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VACCINATION REPORT.
Progress in the
Sind
Registration District.
83. The Sind Registration District comprises the Collectorates of Karáchi,
Hyderabad and Shikárpur, Thar and Párkar, the
Upper Sind Frontier and the State of Khairpur. It
has an area of 54,123.01 square miles and a population
of 2,542,976. It is administered by a Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, who has
under his orders 1 Superintendent of Vaccination, 6 Inspectors of Sanitation and
Vaccination, 2 clerks, 3 municipal kárkúns, 9 municipal, 50 local fund, 5 candi-
date and 3 Native State vaccinators, and 68 peons. Three additional vaccinators
with peons are required for 3 rural circles in the Karáchi Collectorate and 1 in
the Khairpur State; also one more Superintendent of Vaccination for the supervision
of municipal vaccinators. Vaccination is carried on in 7 dispensaries. Each
vaccinator has an area of 887.26 square miles with a population of 41,688
persons. Those primarily vaccinated numbered 84,001, and the re-vaccinated
were 11,286 against 89,332 and 16,049 in the preceding year. The successful
cases were respectively 78,936 and 7,182. The rates of success were 93.97 and
63.64 per cent. and that of protection was 33.87 per mille of population. Each
vaccinator on an average vaccinated 1,537 persons. The total cost was
Rs. 43,770-0-9 and for each successful case it was annas 8-2, or 10 pies more than
last year. There were 394 persons primarily vaccinated and 9 re-vaccinated
by the medical officers of the 7 dispensaries. There were 2,165 deaths from
small-pox.
Karáchi.
84. There are 13 vaccinators in the Karáchi Cellectorate. One additional
vaccinator has been sanctioned from 1st April 1890,
but 3 more are still required for the tálukas of Kohis-
tan, Ghorábári and Sujawal. Each vaccinator had on an average a population of
36,822 persons and an area of 1,078 square miles. The number primarily vacci-
nated was 13,357 and the re-vaccinated 2,816. The successful cases were res-
pectively 12,026 and 1,899 or 90.04 and 67.44 per cent., whilst 29.09 per 1,000 of
population were protected. Each vaccinator vaccinated 1,244 persons. The
total cost was Rs. 4,446-9-7, or annas 5 and pie 1 per each successful case against
annas 4 and pies 3 last year. In dispensaries 50 persons were primarily vacci-
nated and 8 were re-vaccinated. There were 930 deaths from small-pox against
112 in the previous year.
Hyderabad.
85. In the Hyderabad Collectorate there are 14 vaccinators, each of whom
has on an average a population of 53,902 and an area
of 644.97 square miles. There were 23,109 persons
primarily vaccinated and 1,617 re-vaccinated : of these 21,849 or 94.55 and 1,037
or 64.13 per cent. were successfully operated on. The rate of protection per
mille of population was 30.33. Each vaccinator on an average vaccinated
1,766 persons. The total cost amounted to Rs. 5,156-0-7, which gives annas
3 and pies 7, or a pie more than last year per each successful case. In Tando
Adam dispensary 79 persons were primarily vaccinated and 1 person re-vaccinat-
ed. There were 848 deaths from small-pox against 153 in 1888-89.
Thar and Párkar.
86. In the Thar and Párkar District there are 7 vaccinators, each of whom
has on an average a population of 29,049 persons and
an area of 1,818 square miles. They primarily
vaccinated 9,270 and re-vaccinated 1,672 persons. The successful cases were
8,970 or 96.77 and 1,170 or 69.98 per cent. The protected were 49.87 per 1,000
against 60.03 in the preceding year. Each vaccinator on an average vaccinated
1,563 persons. The total cost was Rs. 2,648-15-5, or annas 4 and pies 2 per each
successful case against annas 3 and pies 6 last year. In 2 dispensaries 25 persons
were primarily vaccinated and none re-vaccinated. Small-pox caused 100 deaths
against 8 last year.
Shikárpur.
87. There are 21 vaccinators in the Shikárpur Collectorate, each of whom
has on an average a population of 39,666 persons and
an area of 467.10 square miles. They primarily vacci-
nated 29,881 and re-vaccinated 4,478 persons. The successful cases were 28,313
or 94.75 and 2,598 or 58.02 per cent. respectively. The protected were 37.11
per mille of population against 39.86 in the preceding year. Each vaccinator
vaccinated 1,636 persons. The total cost was Rs. 8,294-10-11, or annas 3 and
pies 5 per each successful case : the same as last year. No work was done