BOMBAY PRESIDENCY.
31
Compulsory Vaccination.
95. The Compulsory Vaccination Act (No. I of 1877) has been in force
in Bombay city for 12 years and is worked fairly well
in the absence of a proper work-shop and implements.
The following table shows the progress in the protection of infants during the
last 14 years, the first two being before, and the last 12 after, the introduction
of the Act:—
Years.
1
Before the intro-
duction of the
Act
After the intro-
duction of the
Act.
1876-77 ...
1877-78 ...
1878-79 ...
1879-80 ...
1880-81 ...
1881-82 ...
1882-83 ...
1883-84 ...
1884-85 ...
1885-86 ...
1886-87 ...
1887-88 ...
1888-89 ...
1889-90 ...
Births
returned
us having
been
registered.
2
13,466
13,720
13,896
14,331
l6,997
16,381
15,094
14,032
14,377
14,685
14,679
16,166
16,470
15,240
Deaths
registered
among
children
under one
year old.
3
6,179
7,781
6,417
5,274
6,104
6,279
5,720
6,514
6,340
6,265
5,899
5,903
6,582
6,527
CHILDREN AVAILABLE FOR
VACCINATION.
Births
minus
deaths.
4
7,287
5,939
7,479
9,067
10,893
10,102
9,374
8,448
8,037
8,420
8,780
9,263
9,888
8,713
At the rate
of 31 per 1,000
of population.
5
19,977
19,977
19,977
19,077
19,977
23,969
23,969
23,969
23,969
23,969
23,969
23,969
23,969
23,969
CHILDREN UNDER 1 YEAR SUCCESSFULLY
VACCINATED.
Number.
6
9,840
7,212
6,558
7,825
10,416
12,017
14,940
12,331
13,449
13,547
13,270
14,588
14,201
14,179
Ratio per 100
on those in
column 4.
7
135.03
121.43
87.69
86.30
95.62
118.96
159.38
146.48
167.34
160.89
151.14
l57.50
143.62
162.73
Ratio per 100
on those in
column 5.
8
49.26
36.10
32.83
39.17
52.14
50.14
62.23
51.45
56.11
56.52
52.01
60.86
59.25
59.16
Compulsory vaccination at
Karachi.
96. The Compulsary Vaccination Act (No. IV of 1879) has been in force
for 10 years in Karachi city, and it will be seen from
the following table that great improvement has been
effected in the number of infants protected :—
Years.
1
1880-8l
...
...
...
1881-82
...
...
...
1882-83
...
...
...
1883-84 ... ... ...
1884-85
...
...
...
1885-86
...
...
...
1886-87 ... ... ...
1887-88 ... ... ...
1888-89
...
...
...
1889-90
...
...
...
Births re¬
turned as
having been
registered.
2
1,878
2,405
2,985
3,273
3,189
3,056
3,340
3, 690
3,722
3,798
Deaths regis¬
tered among
children
under one
year old.
3
309
489
514
728
706
635
541
959
935
1,081
CHILDREN AVAILABLAE FOR
VACCINATION.
Births
minus
deaths.
4
1,569
1,916
2,471
2,045
2,483
2,121
2,199
2,731
2,787
2,717
At the rate of
31 per 1,000
of population.
5
2,118
2,118
2,118
2,118
2,118
2,218
2,118
2,118
2,118
2,118
CHILDREN UNDER 1 YEAR SUCCESSFULLY
VACCINATED.
Number.
6
1,917
2,516
2,827
2,683
3,003
3,084
3,015
3,175
3,647
3,246
Ratio per 100
on those in
column 4.
7
122.18
131.32
114.41
105.42
120.94
127.39
120.65
116.26
130.86
119.47
Ratio per 100
on those in
Column
5.
8
9 0 . 5 1
118.79
133.47
126.68
141.78
145.68
112.35
149.90
172.19
153.26
Suggestions for the more
effectual spread of Vaccina-
tion.
97. Dr. Channer in his annual report makes the following remarks :—
" During the year I impressed on the municipal
commissioners of Gadag the desirability of introducing
animal vaccination in the Gadag-Bettigeri towns, and
I am glad to report they have sanctioned Rs. 300 for
the purpose. There will now be 3 animal vaccine stations in the Dhárwár
Collectorate, viz., Dhárwár. Hubli and Gadag. The Belgaum Municipality still,
however, withhold their sanction, although I personally, during my tour,
addressed them on the subject. They refused to provide any fund, mainly on
the grounds that the choice and purchase of heifers should be in the hands of
the Municipality. This difficulty, which is really only a matter of detail, I hope
to overcome in time.