BOMBAY PRESIDENCY.
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Tour of the Deputy Sani-
tary Commissioner, Sind Re-
gistration District.
98. In the months of April and May the Deputy Sanitary Commissioner,
Sind, was in the Karáchi Collectorate. During the hot
weather months the towns of Karáchi, Hyderabad,
Kotri, Lárkhána, Sukkur, Rohri, Shikárpur, Jaeoba¬
bad and Tando Muhammadkhan were inspected. On November 6th, 1895, the
cold weather tour was commenced in Hyderabad District; the north-eastern
portion of the Thár and Párkar District, the northern divisions of the Hydera-
bad District, the Khairpur State, the Rohri Division (Shikárpur District), the 4
tálukas of the Upper Sind Frontier District were visited in succession; the
Deputy Sanitary Commissioner's camp being at Shahadádpur (Upper Sind
Frontier) on the 31st of March 1896. He travelled, 5,750 miles in 180 days and
inspected 25,797 children in 584 villages.
Compulsory Vaccination
Act in Bombay City.
99. In the city of Bombay the Compulsory Vaccination Act (No. I of
1877) has been in force for 18 years and is worked
well, but proper accommodation is required. The
following table shows the progress in the protection of
infants during the last 20 years, the first two being before, and the last 18 after
the introduction of the Act:—
Years.
1
Before the introduc¬
tion of the Act.
After the introduction
of the Act.
1876-77 ...
1877-78 ...
1878-79 ...
1879-80...
1880-81 ...
1881-82 ...
1882-83 ...
1883-84 ...
l884-85 ...
1885-86 ...
1886-87 ...
1887-88 ...
1888-89 ...
1889-90 ...
1890-91 ...
1891-92 ..
1892-93..
1893-94 ..
3894-95 ..
1895-96 ..
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
15,218
15,058
15,684
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
6,347
7,451
4,422
CHILDREN AVAILABLE FOR
VACCINATION.
Births minus
Deaths.
4
7,287
5,939
7,479
9,067
10,893
30,102
9,374
8,418
8,037
8,420
8,780
9,263
9,888
8,713
9,627
8,098
7,717
8,871
7,607
11,262
At the rate
of 31 per
1,000 of
population.
5
19,977
19,977
39,977
19,977
39,977
23,969
23,969
23,969
23,969
23,969
23,969
23,969
23,969
23,969
23,969
25,474
25,474
25,474
25,474
25,474
CHILDREN UNDER ONE YEAR
SUCCESSFULLY 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
34,179
35,629
16,478
15,891
13,789
14,355
14,401
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
155.44
188.71
127.87
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
56.53
52.01
60.86
59.26
59.16
65.20
64.29
62.38
54.13
56.35
56.53
Compulsory vaccination in
Karáchi town.
100. In the town of Karáchi also, the Compulsory Vaccination Act (No. IV
of 1879) has been in force for the last 16 years, and
the following table shows the yearly improvement.
During the year under report 3,455 children under one
year of age were successfully vaccinated, the births minus deaths under one year
of age being 3,244.