No. 2550.
FROM
THE HON'BLE COLONEL H. HENDLEY, K.H.S, M.D., I.M.S.,
Sanitary Commissioner, Punjab,
To
THE HON'BLE MR. O. F. LUMSDEN, I.C.S.,
Financial Secretary to Government, Punjab.
Dated 1st July 1918.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to forward, for the information of His Honour the
Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab, the annual vaccination statements for the
year 1917-18.
Adminiatratiotn
2 The post of Sanitary Commissioner was held by me throughout the
year in addition to that of Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals.
The appointment of Deputy Sanitary Commissioner and Additional
Deputy Sanitary Commissioner was held, respectively, by Major W. H. 0.
Forster, I.M.S., in addition to his duties as Professor of Pathology of the
Lahore Medical College and Dr. K A. Rahman, M.B , Ch. B. (Edin), D.P.H.
(London). The post of Superintendent, Punjab Vaccine Institute, was held
by Temporary Assistant Surgeon Lala Prem Nath Suri.
Strength of vaccina¬
tion establishment,
Statement No. II.
3. The number of Divisional Inspectors (5) and Superintendents of
Vaccination (30) remained unaltered during the year, but the number of vacci¬
nators employed increased from 277 in 1916-17 to 285. The increase is due
to the entertainment of 1 vaccinator, paid from the Provincial Funds for
vaccination in the hills, one for smaller municipalities in the Dera Ghazi
Khan District, one each for the Dera Ghazi Khan and Rupar Municipalities,
3 temporary vaccinators employed in the Kangra District for 3 months and
1 in the Hissar District for 4 months.
Cost of the depart¬
ment.
Statement No. II.
4, The cost of the department amounted to Rs. 1,30,591, a decrease of
Rs. 12,583 compared with the figures for the previous year. The difference
is explained by the fact that under Government orders the pay of the Civil
Surgeons' clerks (amounting to Rs. 1 ,414 last year) ceases to be shown as a
charge against the Vaccination Department. Apart from this, however, there
was an increase of expenditure of Rs. 2,831 chiefly due to grade promotion in
the vaccination staff.
Cost of each success¬
ful case.
Statement No. II.
5. The average cost of each successful vaccination was Re. 0-3-0 as
compared with Re. 0-3-1 in the previous year. The difference given in the
average cost of a successful case is due to the reasons stated in the preceding
paragraph. If, however, the sum of Rs. 25,722 which has been credited to
Government on account of the cost of vaccine sold, be deducted from the total
expenditure, the average cost works out to Re. 0-2-5 as compared with Re. 0-2-6
in the previous year.
Total operations done
by all establishments.
Statement No. I.
6. The total number of operations performed by all establishments
was 804,229 showing a decrease of 104,409. Of this number 621,650 were
primary and 182,579 re-vaccinations as compared with 705,338 and 203,300,
respectively, in the previous year. The decrease of 83,688 in primary vaccina-
tion is held to be due to fewer infants being available for vaccination in con-
sequence of the high infantile mortality that occurred during the widespread
epidemic of malaria in the autumn of 1917. The decrease of 20,721 in re-vaccina-
tions is said to have been due to re-vaccination being performed in those parts of
the Province which were relatively less populous than in those in which re-
vaccination was carried on last year, also to the very marked lessened prevalence
of smallpox and the greater prevalence of malaria. People realize the value of