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VACCINATION REPORT.
The districts which show the largest increase are Vizagapatam (16,657),
Madura (11,336), Coimbatore (10,214), South Canara (8,210), Malabar (7,378), and
Ganjám (4,692), while in the following there has been a decrease—Salem (7,872),
Tanjore (4,612), Kistna (4,467), Chingleput (3,146), Gódávari (1,175), Kurnool,
(909), Bellary (648), * Nilgiris (404) and Anantapur (170).
The attention of the respective Presidents of the District Boards has been
drawn to the existence of decreases in the quarterly reviews of this office.
Note.—The asterisk denotes that there was a decrease last year also.
The explanations of the decreases offered by the Deputy Inspectors of Vacci-
nation concerned are,—
Salem.—Absence of vaccinators without substitute, failure of supply of
paste from the local depot and evacuation of villages in some taluks on account
of plague.
Tanjore.—Absence of vaccinators without substitute and want of help from
revenue authorities.
Kistna.—Absence of vaccinators without substitute and failure of supply of
lymph from the local depot.
Chingleput.—Absence of vaccinators without substitute, paucity of cases,
insufficiency and inertness of lymph supplied, and the non-performance of their
minima by most of the vaccinators.
Gódávari.—Temporary vaccinators were dispensed with during the year and
the permanent staff was otherwise incomplete.
Kurnool.—Incompleteness of staff and non- receipt of supply of paste from
Bangalore.
Bellary.—Transfer of vaccinators without proper substitutes and no deduc-
tion from the pay of the vaccinators for short work after they had been put under
the direct orders of the Tahsildar.
Nilgiris and Anantapur.—Incompleteness of staff.
The reason almost invariably put forward to account for decreases is incom-
pleteness of staff. No doubt there are difficulties in the way of providing quali-
fied substitutes for vaccinators who have retired or gone on leave since it is not
work that many persons fancy, but Local Boards do not always appear to be as
prompt as they might be in filling up vacancies, and delays of several months
sometimes occur. Insufficiency of lymph and the occasional supply of inert lymph
from local depots will, it is hoped, never be cited as reasons for a decrease in the
number of vaccinations when the Vaccine Institute at Guindy is in working order.
5. The subjoined table shows the total successful vaccinations by all agencies
and the percentage of successful cases including re-vaccinations :—
Establishment.
1
Local Fund vaccinators ... ...
Government
do. ... ...
Zamindari
do. ... ...
Municipal
do. ... ...
Cantonment
do. ... ...
Dispensaries ... ... ...
Medical subordinates ... ...
Total ...
Number of successful vaccinations.
1899-1900.
Primary and
secondary
vaccinations.
2
833,493
28,097
6,793
95,586
4,824
9,019
2,865
980,587
Re-vaccina-
tion.
3
19,866
1,572
10
13,489
524
884
7,048
43,393
1900-1901.
Primary and
secondary
vaccinations.
4
902,880
26,911
6,548
99,284
5,427
8,952
3,200
1,053,202
Re-vaccina-
tion.
5
22,989
2,345
12
17,204
731
1,366
8,693
53,340
1901-1902.
Primary and
secondary
vaccinations.
6
943,948
28,886
7,892
105,296
5,016
9,552
3,844
1,104,434
Re-vaccina-
tion.
7
23,966
2,408
87
22,879
1,549
1,884
9,267
62,040