NOTES ON VACCINATION IN THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY
FOR 1909-1910.
Brief Report.
In accordance with Government Resolution in the General Department
No. 2426 of 17th August 1887, brief notes on Vaccina-
tion for the year 1909-1910 are submitted with the
usual statements.
Transfer of the administra-
tive control of vaccination.
2. In accordance with Government Resolution in the General Department
No. 1863 of 8th April 1909, one Collectorate in each
Registration District has been selected in which a
trial for one year is to be given to the new system of
local control of the Vaccination Establishment as proposed by the Government of
India. The Collectorates selected are:—West Khándesh, Sholápur, Bijápur,
Surat and Sukkur, and in these Collectorates the administrative control of Vacci¬
nators will be in the hands of the District Local Boards and Municipalities during
the year 1910-1911.
Total number of persons
primarily vaccinated and
re-vaccinated, Appendix I,
Statement I, column 6 and
Statement III, column 4.
3. During the year under report there were
665,602 persons primarily vaccinated and 48,885 re-
vaccinated against 672,252 and 52,362 in the previous
year, showing a decrease of 6,650 in primary and 3,477
in re-vaccination.
Increase or decrease in
primary and re-vaccination.
4. There was an increase in primary vaccination
in all districts except in Sind and Aden.
In Sind there are several causes reported by the Deputy Sanitary Commis-
sioner as contributing to lower the number of vaccinations, the most important
being a growing opposition to vaccination, and an increasing difficulty in obtain-
ing good vaccinifers. It is hoped that most of the difficulties met with by
vaccinators will disappear with the introduction of preserved lymph in Sind.
The decrease of 19,574 primary vaccinations in Aden is accounted for
by the unusually large number of operations performed in the previous year
during an epidemic of small-pox.
Under re-vaccination there was an increase in all the districts except the
Central and Southern Registration Districts and Aden which return a decrease
of 2,722, 1,227 and 1809, respectively.
Results in the number of
persons primarily vaccinated,
Appendix I, Statements I and
III.
5. Out of 665,602 persons primarily vaccinated, 609,827 or 91.62 per cent.
were successful, 6,429 or .97 unsuccessful, while in
49,661 cases the results could not be ascertained. In
the case of 315 persons a second operation was done
on account of failure on the first occasion. The per-
centage of success excluding "unknown" was 98.96.
Results in re-vaccination.
6. During the year under report, 48,885 persons were re-vaccinated the
percentage of success being 42.91. In 19,354 instances
the result could not be ascertained, and in 8,628 the
operation failed. In 76 cases the operation was repeated on account of failure of
the first operation.
Sex.
7. By sex 344,081 males and 321,521 females were primarily vaccinated
and 38,589 males and 10,296 females re-vaccinated
during the year under report. The total number of
persons operated on was 382,670 males and 331,817 females. The sex percent-
ages in primary vaccination were 51.69 males and 48.31 females. In re-vaccina-
tion the percentages were 78.94 males and 21.06 females and in the total number
of persons vaccinated 53.56 and 46.44.
Caste or race.
8. Of the total number of persons primarily vaccinated, 4,478 were
Christians, 505,877 Hindus, 112,408 Mahomedans,
1,562 Pársis and 41,277 persons of other caste.
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