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8. The percentage of success in primary vaccinations was 96.68 as com¬
pared with 96.97 in 1900-1901 and 96.50 in 1899-1900,
while re-vaccination had an average success of 84.29 as
against 84.73 and 82.73 in the preceding two years.
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9. The number of persons successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of popu-
lation was 32.65 against 32.15 in 1900-1901 and 36.18
in 1899-1900.
Vaccination operations in
the Khalsa.
10. The total number of operations performed by Khalsa Vaccinators in the
year 1901-1902 was considerably less than in the two
previous ones. The decrease occurred under the head
" Primary vaccinations."
Average number of opera-
tions performed by Khalsa
Vaccinators.
11. Throughout the last working season each
Vaccinator performed, on an average, 1,504 operations, or
143 and 364 less than in 1900-1901 and 1899-1900,
respectively.
12. The work done during the past year by individuals varied from 1,017
in Bhandara to 2,965 in Narsinghpur.
Primary vaccinations in the
Khalsa.
13. The total number of primary vaccinations was less by 34,289 than in
1900-1901; compared with 1899-1900 primary vaccina-
tions were fewer by 85,385.
14. In successful primary operations there was a decrease of 34,004 and
81,928 as compared with 1900-1901 and 1899-1900, respectively.
15. Of the total successful primary vaccinations, 183,147 were performed
upon infants under one year of age, 55,071 upon children over one and under
six years, and 22,636 upon children of the age of six years and above.
Increase or decrease in pri-
mary operations in different
districts.
16. Three districts, viz., Saugor, Betul and Chhindwara, show an increase
and the rest a decrease as compared with the previous
year. The increase varied from 387 in Chhindwara
to 798 in Betul, and the decrease from 44 in Sambalpur
to 7,235 in Bilaspur, the other districts which show a large decrease being Raipur
(6,388), Narsinghpur (3,708), Balaghat (3,169), Jubbulpore (3,102), Bhandara
(2,368), Nimar (2,276), Nagpur (2,254), Wardha (1,670) and Hoshangabad
(1,669). Bilaspur and Raipur, which show the greatest decrease, are districts in
the Chhattisgarh Division in which famine was severe in 1899-1900. The popu-
lation of these two districts has largely decreased, whereas that of Sambalpur in
the same Division has increased. Compared with the year 1899-1900, Nagpur
and Bilaspur show an increase and the others a decrease. The districts which
return a large decrease are :—Bhandara (17,836), Raipur (17,526), Nimar (14,118),
Nagpur (11,300), Sambalpur (7,901), Hoshangabad (6,562), Balaghat (6,276),
Seoni (4,774) and Jubbulpore (4,143).
Causes of decrease in pri-
mary operations.
17. The reasons generally assigned by Civil Surgeons for the falling off
in primary vaccination are low birth-rate, less number of
grown-up children eligible for vaccination, ill-health of
many children rendering them unfit for vaccination, and closing of famine camps
in which numerous vaccinations had been done in the previous year. The
Civil Surgeon, Nagpur, states:—" The decrease is due to the fact that in the
year 1900-1901 three special Vaccinators and three peons were employed on
account of the prevalence of small-pox in the city and also to the presence of a
large number of children in the famine camps in the city who had come with
their mothers from out-stations and were vaccinated." The Civil Surgeon, Nimar,
attributes the falling off to a low birth-rate and to the Vaccinators not being
able to visit their circles a second time owing to their having been engaged on
plague duty.