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VACCINATION REPORT,
Ill effects by vaccination.
49. No instances were reported of any other disease but cow-pox having
been communicated through vaccination.
Abscesses and ulcers in the sites of vaccination vesicles were observed by
Dr. Colah.
Dr. Kantak says : " It is well known that bovine lymph is more powerful
and affects the system of tender children more strongly during the development
of vesicles than does humanized lymph. The records have heretofore shown no
cases of death resulting from an attack of small-pox after vaccination with
bovine lymph. Cases have occurred in which probably owing to children having
already, at the time of vaccination, been in the incubatory period, got small-pox
subsequently ; then again rarely cases have occurred in which small-pox in a
modified form has attacked persons vaccinated in infancy. A few cases are
sometimes seen in which the vesicular development has run an irregular course
attended with inflammatory symptoms, glandular swellings and slight skin
eruption, &c.; and although the majority of these cases are due to the general
filthy condition of their bodies and their surroundings, a few may be due to the
occasional deterioration of the lymph, which it is impossible by mere inspection
to detect. When vaccination has been performed with efficient calf lymph and
under proper precautions the system receives an impress more powerful and more
durable and far less mischievous, than when operated on with humanized lymph."
A few cases of small-pox occurring after vaccination were seen by Dr. Street.
Aid from Civil, Revenue
and Political officers.
50. The Civil, Revenue and Political officers
have rendered aid when required to all the officers of
this department.
Small-pox by Collectorates.
51. The table given below shows the deaths from small-pox for the year
under report as well as the ages of the deceased and
the number of persons successfully operated on in each
district of the Bombay Presidency :—
Districts and
Circles.
Western
Regis-
tration
District.
Presi-
dency
Circle.
Central
Registra-
tion Dis-
trict.
Southern
Regis-
tration
District.
Eastern
Gujarát
Registration
District.
Sind Regis-
tration
District.
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 Collectorate ... ...
Násik ... ... ... ...
Thána ... ... ... ...
Kolába ... ... ... ...
Total ...
Bombay City ... ... ...
Ahmednagar Collectorate... ...
Poona ...
...
... ...
Sholápur
...
... ...
Satára ...
... ... ...
Ratnágiri ... ... ...
Total ...
Belgaum ... ... ...
Dhárwár
... ... ...
Bijápur ... ... ...
Kánara...
...
... ...
Total ...
Surat ... ... ... ...
Broach ...
... ... ...
Kaira ... ... ... ...
Panch Maháls ... ... ...
Ahmedabad ... ... ...
Total ...
Karáchi... ... ... ...
Hyderabad ... ... ...
Thar and Párkar... ... ...
Shikárpur ... ... ...
Upper Sind Frontier ... ...
Total ...
Total ... 1889-90 ...
1888-89 ...
DEATHS FROM SMALL-POX.
Total deaths.
361
188
341
156
1,046
279
64
424
181
127
264
1,060
155
735
402
195
1,487
151
263
86
3
93
596
930
848
100
265
22
2,165
6,633
5,591
Ages.
Under 1 year.
87
59
73
34
253
108
35
134
70
52
59
350
34
83
41
65
223
41
86
26
...
29
182
244
239
11
75
7
576
1,692
1,626
Under 12 years.
260
123
237
113
733
85
25
218
84
50
115
492
83
284
152
143
662
86
140
48
1
47
322
376
523
34
76
9
1,018
3,312
2,756
Number of
persons success-
fully operated
on.
38,515
20,887
23,794
13,748
96,944
13,705
28,612
31,464
24,089
39,971
34,063
158,199
37,256
31,449
34,711
15,976
119,392
19,099
13,093
26,057
9,733
27,946
95,928
13,965
22,965
10,164
30,911
5,736
83,741
567,909
545,428