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REPORT ON SANITATION, DISPENSARIES AND JAILS IN RAJPUTANA FOR 1924
41. The Civil Surgeon, Ajmer-Merwara, inspected 785 children in 19 townsand
villages against 956 in 1923-24 of whom 733 were found successful. The decrease
is due to the fact that the Koli families at Nagra refused to bring their children
for inspection.
42. The Superintendent of Vaccination, Nasirabad Cantonment, examined
55 children against 50 in the previous year of whom 50 were found successful.
43. The Indian Superintendent of Vaccination, Ajmer-Merwara, inspected
208 towns and villages against 205 in 1923-24 and examined 5,026 vaccinated
children against 5,014 in the preceding year.
44. The number of persons successfully vaccinated per thousand of population
was 28.96 against 24.86 in the previous year.
General Operations in Indian Statea.
45. The total number of Primary vaccinations in Indian States was 235,099
of which 216,954 were successful as compared with 244,933 Primary and 225,114
successful operations in 1923-24.
Re-vaccination rose from 4,000 to 14,485 in the year under report.
46. There were 184 Vaccinators against 181 in 1923-24. Two additional
vaccinators were employed in Bikaner and one in Mewar. No vaccinator was em-
ployed in Deoli cantonment and at Mount Abu during the season ; vaccinations
were performed by the Sub-Assistant Surgeon attached to the Agency Hospital
there.
47. 21.90 per thousand of the population in the Indian States were success-
fully vaccinated against 21.45 in 1923-24.
Statement II.
Expenditure on Vaccination in Ajmer-Merwara.
48. The total expenditure on vaccination in Ajmer-Merwara was Rs. 5,205-5-4
against Rs. 5,038-4-10 in the previous year showing an increase of Rs. 167-0-6
under heads pay of establishment and
contingent charges. The average cost of
each successful case was 69 pies against 77 pies in 1923-24.
Expenditure on Vaccination in Indian States.
49. The total expenditure on vaccination in Indian States was Rs. 63,879-13-10
against Rs. 64,343-1-9 in the previous season showing a decrease of Rs. 463-3-11
under heads pay of establishment and con-
tingent charges. The average cost of each
successful vaccination in different States varied from 255 pies in Abu to Nil in
Deoli.
50. The following table shows the number of towns and villages inspected
and vaccination seen by Residency or Agency Surgeons in Indian States :—
Designation.
Residency Surgean, Mewar, Udaipur . . . . . . . .
Superintendent, Raj Dispensaries and Vaccination, Jaipur .
.
.
.
Principal Medical Officer, Bikaner . . . . . . . .
State Suragen, Alwar . . . . . . . . . .
Chief Medical Officer, Bharatpur
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Number of towns
and villages
inspected.
101
96
..
..
..
Number of Vac-
cination cases
seen.
1,127
2,107
1,018
1,869
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51. The Indian Superintendent of Vaccination and other Inspecting Officers
in Indian States inspected 77,121 vaccinations against 84,800 in 1923-24. The
percentage of cases found successful among the total number seen in 1924-1925
was 96.54 against 99.55 in the previous year.
52. Lymph is maintained throughout the year in most of the States. The
Calf Lymph obtained during the year from the Government Lymph Depôts was
satisfactory.