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influenced by healthy or unhealthy years and the prevalence or absence of sickness at the time
of the vaccinator's visit, also of course by the birth rate, which in some parts is greatly affected
by the absence of the residents, sometimes both husband and wife and sometimes only the
man, who go to Bombay or elsewhere for work.''
The Deputy Sanitary Commissioner also states, besides the above reasons
for a decrease in primary operations in his division, that there is still some
opposition to vaccination; that in Ratnágiri, besides the usual exodus of the
people in search of work, more vaccinators are required, and that sickness
amongst children and vaccinators all tended to make the decrease.
The decrease under the total operations amongst dispensaries was due to
the transfer of vaccination work from Medical Officers in charge Dharangaon
of the Western and Sháhápur and Terdal of the Southern Registration Districts
to táluka vaccinators in those Districts,
Infants successfully vac-
cinated as compared with
available number; births
minus deaths.
15. The following table shows the number of
infants successfully vaccinated in the Presidency, ex-
clusive of Native States. The birth and death statistics
are taken for the calendar year, as usual, in calculat-
ing the number available for vaccination :—
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
Collectorates.
Khándesh ...
Násik
...
...
Thána
...
...
Bombay City ...
Kolába ...
Ahmednagar ...
Poona ... ...
Sholápur... ...
Sátara
...
...
Ratnágiri ...
Belgaum ...
...
Dhárwár... ...
Bijápur ... ...
Kánara ... ...
Surat ... ...
Broach ... ...
Kaira
... ...
Panch Maháls ...
Ahmedabad ...
Karáchi ... ...
Hyderabad ...
Thar and Párkar .
Shikárpur .
...
Upper Sind Fron-
tier ... ...
Total..
1895-96 .
1894-95 .
Births
returned as
having been
registered.
66,676
36,805
23,874
15,371
18,513
42,309
40,594
31,782
49,678
33,169
42,063
45,674
32,835
14,321
25,035
12,931
30,098
11,379
29,594
15,593
16,780
8,905
25,851
4,474
674,304
660,268
Deaths
registered
among child-
ren under
one year.
13,492
8,099
3,830
6,587
2,869
9,458
7,975
6,203
9,677
3,282
5,496
6,629
4,400
2,347
4,277
2,505
4,799
1,265
4,871
3,100
2,516
1,399
4,162
845
120,083
122,644
Children
available
for vacci-
nation.
53,184
28,706
20,044
8,784
15,644
32,851
32,619
25,579
40,001
29,887
36,567
39,045
28,435
11,974
20,758
10,426
25,299
10,114
24,723
12,493
14,264
7,506
21,689
3,629
554,221
537,624
Children
under one
year vacci-
nated suc-
cessfully.
31,362
19,697
13,679
14,401
12,713
26,012
25,533
21,663
35,900
20,798
27,415
25,538
22,972
5,592
14,808
8,371
21,599
9,637
24,993
11,843
13,905
6,413
24,596
3,169
442,713
439,743
Children
remained to
be vaccinated
under one
year.
21,822
9,009
6,365
...
2,931
6,839
7,086
3,916
4,101
9,089
9,152
13,507
5,463
6,382
5,950
2,055
3,700
477
...
650
359
1,093
...
460
111,508
97,881
Percentage
of infants
protected
to infants
available.
58.97
68.71
68.24
163.94
81.27
79.18
78.28
84.69
89.75
69.59
74.98
65.40
80.78
46.70
71.33
80.29
85.38
95.29
101.10
94.78
97.53
85.43
113.40
87.31
79.88
81.79
From the foregoing table it will be observed that in 21 Districts out of 24,
the successfully vaccinated fell short of the total registered births minus deaths
amongst those under one year old, and in the remaining 3 Districts the suc-
cessful operations outnumbered the available children. These three Districts
are : Bombay City (5,617), Shikárpur (2,907) and Ahmedabad (270). In Bombay
City the excess of infants vaccinated is probably in part due to infants brought
into the city by parents coming to seek work; but it has also to be borne in mind