BOMBAY PRESIDENCY.
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Work amongst Civil and
Military population.
10. In the following table are given the details of the total number of
persons operated on during the last two years by
vaccination districts and for the Army :—
Districts, &c.
Western Registration District.
Presidency Circle ... ...
Central Registration District...
Southern
do.
do. ...
Gujarát
do.
do. ...
Sind
do.
do. ...
Total ...
Aden, Muskat, Bushire and
Shaik Othman... ... ...
British Army ... ... ...
Native Army
...
...
...
Grand Total ...
Itinerant
...
...
...
...
Dispensary
...
...
...
...
Army
...
...
...
...
PERSONS PRIMARILY VACCINATED.
1897-98.
107,400
12,852
166,835
157,931
136,729
91,971
672,727
5,487
241
3,384
681,839
1898-99.
105,170
13,098
154,584
118,471
133,852
80,808
614,983
6,327
159
2327
623,796
Increase.
...
246
...
...
...
...
...
840
...
...
...
De-
crease.
2,239
...
12,251
39,460
1,877
2,163
57,744
...
82
1,057
58,043
PERSONS RE-VACCINATED.
1897-98.
6,065
1,448
6,044
26,803
4,064
15,451
59,875
275
429
2,232
62,811
1898-99.
4,812
1,337
5,522
20,772
3,508
12,189
48,140
202
378
2,434
51,154
In-
crease.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
202
...
De-
crease.
1,253
111
522
6,031
556
3,262
11,735
73
51
...
11,657
TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS
OPERATED ON.
1897-98.
113,474
14,300
172,879
184,734
139,793
107,422
732,602
5,762
670
5,616
744,650
1898-99.
109,982
14,435
160,106
139,243
137,360
101,997
663,123
6,529
537
4,761
671,950
In-
crease.
...
135
...
...
...
...
...
767
...
...
...
De-
crease.
3,492
...
12,773
45,491
2,433
5,425
69,479
...
138
855
69,700
ABSTRACT.
675,901
2,313
3,625
681,839
620,325
985
2,486
623,796
...
...
...
...
56,576
1,328
1,139
58,043
59,495
655
2,661
62,811
17,425
917
2,812
51,154
...
262
151
...
12,070
...
...
11,657
735,396
2,968
6,286
714,650
667,750
1,902
5,298
674,950
...
...
...
...
67,646
1,066
988
69,700
Reasons of decrease.
11. There is a decrease in all the districts, except the Presidency Circle ;
it is greatest in the Southern District, where a low
birth-rate for the last two years and a severe plague
epidemic during the present year greatly interfered with work, which was also
affected by the absence of some Inspectors and Vaccinators on plague duty. In
parts of the Dhárwár Collectorate vaccination work had to be entirely suspended
for some time.
The increase in the Presidency Circle is only trifling ; work there has not
yet recovered from the detrimental effects of the presence of Plague which have
ever since the end of 1896 greatly reduced the amount of work being done.
The decrease is due in the Central District to two years of very low birth-
rate, a high death-rate in 1897, and to the presence of Plague; in Sind to move-
ments of the people in parts on account of scarcity, and to Plague ; in the
Western District to a low birth-rate and Plague; and in Gujarát to Plague in
parts.
Work in nearly all the districts was affected by the absence of Deputy
Sanitary Commissioners, and by their posts not being filled by full-time officers.
In some districts, Inspectors and Vaccinators have been absent on plague duty.
Infants successfully vac¬
cinated as compared with
number available, i.e., births
minus deaths.
12. The following table shows the number of infants successfully vaccinated
in the Presidency, exclusive of Native States. As
usual, the birth and death statistics are taken for the
calendar year in calculating the number available for
vaccination :—