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SIND DIVISION.
Superintendent.—Assistant
Surgeon T. E. P. MARTIN.
Establishment.—Fifteen
Vaccinators (Government).
YEARS.
1861....
1862....
Total
Vaccinated.
49,161
42,282
Compared with the
preceding Year.
Increase.
....
....
Decrease.
....
6,879
Success¬
fully
Vaccinated.
48,602
40,296
Percentage
of Success.
98.8
95.3
A falling off occurs in the number of operations during the year of 6,879. It is not difficult
to account for the decrease. The ordinary zillahs of the province have, during the past six
years, been fairly worked over ; numbers are certainly affected by this circumstance, it being
difficult now to go any where in these zillahs without finding evidence of past work.
The two portions of the Province which have had the least benefit from the work of the
Establishment, are the two Frontier Districts, Northern and Eastern, and a fair field is pre-
sented for active operations in these districts, which, with the territory of H. H. Meer Ali
Moorad of Khysepoor require, and will now be open to receive more especial attention than it
has hitherto been possible to give them.
In two of these Districts, the Eastern Frontier, which has recently been visited, and the
Khysepoor State, the Political Superintendent and His Highness the Meer, both hold out
every encouragement to the efforts of the Superintendent of Vaccination. There are two
important aids to Vaccination urgently required in Sind,—first, an additional number of Vacci-
nators to cover the immense area of the province,—and, second, some arrangement for the help
of vaccinators in the transport of vaccinated children to keep up the supply of lymph.
The vaccinators have been constantly complaining during the year, that the people more and
more object to their children being removed, for vaccinating purposes, out of their own
village. Yet without a child, operations would be brought to a stand altogether. In most cases
the difficulty is a mere money difficulty. There are parents who do not object to have their
children used as vehicles for the transport of lymph, provided they are paid for it. The
present sum sanctioned by Government, ten Rupees per vaccinator per annum, is wholly
inadequate for the purpose. One apparent remedy was suggested by a Deputy Collector, who
takes an active concern in Vaccination. It appears that Deputy Collectors have the control
of a certain sum of money, to be disbursed discretionally for the benefit of the district. It
was suggested that the vaccinator might make out a bill, signed by the parents or guardian
of the child, and the head man of the village, showing that a certain sum had been actually
received from him. This bill would be paid by the Deputy Collector out of the funds at his
disposal. Could such a plan be generally adopted, the cause of Vaccination would be strength-
ened, and no possible hardship could accrue to the guardians of children required for Vaccina-
tion purposes.
During the past year 23,724 males and 18,558 females have been vaccinated.
Under one year of age there were 13,165 and above that age 29,117 operations.
The number of successful cases, 40,296, compared with the total number vaccinated, 42,282,
gives 95.3 as the percentage of success in the operations of the year. This percentage of
success, it is fair to observe represents the final result of revaccination in all cases primarily
unsuccessful or doubtful.