VACCINATION REPORT
FOR THE
YEAR 1898-99.
Vaccination Report.
This, the report on vaccination in the Bombay Presidency for the year
1898-99, is the full report which is submitted every
third year.
Changes amongst the super-
vising officers.
2. The changes amongst the supervising officers,
which took place between 1st April 1898 and 31st
March 1899, were as follows :—
(a) In the Western Registration District, Dr. E. Maynard, Acting Civil
Surgeon, Násik, held charge from 1st April to 31st May 1898. Major A. V.
Anderson, I. M. S., the permanent incumbent, was in charge of the district
from 1st June to 28th November 1898, and Captain C. T. Hudson, I. M. S.,
Acting Civil Surgeon, Násik, was in charge from 29th November 1898 to
the end of the year during the absence of Major Anderson on Plague duty.
(b) In the Central Registration District, Captain J. B. Smith, I. M. S.,
Assistant Civil Surgeon, Poona, acted as Deputy Sanitary Commissioner from
16th July to 21st October 1898, while Lieut.-Colonel A. W. F. Street, D. S. O.,
I. M. S., was on privilege leave. Lieut.-Colonel Street, having, on the 14th
January, been appointed to act as Sanitary Commissioner, Bombay, handed
over the charge of the office to Captain A. Hooton, I. M. S., Assistant Civil
Surgeon, Poona, on 23rd March 1899, and the latter officer continues to act.
(c) In the Gujarát Registration District, Lieut.-Colonel K. S. Nari¬
man, I. M. S., Civil Surgeon, Surat, was in charge of the district from 21st
May 1898 to the end of the year, vice Major T. E. Dyson, I. M. S., on leave,
and Acting Ophthalmic Surgeon, Grant Medical College, Bombay.
(d) In the Sind Registration District, the Civil Surgeon, Karáchi, was
in charge from 1st to 20th April. The permanent incumbent, Captain
H. C. L. Arnim, D.P.H., I. M. S., returned from Plague duty in Bombay on
21st and continued in charge up to 1st December 1898, when he went on
2 months and 25 days' privilege leave. During his absence his duties were
carried on by Lieut.-Colonel J. McCloghry, Civil Surgeon, Karáchi.
Vaccination in Native States.
3. The vaccination statistics of the following
Native States are shown separately in Appendix II : —
Baroda.
Cutch.
I'dar.
Káthiáwár.
Pálanpur.
Cambay.
By Government Resolution in the Political Department, No. 5868, dated
18th October 1898, the Cambay State is permitted to maintain a complete
vaccination organization of its own. The vaccination statistics of this State for
the year under report are, therefore, shown separately in Appendix II.
Strength of the Department.
4. The subjoined table shows in detail the strength of the department
during the year 1898-99, contrasted with that of the
preceding year —
Number.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Districts, &c.
Western Registration
District
...
...
Presidency Circle ...
Central
Registration
District
...
...
Southern Registration
District ... ...
Gujarát Registration
District
...
...
Sind Registration Dis-
trict
...
...
...
Aden
...
...
...
Total for 1898-90 ...
Total for 1897-98 ...
Area in square miles.
24,546
22
28,702
28,781
25,462
54,123
1,160
162,796
163,146
Population according to
Census of 1891.
3,898,814
821,761
5,595,079
4,956,428
4,292,345
3,003,7l1
44,079
22,612,220
22,701,942
Deputy Sanitary Commis¬
sioners.
1
...
1
1
1
1
...
5
5
Superintendents of Vaccina-
tion.
...
1
...
...
...
1
...
2
2
Inspectors
of Sanitation and
Vaccination.
8
...
8
13
6
6
...
*41
*41
Assistant Superintendents of
Vaccination.
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
2
2
Clerks.
2
5
2
4
2
2
...
*17
*16
NUMBER OF
VACCINATORS.
Municipal.
5
9
9
8
7
8
3
49
49
Cantonment.
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
2
2
Local
Fund.
Vaccinators.
74
...
74
62
43
54
...
307
307
Candidates.
8
...
6
11
5
5
...
*35
*34
Native States.
4
...
12
33
24
4
...
77
78
Total.
92
9
102
114
79
71
3
470
470
NUMBER OF PEONS
AND KARKUNS.
Government.
12
...
10
10
9
10
...
51
51
Municipal.
5
20
8
7
7
14
1
62
62
Local Fund.
75
...
74
62
43
60
...
314
314
Cantonment.
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
1
Native States.
4
...
13
41
25
4
...
87
88
Total.
96
20
106
120
84
8
1
5 1
516
Total Strength.
199
36
219
253
172
169
4
1,652
1,059
* Establishments of the Native States are included in these figures.
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