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Children under one year
available for vaccination and
the number successfully vaccin-
ated.
18. The total number of children under one year of
age available for vaccination and the number of successful
operations performed on them during the year 1901-1902
is shown below:—
Number of births in 1901 -1902
Deduct—number of deaths under one year in 1901-1902...
Children available ... ... ...
Total number of children under one year successfully
vaccinated ... ... ...
347,I72
69,592
277,580
183,147
Equal to 66 per cent. of the total available.
19. The number of children under one year of age successfully vaccinated
during the past five years was as follows :—
1897-98 ... ... ...
1898-99 ... ... ...
1899-00 ... ... ...
1900-01 ... ... ...
1901-02 ... ... ...
162,141
200,587
263,584
189,837
183,147
Re-vaccination in the Khalsa.
20. The total number of re-vaccinations performed amounted to 53,409, an
increase of 1,355 over 1900-1901 and of 11,670 over
1899-1900. Of the total number re-vaccinated, 28,491
were adolescents and 24,918 adults.
21. Of the 18 districts in the Province, 8 show an increase and 10 a
decrease. The decrease, where this has occurred, is presumably due to there
being less scope for re-vaccination in the places concerned.
In this connection the Civil Surgeon, Hoshangabad, states :—
" Re-vaccination fell off owing to an order I issued that no children under
seven years of age who bore marks of previous vaccination should be re-vaccin-
ated. I had noticed in my previous year's inspection that many children of
very tender years were uselessly re-vaccinated to swell the Vaccinator's figures."
The Civil Surgeon, Nimar, states :—
" Re-vaccination is not popular and is chiefly confined to low castes."
22. The sudden increase in the number of re-vaccinations in the Wardha
District was due to the prevalence of small-pox there, the fear of contagion
inducing a great number of persons to submit to re-vaccination.
23. With reference to the concluding portion of paragraph 3 of Govern-
ment of India letter No. 1976, dated the 25th October 1901, regarding the applica-
tion of a standard of success in re-vaccination, I may mention that Civil Surgeons
in these provinces have been instructed that one perfect vesicle or the cicatrix
resulting therefrom should be accepted as evidence of a successful re-vaccination,
and that where possible a larger number of perfect vesicles should be obtained.
24. The variation in results is still very marked. Nagpur shows 21.70 per
cent. of successes and Nimar 41.1 per cent., while in Balaghat, Mandla and
Sambalpur it is claimed that practically all the re-vaccinations were successful.
The attention of Civil Surgeons will again be drawn to the necessity of adopting
a uniform standard of success.
Percentage of successful
operations claimed by Khalsa
Vaccinators.
25. The percentage of successful primary operations claimed by Provincial
Vaccinators was 96.87 against 97.13 in 1900-1901 and
96.95 in 1899-1900, and that of re-vaccinations 83.56
against 84.94 and 81.32 in the two previous years. The
percentage of successful operations in 1901-1902, as tested by Civil Surgeons,
was primary vaccinations 97.10 and re-vaccinations 77.54.