14TH OCTOBER 1890, Nos. 2618, 2619 L., LOCAL AND MUNICIPAL.
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1. Ongole.
2. Anantapur.
3. Rajahmundry.
4. Palamcottah.
5. Ellore.
6. Negapatam.
7. Tinnevelly.
8. Cuddapah.
9. Nellore.
10. Máyavaram.
11. Adóni.
12. Vellore.
13. Coonoor.
14. Ootacamund.
15 Chidambaram.
16. Erode.
17. Masulipatam.
18. Srírangam.
19. Dindigul.
20. Guntúr.
21. Coimbatore.
22. Vániyambádi.
23. Kurnool.
24. Kumbakónam.
25. Tirupati.
in system of remuneration. The Government will be glad to receive the results
of the Inspector of Vaccination's special
inspection referred to in paragraph 11 of his
report. Compulsory vaccination was in
force in the 25 towns noted in the margin,
in the last four of which it was introduced
in the year under review, and its introduc-
tion in Cocanada, Cuddalore, Trichinopoly
and Vizagapatam has since been sanc-
tioned by Government. It is satisfactory
to note that the compulsory system has
been well received by the people, and that
in towns where compulsion was in force,
the proportion of successful vaccinations
on children under one year to registered births was 65 per cent. against 40 per cent. in
other towns. The cost of each successful vaccination in Municipal towns, however,
continued to be high, being As. 5-3 against As. 3-8, the average for the whole
presidency, including rural tracts.
1887-88
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1888-89
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1889-90
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14,174
18,827
27,849
G.O., dated 14th January 1889, No. 24,
Public.
G.O., dated 19th October 1889, No. 827,
Public, para 2.
G.O., dated 29th October 1889, No. 1455 M.
7. Civil Dispensaries.—The Government notes with satisfaction the advance
made in vaccination by medical officers
in charge of dispensaries, but the average
number vaccinated at each dispensary
was only 72. In Chingleput, however,
the advance made in 1888-89 was con-
tinued with good results, the average for each dispensary being 264 cases. In Kurnool,
Trichinopoly and Vizagapatam also the results were satisfactory, the average being
134, 119 and 119, respectively, but the large falling off in Ganjam from 113 in
1888-89 to 26 in the year under review
has not been accounted for. The Govern-
ment trusts that the instructions issued
in the orders noted in the margin, to
which the attention of all District
Medical Officers will again be drawn by
the Surgeon-General, will produce more satisfactory results in the current and ensuing
years.
1. Anantapur.
2. Coimbatore.
3. Ganjam.
4. Godávari.
5. Kistna.
6. South Canara.
8. Vaccination by means of animal lymph was practised in all the districts of the
Presidency except those noted in the
margin, and it is noticeable that these
6 districts include 4 out of the 5 which
show an absolute decline in vaccination,
and 2 others in which methods of pro-
tection against small-pox are extremely backward. This striking result is probably
due to the apathy of the Local Boards on the subject of vaccination generally, but it
seems to furnish some evidence that vaccination by calf-lymph is popular and conducive
to an increase of operations. The total number of operations performed with animal
lymph was 101,153, of which 94,361 were successful, the corresponding figures for
the previous years being 42,445 and 39,816. The percentage of successful cases,
however, was 93.2, against 94 in 1888-89. Taking into account a proportionate share
of the cost of the establishment employed for this purpose, the average cost of each
successful case was only As. 2-3, against As. 3-8, for vaccine operations generally. In
Kurnool a scheme has been experimentally sanctioned for the current year, the
principal features of which are a reduction in the numerical strength of the staff
employed, an increase in the salaries of the remainder, and the entire abandonment
of the use of lymph obtained from the human subject, the necessary vaccine matter
being obtained entirely from calves, one of which accompanies each vaccinator on tour.
The working of this system will be watched with interest. Meantime the Government
has received the results of the experiments made by Dr. King regarding the possi-
bility of preserving and transporting animal lymph, and in separate Proceedings has