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VACCINATION REPORT,
Causes of decrease.
14. The decrease is seen in the Sind, Southern and Gujarat Registration
Circles and is due to the fever, cholera and partial
scarcity which occurred in 1892. The decrease in
primary operations in the Presidency Circle is owing to the presence of foot¬
and mouth disease amongst the calves which almost put a stop to the work.
As regards the decrease shown in re-vaccinations in the same circle, this is due
to fewer calls being made upon the Department to operate on pilgrims arriving
in ships with small-pox on board. No reasons are given for the decrease of
work in the Pálanpur and Cutch Circles.
Infants successfully vac-
cinated as compared with
available
number—births
minus deaths.
15. The following table shows the number of
infants successfully vaccinated in the Presidency ex-
clusive of Native States. The birth and death statistics
are taken for the calendar year, as usual, in calculat-
ing the number available for vaccination:—
No.
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 ...
Násik ... ...
Thána ... ...
Bombay City ...
Kolába ... ...
Ahmednagar ...
Poona ... ...
Sholápur... ...
Sátára
...
...
Ratnágiri ...
Belgaum... ...
Dhárwár... ...
Bijápur...
...
Kánara ... ...
Surat ... ...
Broach ... ...
Kaira ... ...
Panch Maháls ...
Ahmedabad ...
Karáchi ...
...
Hyderabad ...
Thar and Párkar .
Shikárpur ...
Upper Sind Fron-
tier ... ... ...
Total . 1892-93 .
1891-92 .
Births
returned as
having been
registered.
62,844
39,479
24,900
15,213
19,274
39,004
36,227
29,927
48,118
35,041
39,106
41,981
31,793
14,109
22,874
12,393
31,355
11,442
28,489
14,369
18,040
4,942
25,821
3,926
650,667
682,677
Deaths
registered
among child-
ren under
one year.
11,045
7,393
3,411
7,696
2,829
7,640
5,320
5,067
7,653
3,243
5,164
6,806
4,023
2,817
4,214
3,183
6,543
1,487
8,065
4,167
4,325
1,172
7,594
1,215
122,072
113,832
Children
available
for vacci-
nation.
51,799
32,086
21,489
7,517
16,445
31,364
30,907
24,860
40,465
31,798
33,942
35,175
27,770
11,292
18,660
9,210
24,812
9,955
20,424
10,202
13,715
3,770
18,227
2,711
528,595
568,845
Children
under one
year vacci¬
nated suc-
cessfully.
29,202
19,815
13,489
15,891
13,716
24,104
25,412
21,906
35,802
24,105
23,617
21,288
19,481
5,491
15,518
7,524
19,894
8,599
24,247
8,596
14,363
4,179
23,850
3,397
423,486
435,608
Children
remained to
be vaccinated
under one
year.
22,597
12,271
8,000
...
2,729
7,260
5,495
2,954
4,663
7,693
10,325
13,887
8,289
5,801
3,142
1,686
4,918
1,356
...
1,606
...
...
...
...
105,109
133,237
Percentage
of Infants
protected
out of
every 100
available.
56.38
61.75
62.77
...
83.89
76.86
82.23
80.07
88.47
75.81
69.59
60.80
70.15
48.63
83.16
81.69
80.18
86.38
...
84.26
...
...
...
...
80.12
76.58
From the foregoing table it will be observed that in 18 Districts out of 24,
the successfully vaccinated fell short of the total registered births minus deaths
amongst those under one year old, and in the remaining six Districts the suc-
cessful operations outnumbered the available children. These six Districts stand
in the following sequence: Bombay City (8,374), Shikárpur (5,623), Ahmed-
abad (3,823), Upper Sind Frontier (686), Hyderabad (648), and Thar and Pár-
kar (409). In Bombay City the excess of infants vaccinated is probably in part
due to infants brought into the city by parents coming to seek work, but there is
also laxity in registering births. In the Sind Registration District the birth
registration is defective. The figures show that out of 528,595 infants available
for vaccination under one year, 423,486 or 80.12 per cent. were protected, and
105,109 or 19.88 per cent. remained unprotected.
Particulars of vaccine opera-
tions.
16. The following table specifies by Districts and Circles, caste, age, sex
and result in primary vaccination, sex and result in re¬
vaccination and total operations, and their totals are
contrasted with those in 1891-92:—