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VACCINATION REPORT,
Years.
1880-81
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1885-86
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1886-87
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1889-90
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1890-91
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1891-92
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Births
returned as
having been
registered.
1,878
2,405
2,985
3,273
3,189
3,056
3,340
3,690
3,722
3,798
4,022
4,263
4,343
Deaths
registered
among
children
under
1 year.
309
489
514
728
706
635
841
959
935
1,081
1,018
1,226
1,482
CHILDREN AVAILABLE
FOR VACCINATION.
Births minus
Deaths.
1,569
1,916
2,471
2,545
2,483
2,421
2,499
2,731
2,787
2,717
3,004
3,037
2,861
At the rate
of 31 per
1,000 of
Population.
2,118
2,118
2,118
2,118
2,118
2,118
2,118
2,118
2,118
2,118
3,261
3,261
3,261
CHILDREN UNDER 1 YEAR.
SUCCESSFULLY VACCINATED.
Number.
1,917
2,516
2,827
2,693
3,003
3,084
3,015
3,175
3,647
3,246
3,347
3,545
2,967
Ratio per
100 on
those in
Column 4.
122.18
131.32
114.41
105.42
120.94
127.39
120.65
116.26
130.86
119.04
111.42
116.73
103.70
Ratio per
100 on
those in
Column 5.
90.51
118.79
133.47
126.68
141.78
145.68
142.35
149.91
172.19
153.26
102.63
108.71
90.98
REMARKS OF THE SUPERVISING OFFICERS.
100. Surgeon-Major O. H. Channer, Deputy Sanitary Commissioner
Southern Registration District, in his annual report for the year 1891-92 makes
the following remarks :—
System of vaccination.
" The system of vaccination requires re organization. At present it is
non-compulsory and vaccinators are obliged to de-
pend on the willingness or otherwise of parents
for the selection of lymph and its carriage from village to village. In the
cultivation of the vaccine disease the ' vaccina variola' throughout the
numerous population groups, so that the lymph shall be maintained in
sufficient quantity and of standard purity, is a task beset with difficulties
only known to those who are constantly engaged in the work. There are
certain requirements in the cultivation of vaccine which must be fulfilled,
otherwise the stock becomes degenerated or even lost entirely. In arm-to-
arm cultivation under a non-compulsory system the command of the lymph
supply is beyond the control of the trained vaccinators. It is necessary
that it should be entirely under the control of the operators. Owing to this
want of control, vaccinators are perforce obliged to resort to inferior
methods of carrying on work and hence much imperfect vaccination is per-
formed. Unless the cow-pox disease is truly invaccinated and passes
through the course in a typical manner, imperfect results follow and the
protection against small-pox becomes an imposture. People are deluded
and lose faith in an art the requirements of which they are absolutely
ignorant of. Under the above circumstances a system of animal vaccination
would at once place the command of the lymph supply in the hands of the
vaccination staff, and get rid of the many difficulties connected with the
arm-to-arm system. The lymph supply would always be in sufficient quan-
tity and under careful arrangements the quality would be assured."
During the year 1892-93 animal vaccination was continued in Belgaum,
Dhárwár, Hubli and Gadag-Betigeri Towns. It was temporarily stopped in
Gadag owing to local difficulties on account of the famine.
101. Dr. Channer in his report for 1891-92 remarks as follows on the
subject of travelling allowance to the Local Fund vaccinators :—
Travelling allowance to
Local Fund vaccinators.
" Considering the enormous amount of district travelling vaccinators
have to perform and their low pay, it is only fair
they should be given travelling allowance. Nearly
all the vaccinators except those of Kánara are
obliged to keep ponies in order to carry on their work. From returns
received from the vaccinators the ponies cost on the average Rs. 25, and the
cost of keeping is about Rs. 8 per mensem. Circle Inspectors of the Agri-
cultural Department with far less travelling than the vaccinators draw Rs. 7
per mensem permanent batta, and nearly all Government servants draw
some travelling allowance, and therefore it is only fair that vaccinators
should be placed on the same footing."