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furnished on the standard form of this department but issued instructions
to the military officers concerned to send half-yearly returns to this office
on the form prescribed by the Army department. These returns show
that during the year 1925-26, 22,863 operations (502 primary and 22,361
re-vaccinations) were performed by the military medical officers against
20,786 in the year 1924-25 and 16,705 in 1923-24. The numbers of
successful primary and re-vaccinations in the three years under review
were 326 and 12,792, 236 and 10,644 and 336 and 5,679, respectively.
As the returns received do not contain all the information required for
the standard statements, the statistics contained therein cannot be
included in any of the statements appended to this report.
Vaccination in noti-
fied areas-
16. During the year under report, 16,295 persons were vaccinated in
the notified areas of the province and 16,641 vacci-
nation operations (13,076 primary and 3,565 re¬
vaccinations) were performed against 14,024 and 14,263 in 1924-25 and
11,841 and 12,209 in 1923-24, respectively. The numbers of successful
primary and successful re-vaccinations were, respectively, 11,813 and
1,283 against 11,585 and 774 in 1924-25 and 10,544 and 189 in 1923-24.
The average number of persons successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of the
population was 37.53 against 35.78 in 1924-25 and 31.62 in 1923-24.
The notified areas showing the highest protection were, in order,
Bhim Tal (183.22), Chunar Settlement (106.41), Mainpuri civil station
(66.91) and Bhinga (60.09). Among those showing the lowest degree
of protection Rikhikesh (9.60), Karwi (13.43) and Bhowali (17.37)
were the most conspicuous. Rikhikesh shows an improvement over last
year. The decrease in Karwi is attributed to opposition on the part of
public and in Bhowali to a few children either having left the place before
vaccination or being unfit for vaccination owing to illness.
Vaccination of school
children.
17. It appeared from the inspection of school children carried out by
the Special Health Officer, III Range, that nearly
33 per cent. of the children attending the muni-
cipal schools in Allahabad were unprotected by vaccination. Accordingly,
in September, 1925, the attention of all Assistant Directors of Public
Health, District Superintendents of Vaccination and Municipal Medical
Officers of Health was invited to the seriousness of the position and they
were asked to inspect during the vaccination season, as far as possible, all
school children in municipalities, notified areas, town areas and rural areas
within their respective jurisdictions and to have those without good vacci-
nation marks vaccinated and those over seven years of age re-vaccinated,
where possible, under their personal supervision. In view of the facts
disclosed by subsequent inspections, another circular was issued to all
officers in the department asking them to make a careful examination of
the state of vaccination in schools. In some municipalities where all the
unprotected children could not be vaccinated at the schools arrangements
were made to vaccinate them at their homes in accordance with the pro-
visions of the Vaccination Act. This is not, however, possible in the rural
areas where vaccination is not compulsory. The Director of Public Ins-
truction, United Provinces, who was also addressed in the matter, issued
necessary instructions to the educational authorities.
The salient features noticed in the special reports submitted by the
Assistant Directors of Public Health on the subject are mentioned below :—
I Range. — In seven districts, out of 3,811 children said to be on the
rolls, of which 2,601 were actually inspected, 28.67 per cent. had never
been vaccinated and 16.67 per cent. had small-pox marks; in other words,