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Amode in the Broach Zilla; the tálukas of Mehmedabad, Kapadwanj, Nadiád,
Anand, Borsad and Thásra and the town of Kaira in the Kaira Collectorate; the
táluka of Godhra in the Panch Maháls; and the tálukas of Daskroi, Modása,
Viramgám and the towns of Ahmedabad and Viramgám in the Ahmedabad Zilla.
He also visited Rewa Kántha and Mahi Kántha Native States. Altogether he
travelled over 1,849 miles in 124 days and inspected 6,478 children in 218 villages.
Tour of Deputy Sanitary
Commissioner, Sind Regis-
tration District.
96. The Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Sind Registration District, com-
menced his annual tour during the year from Karáchi
and visited the tálukas of Karáchi, Kohistan, Sehwan
(Karáchi), Sakrand, Hala, Hyderabad, Tando Mahomed¬
khán, Tando Bágo, Dighri, Badin, Tando Allahyar
(Hyderabad), Mirpur Batoro, Sujawal, Jati, Sháhábandar, Ghorábári, Mirpur,
Sakro (Karáchi), Naushahro, Shikárpur (Shikárpur), Jacobabad (Jacobabad),
Rohri, Sukkur, Ghotki, Mirpur Mathelo, Ubauro, Ratodero, Lárkhána, Kambar,
Labdárya, Mehár, Kákar (Shikárpur), and Dádu (Karáchi). He went through
the less frequented parts of Sind this year where the villages are small and at
long distances from each other. He travelled 2,849 miles in 180 days and
inspected 1,769 vaccinated children in 141 villages.
Compulsory
Vaccination
Act.
97. Bombay Act I of 1892 has been passed into law. The question as to
what areas to apply it is still under consideration.
There is no doubt that keeping up fresh lymph by arm¬
to-arm vaccination is becoming difficult, especially in
large towns, owing to the refusal of parents to allow the lymph to be extracted
from the ripe vesicles, there is not nearly so much objection to the operation
for inserting the fresh lymph. It is hoped that the using of animal lymph will
be pushed on without friction in all divisions as has been done in the Central
Registration District, and then a Compulsory Act can be put in force in the areas
using animal lymph without any trouble.
Compulsory Vaccination
Act in Bombay City.
98. In the City of Bombay a Compulsory Act has been in force for 15 years,
and is worked well, but proper accommodation is re-
quired. The following table shows the progress in the
protection of infants during the last 17 years, the first
two being before, and the last 15 after, the introduction of the Act:—
Years.
1
Before the introduction
of the Act.
After the introduction
of the Act.
1876-77,.
1877-78..
1873-79 .
1879-80 .
1880-81 .
1881-82 .
1882-83 .
1883-84 .
1884-85 .
1885-86 .
1886-87 .
1887-88 .
1888-89 .
1889-90 .
1890-91 .
1891-92.
1892-93.
Births
returned as
having been
registered.
2
13,466
13,720
13,896
14,331
16,997
16,381
15,094
14,932
14,377
14,685
14,679
15,166
16,470
15,240
15,568
15,518
15,485
Deaths
registered
among
children
under one
year old.
3
6,179
7,781
6,417
5,274
6,104
6,279
5,720
6,514
6,340
6,265
5,899
5,903
6,582
6,527
5,941
7,420
7,768
CHILDERN AVAILABLE FOR
VACCINATION.
Births minus
Deaths.
4
7,287
5,939
7,479
9,067
10,893
10,102
9,374
8,418
8,037
8,420
8,780
9,263
9,888
8,713
9,627
8,098
7,717
At the rate
of 31 per
1,000 of
Population.
5
19,977
19,977
19,977
19,977
19,977
23,969
23,969
23,969
23,969
23,969
23,969
23,969
23,969
23,969
23,969
25,474
26,474
CHILDREN UNDER ONE YEAR SUCCESS-
FULLY VACCINATED.
Number.
6
9,840
7,212
6,558
7,825
10,416
12,017
14,940
12,331
13,449
13,547
13,270
14,588
14,201
14,179
15,629
16,478
15,891
Ratio per
100 on
those in
Column 4.
7
135.03
121.43
87.69
86.30
95.62
118.96
159.38
146.48
167.34
160.89
151.14
157.50
143.62
162.73
162.34
203.48
205.92
Ratio per
100 on
those in
Column 5.
8
49.26
36.10
32.83
39.17
52.14
50.14
62.23
51.45
56.11
56.52
52.01
60.86
59.25
59.16
65.20
64.29
62.38
Compulsory vaccination in
Karáchi Town.
99. In the town of Karáchi also the Compulsory Vaccination Act (No. IV
of 1879) has been in force for the last 13 years, and
the following table gives the results:—
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