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The percentage of unknown cases to the total number vaccinated in
the year under report was 6.95 in the case of primary and 19.76 in that of
re-vaccinations. The corresponding figures for the years 1923-24 and 1924-25
were 5.37 and 5.56 in the case of primary and 17.96 and 19.09 in that of
re-vaccination.
Ratio of persons,
successfully vaccina-
ted by District Staff.
Statement No. I.
12. The ratio of persons successfully vaccinated by the district staff
during the year 1925-26 was 42.37 per mille, compared with 35.78 in 1924-
25 and 35.99 in 1923-24. The average rate during the triennial period under
review was 38.05 as against 34.32 for the previous triennium.
Special Staff total
operations.
State-
ment No. I and its
Appendix.
13. The total number of operations performed by the special vaccina-
tion staff during the triennium under report was 173,060 of which 90,033
operations were primary and 83,027 were re-vaccinations—the corresponding
figures for the previous triennium being 171,730, 67,607 and 104,123. A com-
parison of these figures shows an increase of 22, 426 in the case of primary
and a decrease of 21,096 in that of re-vaccination.
In 1925-26 the total number of operations performed by this staff was
57,365 (35,201 primary and 22,164 re-vaccination) compared with 71,175 (26,184
primary and 44,991 re-vaccination), in 1924-25 and 44,520 (28,648 primary
and 15,872 re-vaccination) in 1923-24.
Percentage of suc-
cess.
Statement
No. I and its Appen-
dix.
14. The percentage of success of operations performed by the special
staff during the triennium was 75.84 for primary and 70.13 for re-vaccina-
tion compared with 93.49 and 70.15 respectively during the preceding period.
The corresponding figures for each year of the triennial period are as
follows :—
1923-24 ... ...
1924-25 ... ...
1925-26 ... ...
Primary.
94.30
97.14
96.19
Re-vaccinations.
69.77
69.97
70.66
Cantonment
Staff.
Statement
No. I
and its Appendix.
15. In cantonments, which entertain their own vaccinators, the total
number of primary vaccinations performed in 1925-26 amounted to 5,298
and re-vaccinations to 22,938 compared with 4,662 primary and 3,161 re-
vaccinations in 1924-25 and 4,827 and 1,629 in 1923-24.
An increase of 2,014 in the case of primary and 24,844 in that of re-
vaccination was recorded during the triennium under report as compared with
the figures for the preceding triennial period.
The largest number of operations during 1925-26 were performed in
Lahore (12.645), Ambala (4,028) and Rawalpindi (3,812).
The percentage of success in the case of primary operations during
1925-26 was 97.31 and re-vaccination 83.42 as against 96.61 and 80.45 in
1924-25 and 98.22 and 79.21 in 1923-24.
Dispensary
Staff.
Statement No. II.
16. During the triennium under review the number of vaccinations
performed by the dispensary staff amounted to 9,789 as against 5,105 in the
previous triennial period. The number of primary operations performed
during 1925-26 was 3,845 and re-vaccinations 4,397 while the corresponding
figures for 1924-25 were 589 and 88, and for 1923-24, 820 and 50. The percent-
age of success in the case of primary vaccination during 1925-26 was 94.84 and
re-vaccination 74.41 as against 100.00 and 93.22 in 1924-25 and 97.44 and
78.95 in 1923-24. The dispensary system of vaccination has proved a failure
in the districts. The dispensary officer is subject to orders from his own
department which make it impossible for him to function successfully as a
vaccinator.