NOTES ON VACCINATION IN THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY
FOR THE YEAR 1905-1906.
Total number of persons
primarily and re-vaccinated.
Appendix I, Statement I,
column 6 and Statement III,
column 4.
During the year under report there were 610,130 persons primarily
vaccinated and 45,340 re-vaccinated against 606,058
and 61,934 in the previous year respectively, showing
an increase of 4,072 in primary and a decrease of
16,594 in re-vaccination.
Increase or decrease by
Registration Districts.
2. In the Western Registration District there was a decrease of 5,108 in
the number of persons primarily vaccinated compared
with the previous year, and an increase of 1,110 in
re-vaccination. The severity of small-pox in the
early months of 1905 is held accountable for the decrease. Fewer children were
available for vaccination during the present year, while the extra work done
during the epidemic helped to swell last year's figures.
3. In the Presidency Circle, Bombay, there was a decrease of 1,324 in the
number of persons primarily vaccinated, and in re-vaccination of 17,514 due in
both cases to the unusually large number of persons vaccinated in the previous
year during the prevalence of small-pox.
4. In the Central Registration District there was a decrease of 12,412 in
the number of persons primarily vaccinated and in re-vaccination of 1,146,
attributable largely to the effects of famine and scarcity in scattering the people.
5. In the Southern Registration District there was an increase of 8,075 in
the number of persons primarily vaccinated and in re-vaccination of 604. It is
satisfactory to note that in the three years during which preserved lymph
has been in use in this district, there has been an increase of 20,831 operations.
6. In the Gujarát Registration District there was an increase of 3,647 in
the number of persons primarily vaccinated and a decrease of 1,234 in re-
vaccination.
7. In Sind, much improvement is shown compared with previous years.
There was an increase of 6,826 in the number of persons primarily vaccinated
and of 1,388 in re-vaccination.
8. In the Settlement of Aden there was an increase of 3,755 in the
number of persons primarily vaccinated and of 198 in re-vaccination.
Infants successfully vacci-
nated as compared with the
number available.
9. Excluding Native States and Aden, the number of infants available
for vaccination after deducting deaths under one
year of age, from births, was 473,961 against 522,421
in 1904-05, of whom 384,267 or 81.08 per cent.
were successfully vaccinated.
Results in the number of
persons primarily vaccinated.
Appendix I, Statements Nos. I
and III.
10. Out of 610,130 persons primarily vaccinated 560,443 or 91.86 per
cent. were successful, 14,036 or 2.3 per cent. unsuccess-
ful, while in 36,506 cases the result could not be as-
certained as the children were not brought for inspec-
tion. 855 persons were operated on a second time on
account of the failure of the first operation. The
percentage of success excluding " unknown cases" was 97.56.
Results in re-vaccination.
11. During the year 45,340 persons were re-vaccinated. The number of
successful cases was 25,915 or 57.16 per cent. In
11,313 instances the result could not be ascertained
and in 8,125 the operations failed. In 13 cases the operation was repeated on
account of the failure of the first operation.
Sex.
12. There were 315,020 males and 295,110 females primarily vaccinated
and 36,399 males and 8,941 females re-vaccinated
during the year.
The total number of persons
operated on was 351,419 males and 304,051 females. Of the number of persons
primarily vaccinated the sex percentages were 51.63 males and 48.37 females
respectively. In re-vaccination the percentages were respectively 80.28 males
and 19.72 females and in the total number of persons vaccinated 53.61 and
46.39. The small proportion of female re-vaccination is evidence of the
difficulties met with in this class of work. Many girls of an age to be re¬
vaccinated cannot be touched by strange men.
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