No. 1346 L., 27TH JULY 1896.
GOVERNMENT OF MADRAS.
LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT.
READ—the following paper :—
From Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel W. G. KING, M.B., C.M., D.P.H., Sanitary
Commissioner for Madras, to the Chief Secretary to Government, dated
Fort St. George, 29th June 1896, No. 1139-V.
I have the honour to forward herewith the report on the Vaccination depart-
ment of the Madras Presidency for the year 1895—96. This is written as usual by
the Inspector of Vaccination, and embraces a review of the work of the last three
years, as required in G.O., No. 1455, Public, dated 12th July 1886.
2. Government is aware that in my opinion the organization of the department
is very faulty, and that I have duly submitted proposals for effecting a re-organization
both prior and subsequent to receipt of G.O., No. 1,000, Public, dated 9th December
1895. It is, however, presumed that financial difficulties have hitherto prevented
the introduction of reforms that Government itself has already declared were desirable
(G.O., No. 61 L., dated 12th January 1891). I refer to these facts with the hope
that Government will kindly remember that, as organized, the staff at my disposal
cannot be expected to effect a very high grade of results. Nevertheless, during the
past three years every effort has been made to remedy evils, and to expand the utility
of the department.
3. As already reported in my Annual Sanitary Report, Surgeon-Major C. Mallins,
who held the post of Acting Inspector of Vaccination during the whole of the past
official year, exhibited much zeal and energy in the performance of his duties, and
in the course of his inspections did good service in detecting inaccurate and false work
by subordinates.
ORDER—NO. 1346 L., dated 27th July 1896.
The report on the working of the Vaccination department received with the
letter read above reviews the work of the past three years and, as required in para-
graph 7 of G.O., No. 1455, Public, dated 12th July 1886, deals fully with the subject.
2. Work done by the several agencies.—The following statement shows the total
reported number of operations performed by the several agencies employed in each of
the last five years and the average cost of each successful case:—
Vaccine agency.
(a) Government vaccinators in hill tracts ..
(b) Local Fund vaccinators .. .. .. ..
(c) Municipal vaccinators .. .. .. ..
(d) Cantonment staffs .. .. .. .. ..
(e) Dispensary staffs .. .. .. .. ..
(f ) Medical subordinates .. .. .. ..
(g) Zamindari vaccinators .. .. .. ..
Total ..
Average cost ..
Number of operations performed.
1891-92.
16,501
860,301
110,590
3,585
47,352
8,463
6,628
1,053,420
A.
3
P.
7
1892-93.
15,142
967,991
114,953
6,089
38,341
15,142
6,883
1,164,541
A.
3
P.
5
1893-94.
15,805
992,390
113,837
5,489
28,513
16,439
6,359
1,178,832
A.
3
P.
5
1894-95.
18,960
1,009,994
118,135
3,739
26,410
15,870
6,814
1,198,922
A.
3
P.
5
1895-96.
20,537
1,011,802
1,20,190
5,366
19,201
14,732
6,343
1,198,171
A.
3
P.
6
Although the total number of operations performed during the year remained
almost the same as in 1894-95, the average cost of each successful operation rose by one
pie, in consequence of a slight fall in the reported rate of success, which has been decreas-
ing steadily for the last three years, owing probably, as stated by the Inspector of Vacci-
nation, to greater accuracy in the figures arising, no doubt, from the results of the
close and careful inspections made in previous years in the districts of Cuddapah and