.
Total number.
Number success-
fully vaccinated.
Year ending
1894-95.
2
15,908
11,842
4,933
78,166
28,922
1,995
6,358
11,568
...
11
195,703
3
44,025
9,677
4,021
67,672
26,916
1,753
4,452
11,450
...
5
169,971
1895-96.
4
60,434
10,005
5,507
106,934
33,489
3,790
16,422
16,960
...
100
253,641
5
58,022
9,513
5,375
105,400
32,978
3,616
14,245
16,601
...
89
245,839
1896-97.
6
65,547
7,590
5,421
129,149
22,418
4,122
16,274
16,650
...
27
267,198
7
61,971
7,154
5,369
127,121
22,321
4,028
13,473
16,592
...
19
258,054
1897-98.
8
56,641
16,172
4,679
132,015
28,221
4,771
11,154
19,054
...
6
272,713
9
55,734
15,793
4,661
130,628
28,194
4,685
10,695
18,969
...
5
269,364
5
VACCINATION.
in the Province of Assam during the year 1903-1904.
Re-vaccination.
Total.
11
41
148
4
12
57
45
...
...
...
3
17
20
24
371
Successful.
12
31
98
3
9
53
41
...
...
...
1
17
20
20
293
Unknown.
13
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Percentage of successful cases in
which the results were known.
Primary.
14
96.42
95.83
95.61
98.33
97.97
98.87
96.95
97.89
100.00
100.00
97.66
100.00
98.21
96.69
Re-vaccination.
15
75.61
60.22
75.00
75.00
92.98
91.11
...
...
...
33.34
100.00
100.00
83.33
78.98
Percentage of unknown cases
to total cases.
Primary.
16
...
...
0.42
...
...
0.58
...
...
30.69
...
...
7.60
1.78
0.66
Re-vaccination.
17
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Hospital Assistants, and compounders at and near dispensaries.
and the Number of those Persons who were successfully vaccinated, in the Province of Assam
mentioned official years.
primarily vaccinated.
Total number.
Number success-
fully vaccinated.
Total number.
Number success-
fully vaccinated.
Total number.
Number success-
fully vaccinated.
Total number.
Number success-
fully vaccinated.
Total number.
Number success-
fully vaccinated.
Total number.
Number success-
fully vaccinated
31st March
1898-99.
10
54,344
13,887
4,101
102,429
23,655
4,526
12,215
21,931
...
144
237,232
11
53,476
13,226
4,097
100,972
23,629
4,468
11,405
21,900
...
125
233,298
1899-1900.
12
59,427
23,075
4,086
117,398
19,301
3,572
11,519
16,753
...
198
255,329
13
58,625
22,420
3,964
115,911
19,159
3,548
10,963
16,732
...
96
251,388
1900-1901.
14
57,122
16,931
4,628
120,532
19,809
3,318
13,254
15,625
...
44
251,263
15
54,609
15,960
4,332
116,284
19,590
3,156
12,634
14,574
...
38
241,177
1901-1902
16
58,659
22,921
5,032
128,039
25,834
177
15,634
15,119
...
185
271,600
17
56,762
22,202
4,949
125,201
25,444
161
15,028
14,827
...
118
261,602
1902-1903.
18
65,773
22,153
2,835
140,660
18,016
6,636
18,696
16,563
...
118
291,450
19
64,616
21,399
2,804
138,747
17,844
6,582
16,960
16,260
...
35
285,247
1903-1904.
20
57,771
20,707
2,333
135,702
23,065
1,253
15,550
...
...
17,096
2,3,477
21
56,474
19,889
2,287
133,075
22,620
1,233
14,867
...
...
16,504
266,949
SHILLONG : Printed and published by E. HILL, Press Superintendent, Assam, at the Secretariat Printing Office :
(Genl.) No. 133—190—22-6-1904.
VACCINATION RETURNS
OF THE
PROVINCE OF ASSAM
FOR THE SEASON.
1903-1904.
With Brief Explanatory Notes.
BY
COLONEL DAVID WILKIE, M.B., I.M.S.,
PRINCIPAL MEDICAL OFFICER AND SANITARY COMMISSIONER, ASSAM.
SHILLONG:
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1904.
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TRIENNIAL VACCINATION REPORT
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PROVINCE OF ASSAM
FOR THE YEARS
1902-1903 to 1904-1905.
BY
COLONEL DAVID WILKIE, M B., I.M.S.,
PRINCIPAL MEDICAL OFFICER AND SANITARY COMMISSIONER, ASSAM
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FOR THE YEARS
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COLONEL DAVID WILKIE, M.B., I.M.S.,
PRINCIPAL MEDICAL OFFICER AND SANITARY COMMISSIONER, ASSAM.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PARA.
2-5 Vaccination agencies... ... ...
6 Percentage of successful operations... ...
7-8 Vaccination work in different districts... ...
9 Verification by Inspecting Officers... ... ...
10-11 Working of the Compulsory Vaccination Acts... ...
12-15 Vaccine
Depôt...
...
...
...
16 Cost of the
Department...
...
...
17
General...
...
...
...
Diagram showing death-rates from small-pox
and the proportion of population protected
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On the 14th April 1905 the sadr inspector at Silchar found that out of 209 school-
boys, 33 per cent. had been inoculated, 65 per cent. had been vaccinated, none had
had unmodified small-pox, and 1 per cent. were unprotected. The corresponding figures
for 27 dispensary patients were 37, 18.5, 22, and 22 per cent. and for 59 prisoners 42,
27, 22, and 8 per cent.
A certain amount of falsification is practised by the paid vaccinators, especially
towards the close of the year, when making up their final returns, and some have been
dismissed for it. The licensed vaccinators are believed not to be under the same amount
of temptation.
A desirable reform would be the substitution of approved Hospital Assistants for the
present Inspectors of Vaccination. They are better educated, have more influence,
know better what they are doing, and can treat the children as patients and not simply
as subjects to be vaccinated. They would also be able to afford here and there medical
or sanitary aid or advice, and to check the records of vital statistics in a superior man-
ner and improve the diagnosis for the death returns.
Shillong,
The 15th May 1905.
DAVID WILKIE, M. B., Colonel, I.M.S.,
Principal Medical Officer and Sanitary Commissioner, Assam.
5
Diagram showing the death-rates from Small-pox per 10,000 of population during the year 1905,
and the proportion of population protected during the seven years 1898-99 to 1904-1905.
NOTE.—The nanow lines indicate death-rates from small-pox for the year 1904.
The wide lines indicate the population protected by vaccination during the past seven years.
The ratio of the scale of the narrow and wide lines is as 1 to 100.
INDEX TO STATEMENTS.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
STATEMENT No. I.—Showing particulars of vaccination in the prov-
ince of Assam during the year 1904-1905...
Ditto
II.—Showing the cost of the department in the
province of Assam during the year 1904-1905
Ditto
III.—Showing dispensary vaccination in the prov-
ince of Assam during the year 1904-1905
Ditto
IV.—Showing the number of persons primarily vac-
cinated and the number of those persons who
were successfully vaccinated in the province of
Assam in each of the official years from 1895-
96 to 1904-1905... ... ... ...
Ditto
V.—Showing particulars of vaccination verified by
inspecting officers for the year 1904-1905...
APPENDIX I.—Statistics relating to the number of children under one
year of age in towns available for vaccination and the
number of successful operations performed on them ...
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