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VACCINATION REPORT,
Panch Maháls.
82. In the Panch Maháls there are 7 vaccinators, each of whom has, on an
average, a population of 44,774 persons. Out of 11,739
persons primarily vaccinated and 203 revaccinated,
11,509 and 140 or 98.04 and 68.96 per cent. were successful. The rate of pro-
tection per mille of population was 37.17. Each vaccinator on an average vac-
cinated 1,706 persons. The total expenditure was Rs. 2,339-3-10 which, when
divided amongst the successful cases, gives the rate of annas 3 and pies 2 per
each case. No vaccination work was performed by the dispensary Medical
Officer in this zilla. There were 123 deaths from small-pox during the year.
Ahmedabad.
83. In the Ahmedabad Zilla, there were 15 vaccinators, each of whom had,
on an average, a population of 61,427 persons. There
were 28,983 persons primarily vaccinated and 2,087
revaccinated. The successful cases were 27,646 under primary and 1,065 under
revaccination, or 95.39 and 51.03 per cent. respectively. The rate of protection
per 1,000 of population was 31.15. Each vaccinator, on an average, vaccinated
2,071 persons. The total cost was Rs. 5,074-5-3. The average cost per each
successful case was annas 2 and pies 10. The dispensary Medical Officer at
Khárághoda vaccinated 23 persons primarily and 162 revaccinated during the
year. 187 fatal cases from small-pox were returned in the Collectorate in
the year.
Native States in the Guja-
rat Registration District.
84. The States of Rewa Kántha, Mahi Kántha, Cambay, the Surat Agency
and Jambughoda have a collective population of
1,257,083 persons. There were 25 vaccinators, and the
average population to each was 50,283. The number
of primarily vaccinated was 40,084 and of revaccinated, 799 ; of these, 39,282 or
98.00 per cent. and 668 or 83.60 per cent. were successfully operated on. Pro-
tection was afforded to 31.78 per 1,000 of population. Each vaccinator on an
average operated upon 1,635 persons. In Sachin and Jambughoda States
vaccination was performed by the Local Fund vaccinators. The total cost in all
the States was Rs. 7,950-0-8 or annas 4 and pies 2 per each successful case. The
Medical Officer at Sádra Dispensary in the Mahi Kántha State primarily vacci-
nated 215 persons and revaccinated 48.
Sind Registration District.
85. The Sind Registration District comprises the Collectorates of Karáchi,
Hyderabad, Shikárpur, Thar and Párkar, the Upper
Sind Frontier and the State of Khairpur. It has an
area of 54,123 square miles and a population of 3,003,711 persons. It is ad-
ministered by a Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, who has, under his orders,
one Superintendent of Vaccination, six Inspectors of Sanitation and Vaccination,
2 clerks, 71 vaccinators and candidates and 86 peons. Each vaccinator has, on
an average, a population of 42,306 persons. Those primarily vaccinated num-
bered 99,190 and revaccinated 21,387, the successful cases under each head
being 90,962 and 13,170 respectively. The percentage of successful vaccinations
to the total operations was 91.71 under primary and 61.58 under revaccination.
The rate of protection per 1,000 of population was 34.67. Each vaccinator, on
an everage, vaccinated 1,827 persons. The total cost was Rs. 51,701-15-6 and
for each successful it was annas 7 and pies 11. No vaccination was performed
by the Medical officers in charge of dispensaries. The deaths from small-pox in
Sind were 433 in the year under report.
Karáchi.
86. In the Karáchi Zilla, there are 17 vaccinators, each of whom has, on an
average, a population of 33,228 persons. They per-
formed 19,969 primary and 7,188 revaccinations, the
percentages of success being 92.44 and 73.94 respectively. The rate per 1,000
of population was 42.09. The total cost amounted to Rs. 9,571-1-5 and the cost
of each successful case was annas 6 and pies 5 or 4 pies more than last year.
Each vaccinator vaccinated on an average 1,597 persons. There were 99 deaths
from small-pox in the year.
Hyderabad.
87. In the Hyderabad Zilla, there are 13 vaccinators, each of whom
has, on an average, a population of 68,033 persons.
There were 25,038 persons primarily vaccinated and
3,863 revaccinated ; of these, 22,606 or 90.29 and 1,867 or 48.33 per cent.