No. 1346 L., 27TH JULY 1896.
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Vizagapatam
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Tinnevelly
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Malabar
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South Arcot ... ... ...
Kistna
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Nellore ... ... ... ...
Cuddapah
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Nilgiris
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South Canara ... ... ...
Gódávari
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— 12,207
— 9,458
— 8,601
— 6,707
— 5,985
— 2,253
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991
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673
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564
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653 operations, respectively, against 1,083 and 933 in that year. The attention of the
Agent to the Governor at Vizagapatam will be called in the Judicial department to this.
6. Local Fund areas.—The total number of operations performed in local fund
areas showed an increase of 1,808 as compared with 1894-95, but the average
outturn of work performed by each vaccinator fell from 1,528 to 1,517. Taking the
districts individually, there was an increase in eleven districts, which was considerable
in Coimbatore, Kurnool, Chingleput, Madura and Ganjám, in the first two for the
second year in succession and in the last three as opposed to a decrease last year. On.
the other hand, there was a falling off in
the ten districts noted in the margin. In
Tinnevelly and Malabar this has occurred
for the last two years and in South Canara
for the last three years. The explanations
offered for the short work in these cases
cannot be considered by any means ade-
quate and the subject should have the
careful attention of the Presidents of the
District Boards concerned. It is difficult
to see how that assigned as regards South
Arcot by the local officials could have been seriously put forward. The average out-
turn of work for each vaccinator was, as in previous years, highest in Trichinopoly
(2,817) and this is followed by Tinnevelly, Madura and Coimbatore with an average of
2,152, 2,067 and 2,006 cases respectively. The fall in Vizagapatam, from 2,183 to
1,930 cases, has not been explained. The average was between 1,000 and 2,000
cases in the remaining districts, except Gódávari and Nellore, where it was less than a
thousand. The large advance in Kurnool, from 1,342 to 1985, is noted with satisfac-
tion. The work done by the vaccinators continued to be still below the standard
attained in other Presidencies. Dr. King attributes this to the organization of the
Vaccination department being faulty and states that a very high grade of results
cannot be expected from it. The question of re-organizing the department is under
consideration. For the reason already assigned in paragraph 2 supra, the apparent
quality of the work turned out continued to deteriorate—as many as eight districts
exhibiting lower figures than in 1894-95—and the general percentage of success fell
from 92.7 to 92.5. Trichinopoly stands first with a ratio of 99.2 per cent., followed
closely by Nilgiris (98.8), South Arcot (98.8), Bellary (97.9), Cuddapah (97.8),
Ganjám (97.3) and Tinnevelly (97.1), while South Canara, as in 1894-95, is last
(78.9). The interesting table appearing in (b), paragraph 4 of the report, affords
reason for the impression that the figures given for all these districts excepting South
Canara can hardly be correct. If that shown against Trichinopoly is, it is certainly
most remarkable. The average cost of each successful case, which was As. 3-1 in
1893-94 and As. 3-2 in 1894-95, rose to As. 3-3 in the year under review. It
varied from As. 6-7 in the Nilgiris, the circumstances of which are peculiar, to
As. 1-11 in Coimbatore and Trichinopoly, and exceeded As. 4 in Anantapur, Bellary,
Cuddapah, Ganjám, Gódávari, Nellore, North Arcot and South Canara, in all of which,
except the last, this point was noticed in the report for 1894-95 also. Notwith-
standing this, the cost in Anantapur, Cuddapah, Gódávari, Nellore, Nilgiris and
North Arcot increased, while the continued decrease in Coimbatore and Kurnool is
noted with satisfaction. Every endeavour should be made by the boards concerned to
reduce the high cost in the cases above referred to. The work done in the different
local fund areas will be more fully noticed in reviewing the administration reports of
the several district boards. The maintenance by the heads of villages of a separate
list of children who are not protected from small-pox, as detailed in paragraph 7 of
the Inspector's report, appears to be a useful suggestion and will be remitted for
consideration in the Revenue department. The report promised by him regarding
the scheme elaborated by the Sanitary Commissioner for the more efficient carrying on
of vaccination in rural tracts will be awaited.
7. Municipalities.—Vaccination was compulsory in all municipalities in the-
Presidency, including the City of Madras, and the total number of operations reported
to have been performed by the municipal vaccinators was 119,618 (excluding Srívilli-
puttúr which was only recently constituted) against 118,135 in the previous year,