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Cantonment
Staff.
A. F. No. I and its
Appendix.
15. In cantonments which entertain their own vaccinators the total
number of primary operations in 1922-23 amounted to 1586 and revaccina-
tions to 722 compared with 4119 primary and 708 revaccinations in 1921-22
and 4068 and 1454 in 1920-21.
An increase of 2003 in the case of primary and a decrease of 22304 in
that of revaccinations was recorded during the triennium under report as com-
pared with the figures for the proceding triennial period. The percentage of
success in the case of primary operations during 1922-23 was 97.06 and re-
vaccination 67.75 as against 98.46 and 76.58 in 1921-22 and 9.93 and
70.73 in 1920-21. The largest number of operations during the year 1922-23
were performed in Ambala 2231, Rawalpindi 668 and Lahore 611.
Dispensary
Staff.
Statement No. III.
1 . During the present triennium the number of operations performed
by the Dispensary Staff amounted to 5105 as against 26707 in the previous
period.
The number of primary operations performed during 1922-23 was
951 and revaccination 252 while the corresponding figures for 1921-22 were
1164 and 284 and for 1920-21, 1426 and 928. The percentage of success in
the case of primary vaccination during 1922-23 was 98.02 and revaccination
86.35 as against 99. 66 and 83.80 in 1921-22 and 98.93 and 85.85 in 1920-21.
Inspection
work.
Statement No. V.
17. Owing to leave vacancies and pressure of more important work in-
spection by the superior staff of the Department was confined to special oases
of complaint.
The total number of vaccinations inspected by Civil Surgeons and Medi-
cal Officers of Health during the year 1922-23 amounted to 41491 in the case
of primary and 11352 in that of revaccinations.
The reported percentage of
success was 94.29 in the former and 71.67 in the latter. The Divisional In-
spectors of vaccination during the short and last period of their service inspected
20126 primary vaccinations and 5780 revaccinations returning a percentage
of success of 93.70 and 65.87, respectively. The percentages of success found
by District Superintendents of Vaccination was 94.30 in primary vaccination
and 68.07 in revaccinations.
The rates of success reported by vaccinators were 96.67 in primary and
69.38 in revaceination as against 97.55 and 75.33 in 1921-22 and 96.40 and
72.60 in 1920-21.
The average percentage of success in the case of primary operations
performed by the District, Cantenment and Special Vaccination Staff of which
the results were known was 96.87 in the triennium under report as compared
with 98.26 in the preceding period; in the case of revaccination it was 72.44
as against 77.59.
The percentage of cases of which the results were not known was
5.66 in the case of primary and 17.64 in that of revaccination for the triennial
period under review as against 4.75 and 17.38 in the preceding triennium.
Vaccination in larg
Punjab States.
18. The number of vaccinations performed in the large States which
employ their own vaccinators was as follows :—
Patiala primary 45121 and revaccination 22026 ; Bahawalpur 12507
and 205 ; Kapurthala 2433 and 779 ; Jind 8481 and 268 and
Faridkot 514 and 58 and Nabha 221 primary operations only
An increase in the total numbe of persons vaccinated was recorded
only in the States of Patiala, Kapurthala and Faridkot. The percentage of
success in primary cases was 98.83 in Patiala, 98.44 in Bahawalpur, 96.37 in
Kapurthala, 98.11 in Jind, 98.20 in Faridkot and 82.00 in Nabha. In Patiala,
Bahawalpur, Kapurthala, Jind and Faridkot the percentage of successful
revaccination was 73.21, 65.19, 45.83, 100.00 and 59.18, respectively.
Vaccination in Muni-
cipal towns,
19. There were 81744 births recorded in municipal towns during
1922-23 out of which 15848 children under one year were reported to have
died. Therefore the number of infants available for vaccination were 65896
of which 51208 or 78 per cent. were successfully vaccinated as against 77
per cent. in 1921-22 and 80 per cent. in 1920-21.