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Statement showing the total number of persons vaccinated by all agencies, viz., vaccine
department, dispensaries tea gardens, railways and Jails during the triennia, 1917-18 to. 1919-20
Districts.
1
Cachar ... ... ...
Sylhet
...
...
...
Khasi and Jaintia Hills ...
Naga Hills
...
...
Lushai Hills ... ...
Goalpara
...
...
Kamrup
...
...
Darrang...
... ... ...
Nowgong
...
...
Sibsagar ... ...
Lakhimpur
...
...
Garo Bills
...
...
Manipur State ... ...
Sadiya Frontier Tract
...
Total of the Province ...
Population.
2
500,484
2,541,341
243,263
160,960
98,406
762,523
762,671
477,935
397,921
823,197
588,295
179,140
384,016
39,531
7,959,683
1917-18.
3
33,337
112,812
9,266
5,233
5,950
22,448
49,358
14,749
14,185
31,464
22,155
6,348
26,004
1,014
354,323
1918-19.
4
20,283
122,628
6,000
9,440
2,928
16,051
30,014
4,741
12,495
19,705
15,388
6,116
22,837
558
289,184
1919-20.
5
321,115
151,993
13,432
5,412
8,886
26,508
35,487
16,658
13,564
33,679
22,800
5,944
73,305
2,083
441,866
Total number of the Triennium.
6
85,735
387,433
28,698
20,085
17,764
65,007
114,859
36,148
40,244
84,848
60,343
18,408
122,146
3,655
1,085,373
1920-21.
7
27,233
167,102
13,546
13,138
7,712
28,972
32,587
21,613
13,706
31,513
23,213
8,086
28,534
1,981
418,936
1921-22.
8
25,027
155,438
16,055
5,339
6,645
24,747
21,031
19,478
15,707
25,840
20,429
7,892
21,262
1,763
367,548
1922-23.
9
27,479
136,083
10,676
6,971
4,743
29,559
35,054
20,326
10,065
30,842
21,795
11,603
21,667
1,584
376,447
Total number of the Triennium.
10
80,639
458,618
40,277
25,448
19,100
83,278
88,672
61,417
47,478
88,195
65,437
27,581
71,463
5,328
1,162,931
Difference.
Increase.
12
...
71,185
11,579
5,263
1,336
18,271
...
25,269
7,234
3,847
5,094
9,173
...
1,673
159,524
Decrease.
13
5,096
...
...
...
...
...
26,107
...
...
...
...
...
50,683
...
81,966
9. Composition and Strength of the Inspecting Staff.—In the first year of the trien-
nium under review, an Assistant Director of Public Health, one of whose duties is
the inspection of vaccination and an additional Sub-Inspector for supervision of vacci-
nation in the Sadiya Frontier Tract were appointed.
10. Verification by the Inspecting Staff.—During the year 1922-23 district
Civil Surgeons inspected 3.2 per cent. of the primary operations, the average of the
triennium under report being 3.9 as against 6.3 and 6.6 of the two preceding triennia,
This decrease in inspection, by superior officers was partly due to the difficulties caused
by the non-co-operation movement in 1921-22 and reacted unfavourably upon the
efficiency of the district vaccination, inspection by the inspecting staff dropped from
51.35 per cent. to 49.01 per cent. and with these facts may be noted the drop in the
number of vaccinations performed by each vaccinator from 938 to 821. Of the plains
districts, Sibsagar has by a long way the worst record for verification, only 18.78 per
cent. of primary vaccination having been inspected by the vaccination inspecting staff.
This was partly due to the suspension and discharge of a defaulting Sub-Inspector of
Vaccination. Darrang, Nowgong and Lakhimpur show verification percentages of
over 70 per cent., and Goalpara and Kamrup come a long way behind them with
verification percentages of 21.34 and 26.03, respectively. In the Khasi and Jaintia
Hills, a verification percentage of 99.70 by the inspecting staff is claimed. In
addition to the verification done by the district inspecting officers, the Assistant
Director of Public Health and myself inspected between 4,000 to 5,000 cases annually
in different districts, in regard to which records have unfortunately not been
preserved.