BOMBAY PRESIDENCY.
25
Years.
1880-81
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1881-82
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1882-83
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1883-84
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1884-85
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1885-86
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1886-87
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1887-88
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1888-89
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1889-90
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1890-91
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1891-92
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1892-93
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1893-94
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1894-95
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1895-90
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1896-97
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1897-98
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1898-99
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Births re-
turned 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
4,036
4,574
4.622
4,836
3,104
3,725
Deaths
registered
among
children
under one
year.
309
489
514
728
706
635
841
959
935
1,081
1,018
l,226
1,482
1,102
1,304
1,378
1,425
1,057
1,080
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
2,934
3,180
3,244
3,411
2,047
2,645
At the rate
of 31 per
1,000.
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
3,221
3,261
3,261
3,261
3,261
3,261
Children under 1 year
successfully vaccinated.
Number.
1,917
2,516
2,827
2,693
3,003
8,084
3,015
3,175
3,647
3,216
3,347
3,545
2,967
3,032
3,310
3,455
2,783
2,507
2,267
Ratio per
100 in
Column 4.
122.18
131.32
114.41
105.42
120.94
127.39
120.65
116.28
130.86
119.04
111.42
116.73
103.70
103.34
101.09
106.50
8l.59
125.40
123.29
Ratio per
100 on
those in
Column5.
90.51
118.79
133.47
126.68
141.78
115.68
142.35
149.91
172.19
153. 26
102.63
108.71
90.98
92.98
101.50
105.95
85.34
78.72
69.52
Compulsory Vaccination
Act in Larkhána town.
59. In the year under report the Bombay District Vaccination Act (I of
1892) was introduced in the town of Larkhána, Sind :
vide Government Resolution in General Department,
No. 6847 of the 14th December 1898.
60. As in 1897-98, the year under report was a disastrous one for vaccination
work. Firstly, there was during the latter months of 1897 and the early ones of
1898 a very low birth-rate, and a very high death-rate, especially among children :
during 1898 the former was very pronounced and it was not until August that
much improvement took place; then, there was still a certain amount of famine
in some parts, and some other parts had not completely recovered from it; the
plague was with us all the year and greatly interfered with work, so much so in
some parts that vaccination had to be entirely stopped; nearly all the Deputy
Sanitary Commissioners were on deputation or leave or on plague duty, and as
no full-time officers were appointed, their districts received very little of that
inspection and supervision which is so very necessary in order to obtain efficient
work, and, lastly, several of the Inspectors and Vaccinators were on plague duty.
All these and many minor difficulties made it a very difficult matter to
obtain the usual number of children and to carry on the duties of the Depart-
ment in the ordinary manner. Remarks explaining the various decreases have
not been made after each table as the causes are nearly the same in all, and have
been mentioned in paragraph 11 and also in these remarks. It is useless to com-
pare either of the last two years with former ones as they have been very abnor-
mal ones, and there is also not much profit to be got out of comparing the year
under report with the previous one as they each tell almost exactly the same
tale.
There is now a better birth-rate, it may be said that we have done with
famine and its immediate after-effects, and it is to be hoped that the present
decrease in plague may continue, so under these circumstances it is believed
that better results may be looked for in the present year if only full time
Deputy Sanitary Commissioners can be provided.
Considering the very adverse circumstances under which work has had to
be carried on during the last two years, it is, in my opinion, a matter of
congratulation that vaccination work has not suffered more than it has. Fortu-
nately there has been no serious epidemic of small-pox to deal with during the
last few years, as the deaths from that disease have been low. It is to the good
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