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11. Vaccination Inspections (Statement No. V).—The duties of the super-
ior administrative staff in connection with vaccination are now mainly
confined to inspecting the arrangements for carrying out vaccination in
the districts and towns in their respective circles, with a view to promoting
the adoption, so far as possible, of the measures outlined in this report. As
part of these duties, a certain number of inspections of children are still
carried out as it is necessary to check the work of vaccinators and the
accuracy of the figures recorded in the village vaccination register. The
following inspections were carried out by Assistant Directors of Public
Health during the year under review :—
Assistant Director of Public Health, Ambala
Circle.
Assistant Director of Public Health Rawalpindi
Circle.
Assistant Director of Public Health, Multan
Circle.
Assistant Director of Public Health, Lahore
Circle.
NUMBER.
Primary.
4,814
3,181
6,328
3,264
Revaccinations.
909
1,238
5,280
779
PERCENTAGE OF SUCCESS.
Primary.
95.82
92.83
95.18
95.96
Revaccinations.
62.60
42.81
86.59
54.43
District Medical Officers of Health, Civil Surgeons and Municipal
Medical Officers of Health inspected 138,683 primary and 56,874 re¬
vaccinations. The reported success-rate was 96.27 and 60.44 respectively.
The Superintendents of Vaccination inspected 361,352 primary vaccin-
ations, the success-rate being 96.67 per cent., and 06,297 revaccinations, in
which the success-rate was 65.01 per cent.
The success-rate reported by vaccinators was 97.26 per cent. in
primary and 69.30 per cent. in revaccinations.
12. Vaccine Wallet.—In order to make better provisions for the
safety of the vaccine lymph during transport, a canvas vaccine wallet was
designed for the use of vaccinators which contains the complete equipment
necessary for carrying out vaccination. A sample was circulated to Dis¬
trict Medical Officers of Health for inspection, with the remark that, if
required it could be obtained, on payment, from the Public Health
Equipment Depot, Jullundur.
13. Diagram.—A diagram, showing the death-rate from smallpox per
10,000 of population during the year 1928-29, the average recorded death-
rate from smallpox for the five years ending 1927-28, the proportion of
successful vaccinations during the year 1928-29 and during the preceding
six years per 10,000 of population in each district of the province is
appended to the report.
14. Punjab Vaccine Institute.—The charge of the Punjab Vaccine
Institute during the year 1928-29 and throughout the triennium was held
by Khan Bahadur Dr. K. A. Rahman, D.P.H., Assistant Director of
Public Health, Punjab (Technical), Vaccination, whilst the post of Superin¬
tendent was filled by Lieutenant H. C. Phillips, I.M.D.
During the period under report, in addition to meeting the needs of the
Punjab, the North-West Frontier Province, the Military Department, the
North Western Railway, and the Bombay, Baroda and Central India Rail
way, the Punjab Vaccine Institute supplied lymph to Persia, Nepal, Baluchi¬
stan, Waziristan, Afghanistan, Central India, Kashgar, Arabia and the Per¬
sian Gulf ports. In addition, vaccine lymph was supplied to the Bikaner
State, A war, Jammu and Kashmir, Dholpur, Kathiawar, Poonch, Las Bela,
Amb, Bundi, Kishengarh, Jaipur and Gwalior. The number of one-gramme