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VACCINATION REPORT,
1 mukádam and 11 coolies, all paid by the Municipality. During the year under
report, there were 20,678 primary vaccinations and 3,203 re-vaccinations, of which
the successful cases were 19,941 and 1,665 or 96.44 and 51.98 per cent. respect-
ively. The rate per mille of population protected was 26.29. Each vaccinator,
on an average, vaccinated 2,985 persons. The total cost was Rs. 19,530-15-0
and the average cost of each successful case was annas 14 and pies 6, or anna 1
and pies 10 more than that of the year preceding. Vaccination was practised by
the medical officers in the House of Correction and Common Jail. They re-vacci-
nated 100 persons. There were 265 deaths from small-pox against 412 last year.
Central Registration Dis-
trict.
59. The Central Registration District comprises the Collectorates of
Ahmednagar, Poona, Sholápur, Sátára, and Ratnágiri,
the Native States of Akalkot, the Sátára Jághirs
(Aundh, Bhor and Phaltan) and Sávantvádi. It has a
population of 5,595,079 and an area of 28,702.26 square miles. It is administer-
ed by a Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, who has working under him 7 Inspec-
tors of Sanitation and Vaccination, 2 clerks, 9 Municipal, 1 Cantonment, 74 Local
Fund, 6 candidates and 12 Native State vaccinators, and 106 peons. The area for
each vaccinator on an average is 298.97 square miles with a population of 58,282
souls. The vaccinators performed 195,263 primary vaccinations and 5,706
re-vaccinations against 189,296 and 4,853 last year. Under each head the success-
ful cases were respectively 182,612 and 2,952 or 93.52 and 51.74 per cent.
There were 33.17 persons per 1,000 of population successfully operated on,
whilst last year the number was 32.28. The average number of vaccinations
performed by each vaccinator was 2,093 and the average cost per successful case
calculated on the total cost of Rs. 49,980-15-7 was 4 annas and 4 pies. There
were 494 deaths from small-pox against 317 in 1891-92. No vaccination work was
performed by dispensary officers in this District during the year.
Ahmednagar.
60. In the Ahmednagar Zilla there are 15 vaccinators and the average popu-
lation and area per vaccinator are respectively 59,250
persons and 439.6 square miles. There were 32,359
primary vaccinations and 534 re-vaccinations and the successful cases in each kind
were 29,709 and 379 respectively, the percentage of success being 91.81 and
70.97. The rate per 1,000 of population protected was 33.85 against 33.80 last
year. Each vaccinator vaccinated 2,193 persons. The total cost was
Rs. 4,758-8-0, and the average cost for each successful case was annas 2 and pies 6.
There were 27 deaths from small-pox against 2 in last year.
Poona.
61. In the Poona Collectorate there are 19 vaccinators. The average
population and area per vaccinator were respectively
56,200 persons and 265.28 square miles. Out of
37,289 primary vaccinations and 2,916 re-vaccinations 34,885 and 1,356 or 93.55
and 70.77 per cent. were successful. The rate per mille of population protected
was 33.94 against 32.41 last year. Each vaccinator on an average operated on
2,116 persons. The total cost was Rs. 7,122-12-1, which gives like last year the
average cost per successful case as annas 3 and pies 2. There were 104 deaths
from small-pox against 18 last year.
Sholápur.
62. In the Sholápur Zilla there are 14 vaccinators, each of whom has, on
an average, an area of 326.36 square miles and a popu-
lation of 53,620 souls. There were 29,570 primary
vaccinations and 200 re-vaccinations ; of these, 27,364 and 105 or 92.54 and 52.50
per cent. were successful. The rate per mille of population protected was
36.59 against 33.45 last year. Each vaccinator vaccinated 2,126 persons on an
average. The total cost was Rs. 4,761-12-7, which gives annas 2 and pies
7 as the average cost per each successful case against annas 2 and pies 9 last
year. There were 66 deaths from small-pox against 7 last year.
Sátára.
63. In the Sátára Zilla there are 20 vaccinators ; each vaccinator has, on
an average, a population of 61,299 persons and an area
of 240.88 square miles. There were 44,601 persons
primarily vaccinated and 1,015 re-vaccinated. The successful cases of each kind
were 41,711 or 93.52 and 565 or 55.67 per cent. The rate of protection per
mille of population was 34.48 against 33.36 in 1891-92. Each vaccinator vacci¬