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Southern Registration Dis-
trict.
In the Southern Registration District Captain Hutchinson, Officiating
Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, made 35 encampments,
visited 18 tálukas and 6 town circles, travelled 4,927
miles in 209 travelling days, inspected 219 villages and
7,537 vaccinated persons or 5.45 per cent. of the total number vaccinated. Without
register 2,335 cases were inspected. Notwithstanding the prevalence of plague
by which 36.03, 35.09 and 61.69 per cent. of the villages in the Belgaum,
Dhárwár and Bijápur Districts respectively were affected, and the time lost in
training the Vaccination Staff in the method of vaccinating with preserved lymph,
there was an increase of 11,644 primary operations over last year. He reports
much opposition to re-vaccination throughout the District. Captain Hutchin-
son was engaged actively throughout the year in extending vaccination with
preserved lymph and accomplished much valuable and useful work.
Western Registration Dis-
trict.
The inspection work in the Western Registration District was greatly hamper-
ed by changes amongst the supervising officers. There
were no less than seven officers holding charge during
the year under report. Thirty-five encampments were
made in 147 travelling days; 4,590 miles were travelled, 15 tálukas and 5 town
circles and 297 villages visited. The number of vaccinated persons inspected
was 7,879 or 7.02 per cent. out of the total vaccinated. 2,778 cases were seen
without register.
Central Registration Dis-
trict.
Sind Registration District.
In the Central Registration District, Major Dyson made 41 encampments,
visited 19 tálukas and 5 town circles, travelled 2,328
miles in 174 travelling days, inspected 7,460 vaccinated
persons from the register and saw 2,812 old operations.
Captain H. A. Forbes Knapton, D.P.H., I. M. S., made 24 encampments in
119 travelling days, visited 10 tálukas and 3 town
circles and 149 villages. He inspected 3,490 vaccinated
persons from the register or 3.52 per cent. of the total number vaccinated.
Less travelling was done than in the previous year owing to the deputation of
the Deputy Sanitary Commissioner to Bombay and Madras during the early
part of the cold weather.
Town and village visita-
tion.
33. The following statement shows the number of towns and villages by
Registration Districts and the number unvisited by
the vaccination staff during each year of the triennium
under report:—
Registration District.
Gujarát ... ... ...
Western ... ... ...
Southern
...
...
...
Central ... ... ...
Sind ... ... ...
Native States ... ... ...
Total ...
Total Towns
and Villages.
1904-05.
3,368
7,503
4,815
5,918
22,424
8,545
52,573
Unvisited.
1902-03.
69
723
23
89
5,775
1,676
8,355
1903-01.
56
328
72
301
5,368
1,372
7,497
1904-05.
30
583
20
110
5,855
1,221
7,819
The cause for non-visitation of villages is dealt with departmentally. Under
ordinary circumstances every town and village should be visited annually.
In recent years plague has hindered regular and systematic visitation. The
figures for Sind are vitiated by the nomadic tribes living in temporary hamlets
and villages.
Small-pox by districts.
34. Small-pox was epidemic in the Western Registration District and
Bombay City during 1904-05. The chief incidence of
the disease in the Western Registration District fell
on the Khándesh Collectorate, where there were recorded 6,664 deaths or .46
per cent. of the total for the district. The frequent changes in past years in the
supervising officers of the Western Registration District are mainly responsible
for this severe outbreak. During the triennium the desease increased steadily
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