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primary and 9,945 re-vaccinations in the previous year, and the latter visited
14,973 villages and verified 198,111 primary and 24,776 re-vaccinations against
224,077 primary and 19,052 re-vaccinations in the previous year. Of the total
number inspected by Civil Surgeons and Native Superintendents 70,717 and 205,280
respectively were found to have been successfully vaccinated, the percentage of
success verified by Civil Surgeons being 95.93 in primary and 58.37 in re-vac-
cinations and by Native Superintendents 95.69 and 63.41 respectively. As in the
previous year no Assistant Surgeons were available for vaccination duty in the
Nagpur and Jubbulpore Districts during 1906-07. In Mandla the Civil Surgeon
could not go out in camp for more than 24 days owing to sickness among European
officers at head-quarters. In Akola the Civil Surgeon having had heavy calls
upon his time at head-quarters his inspection was limited. He was however
assisted in this direction by Assistant Surgeon Bhangay and by the Sub-Divisional
Medical Officer, Basim. In Wardha, Chanda, Seoni and Yeotmal the Civil
Surgeons were not able to do much inspection owing to the prevalence of
plague. The decrease in the number of inspections by Native Superintendents was
chiefly due to the outbreak of plague and cholera.
14. Of 2,878 children seen by me the percentage with five good marks was
0.07, with four good marks 54.69, with three 19.11, with two 21.61, and with only
one good mark 3.41 : while 1.11 were failures. This means that 54.76 per cent of
those seen were well protected and 19.11 fairly protected against the risks of
small-pox : the corresponding figures last year were 51.48 and 24.85.
Lymph cultivation in the
Central Provinces and Berar.
15. The total number of calves vaccinated in the Central Provinces and
Berar during the year was 3,914. Of these 3,426 were
successful, 405 unsuccessful, and 83 were rejected for
suppuration or excessive inflammation. The expenditure incurred in the Central
Provinces amounted to Rs. 448-6-11 or Rs. 268-10-2 less than in the previous
year. The expenditure incurred in Berar was also Rs. 66-1-10 less than in
1905-06.
Operations performed with
different kinds of lymph in the
Central Provinces and Berar.
16. The different kinds of lymph used during the year 1906-07 and the
number vaccinated with each kind were (1) fresh calf
lymph 10,246, (2) glycerinated lymph 436,529, (3) human
lymph 6,103, and lanolinated lymph 383.
17. Lymph was manufactured at head-quarters in all districts, except Drug,
Chanda and Bilaspur, where it was prepared by vaccinators in their own circles.
In Raipur it was manufactured at head-quarters and also in the interior of the
district. In Berar the Amraoti Paste Depôt continued to manufacture and supply
lymph. In January last the depôt being unable to supply sufficient lymph
to Buldana fresh calf lymph was manufactured by the Native Superintendent there.
In Amraoti the Civil Surgeon reports that great difficulty is experienced in getting
a sufficient number of calves for vaccine purposes in spite of fees paid. To remove
this difficulty it is under consideration to introduce the Central Provinces system
of preparing lymph in each district of Berar.
Vaccination in Municipalities.
(Appendix A.)
18. The Vaccination Act was not extended to any town during the year.
Of 24,307 children under one year of age available for
vaccination 19,915 were successfully vaccinated. In the
Municipalities of Khandwa, Burhanpur, Hinganghat, Arvi, Nagpur, Balaghat,
Akola and Khamgaon more children than are shown as available were successfully
vaccinated. This is due to the fact that children from outside the Municipal
areas were brought in to be vaccinated. Probably also there is often an incorrect
estimate of the ages of the children by the vaccinators.
Mortality from small-pox as
compared with proportion of
persons protected by vac-
cination.
(Appendix B.)
19. The mortality from small-pox in the province was higher during the
year 1906-07 than in any of the previous 10 years with
the exceptions of 1896, 1900 and 1905. The proportion
of persons protected by vaccination per 1,000 of popula-
tion was 32.41 against 43.44 in 1905-06. The usual
diagram is appended.