NOTES ON VACCINATION
IN THE
CENTRAL PROVINCES AND BERAR
FOR THE SEASON 1903-04.
Cause of delay in submitting
the notes.
The notes will, I fear, be overdue owing to late receipt of certain returns
and to illness and consequent disorganisation in my office.
They were sent to Press on the 7th June 1904. I would
also add that in dealing with the matter in hand, I labour under the disadvantage
of having only recently assumed charge of this office, and have therefore not
been present during any portion of the period under review.
Transfer of the control of the
Berar Vaccination Deprartment
to the Administrative Medical
Officer, Central Provinces.
2. The control of the Vaccination Department, Berar, was transferred
to the Administrative Medical Officer, Central Provinces,
on the 1st November 1903. The statistics of Berar
are accordingly included in the appended statements.
Control of District vaccin-
ation vested in Civil Surgeons
in Berar.
3. The practice in the Central Provinces of appointing Civil Surgeons
as Superintendents of the Vaccination staff in their
respective districts has now been extended to Berar.
Vaccination Establishment
4. The establishment in the Central Provinces was kept up to the sanc-
tioned strength. In Berar two vacancies of Vaccinators
were not filled, in view of the reorganization of the De-
partment for the combined Provinces, for which proposals have been submitted
to the Local Administration.
Reason for not comparing
the work done in Feudatory
States
5. Under instructions from the Government of India, the statistics for the
Feudatory States have been obtained for the official
instead of for the calendar year, in order that the figures
exhibiting the work done in Feudatory States may relate
to the same period as those for British territory. As the statistics in regard
to Feudatory States appended to the note on the Vaccination Report for 1902-03
related to nine months only, viz., from the 1st April to 31st December 1902,
no comparison with the present year's statistics can be made.
Substitution of revised forms
of Vaccination Statements I
and III.
6. Statements I and III appended to this note have been prepared in the
revised forms which provide additional columns showing
(1) number of unknown primary and re-vaccination cases,
(2) percentages of unknown cases to total cases. The
percentage of success attending vaccination operations has consequently been
calculated on the figures, exclusive of unknown cases.
Total number of operations
performed in the Central Pro-
vinces.
7. The total number of vaccinations performed in the Khalsa and
Feudatory States (including Dispensary vaccination) in
the Central Provinces during the year under review was
522,609 (446,411 primary and 76,198 re-vaccination
cases), the percentage of success in primary vaccinations being 98.65 and in
re-vaccinations 87.74. The average number of vaccinations performed by-
each Vaccinator was 1,815.
Total number of operations
performed in the Khalsa.
8. The total number vaccinated by the Provincial staff (including Hospital
Assistants) was 403,677. Of these 355,114 were pri-
mary, and 48,563 re-vaccination cases. As compared
with 1902-03 there is an increase of 2,527 (or 0.72 per cent). in the former, and
2,615 (or 5.69 per cent.) in the latter.
Total number of operations
performed by Provincial vac-
cinators.
9. The total number of vaccinations performed by Provincial Vaccinators
was 391,327 as compared with 383,529 in 1902-03.
Primary and re-vaccination cases show an increase of
4,914 and 2,884, respectively. The average number of
vaccinations performed by each vaccinator was 1,803, or 30 more than in 1902-03.