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The Punjab Vaccine Institute was administered by the Assistant
Director of Public Health (Technical), Vaccination. The post was held
throughout the year by Khan Bahadur Dr. Abdur Rahman, Military Assist-
ant Surgeon H. C. Phillips holding the appointment of Superintendent of
the Punjab Vaccine Institute.
Strength of Vacci-
nation
Establish-
ment.
Statement
No. II.
3. The number of Superintendents of Vaccination employed by Munici-
pal Committees and District Boards during the period under review remained
the same as in the previous year, viz., 31.
The total number of Vaccinators employed by local bodies during the
year was 296 as compared with 294 in the preceding year. The increase
of two vaccinators is due to the entertainment of three additional vaccinators in
the Gujranwala District and one each in Jullundur, Ferozepore and Multan
and a reduction of three vaccinators in Rawalpindi and of one in Sialkot.
The strength of the Special Staff, who are Government employees, was
two Superintendents and 20 vaccinators. These figures exhibit no change
as compared with the previous year.
Number of Vacci-
nations.
Statement
No, I.
4. The total number of vaccinations and re-vaccinations performed by
all establishments during the period under report was 943,263 as compared
with 902,431 in the previous year, or an increase of 40,832. Of the above
674,203 were primary vaccinations (an increase of 25,150 as compared with
the previous year) and 269.060 were re-vaccinations which also represents an
increase of 15,882 as compared with the previous year.
The increase of the total number of vaccinations in the absence of an
epidemic of small-pox is satisfactory, and it is mainly attributable to the
increased attention given to vaccination as the result of the re-organisation of
the Public Health Department.
These vaccinations were performed by the following vaccination estab-
lishment :—
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
Municipal staff of cities.
District Staff.
Special Staff.
Cantonment Staff.
Dispensary Staff.
Municipal Staff.—The vaccinations performed in cities in the charge of
Medical Officers of Health are included in the district returns. This arrange-
ment is undesirable and it is proposed in future to show the vaccination
returns of these cities separately.
District Staff.—The total number of operations performed in districts
including municipalities was 891,417, an increase of 55,312 as compared with
the previous year. The number of primary and re-vaccinations was 639,908 and
251,509, respectively, which represents an increase of 18,537 primary vaccina-
tions and 36,775 re-vaccinations. The number of successful vaccinations and
re-vaccinations performed in the districts of the Punjab (including municipal
towns) during the year was 592,990 and 145,742, respectively, being an in
crease of 26,989 in primary vaccinations and of 25,328 in re-vaccinations as
compared with the previous year.
The increase in the number of vaccinations was not evenly distributed
throughout the Province and the following nine districts showed a marked in-
crease in primary operations as compared with the previous year : —
Multan (+ 5,021), Kangra (+ 4,742), Attock (+ 4,682), Hoshiarpur
(+ 4,618), Amritsar (+ 4,131), Rawalpindi (+3,249), Ambala (+ 3,060),
Gurdaspur (+ 2,737) and Jhelum (+ 2,537).
A decrease in the primary vaccinations occurred in the following five
districts :—
Lahore (— 15,314), Gujranwala (- 3,840), Rohtak (- 2,554), Feroze-
pore (- 1,373) and Montgomery (- 1,300).