No. 1396 L., 11TH AUGUST 1900.
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of Vaccination to be due partly to the less prevalence of small-pox and partly to the
undue leniency of the Presidency Magistrates in dealing with persons prosecuted for
failure to submit their children to vaccination. The President of the Municipal
Commission is requested to submit a report regarding the alleged leniency on the part
of the Presidency Magistrates in the matter.
8. Vaccination with Animal Lymph.—All the operations except one were per-
formed with animal lymph, and the following statement shows the results of calf-to-arm
vaccination, vaccination with lymph preserved in tubes, glycerine paste and lanoline
paste as compared with those in the previous two years:—
—
Vaccination with lymph preserved in glass tabes or
plates.
Vaccination with lymph preserved with glycerine ..
Vaccination with lymph preserved with lanoline
Total ..
1897-98 ..
1898-99 ..
1899-1900 ..
1897-98 ..
1898-99 ..
1899-1900 ..
1897-98 ..
1898-99 ..
1899-1900 ..
1897-93 ..
1898-99 ..
1899-1900 ..
1897-98 ..
1898-99 ..
1899-1900 ..
Number
vaccinated.
341,559
247,090
226,040
182,138
103,020
104,439
683,275
463,743
412,009
109,071
297,699
410,842
1,266,043
1,111,652
1,153,330
Number of
successful cases.
326,080
234,166
215,011
124,084
97,052
98,538
684,824
371,998
356,796
89,432
251,983
348,236
1,124,420
955,199
1,018,631
Percentage
of success.
97.6
97.2
97.3
95.3
96.6
95.7
88.1
82.8
88.9
86.6
87.9
88.4
91.3
88.6
91.0
As in previous years, the percentage of success was highest (97.3) in the case of
calf-to-arm vaccination. There was a large decrease in the number of operations per-
formed with lymph preserved with glycerine, but the rate of success under this head
rose from 82.8 to 88.9 per cent. The number of operations with lymph preserved
with lanoline rose from 297,699 to 410,842 and the ratio of success from 87.9 to
88.4, while the number of operations and the percentage of success in the case of
vaccinations with lymph preserved in glass tubes or plates remained almost stationary.
9. Mortality from Small-pox.—The number of deaths from small-pox rose from
12,173 to 21,195, the increase being due to severe epidemics in Gódávari (3,605),
South Arcot (2,748), Tanjore (2,486) and Madura (2,362). The attention of the
Presidents of the District Boards concerned is drawn to the suggestion made by the
Inspector of Vaccination in paragraph 21 of his report that the importance of promptly
reporting the occurrence of cases of small-pox should be impressed on village officers.
The Sanitary Commissioner's suggestion in paragraph 4 of his letter regarding the
introduction of compulsory vaccination in unions cannot be considered until the Bill
to amend the Madras Local Boards Act becomes law. From the diagrams referred
to in paragraph 22 of the report, it appears that during the past seven years about
3,200 in every 10,000 of the population were protected in the Nilgiris and more
than 2,500 in Tinnevelly, while in Nellore and Malabar the number was less
than 1,500. Among municipalities, the number of persons so protected varied from
6,800 in Coonoor to 1,400 in Tirúvannámalai. These variations show clearly that
the progress of vaccination in the different districts and municipalities has not been
uniform. There is still much scope for improvement.
(True Extract.)
M. HAMMICK,
Ag. Secretary to Government.