No. 2,065.
FROM
MAJOR E. WILKINSON, F.R.C.S., I.M.S.,
Officiating Sanitary Commissioner, Punjab,
To
W. M. HAILEY, ESQUIRE, I.C.S.,
Secretary to Government, Punjab.
Dated LAHORE, the 1st July 1908.
SIR,
I have the honour to forward, for the information of His Honour the
Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab, the Annual Vaccination Returns for the year
1907-08. In the previous two reports the most important points were dealt
with briefly ; the present report, which is for the triennial period ending March
31st 1908, deals more fully with the work of the Vaccination Department.
Administration.
2. The charge of the Vaccination Department was held from the com-
mencement of the year to the 29th October 1907 by Lieute-
nant-Colonel C. J. Bamber, I.M.S., and from the 30th
October to the end of the year by me. The appointment of Deputy Sanitary
Commissioner was held by Captain H. M. Mackenzie, I.M.S., for the first
three days of April. I resumed charge of the appointment, from April 4th to
November 15th when I was relieved by Major Perry, I.M.S., who continued to
officiate until the end of the year. From October 30th to November 15th I held
charge of the appointments of Sanitary Commissioner and Deputy Sanitary
Commissioner.
Establishment.
Statement No. II.
3. The strength of the vaccination establishment remained constant
throughout, both during the year 1907-08 and the triennial
period under report, namely, 5 Divisional Inspectors of
Vaccination and of Registration of Births and Deaths, 30 Superintendents of
Vaccination and 266 Vaccinators. Under the recent orders of Government,
conveyed in Punjab Government Proceedings No. 203, dated the 26th February
1908, the district vaccination staff has been placed under the immediate control of
the local bodies concerned. The Divisional Inspectors and Superintendents of
Vaccination, however, still remain under the direct control of the Sanitary
Commissioner. In the case of the existing establishment with pensionary rights
the concurrence of the Sanitary Commissioner must be obtained before a
vaccinator can retire or be dismissed.
Cost of the Department.
Statement No. II.
4. The total cost of the Department during 1907-08 amounted to
Rs. 104,112 compared with Rs. 99,605 in 1906-07 and
Rs. 97,702 in the year 1905-06. Compared with 1906-07
there has been an increased expenditure of Rs. 4,506. This is mainly due to the
larger salary drawn by the Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, the increase amounting
to Rs. 3,600. There is also an increase of Rs. 1,666 under the heading "Contin-
gencies " which is more than accounted for by the cost of preparing the much
larger amount of vaccine issued from the Punjab Vaccine Institute.
Average cost of each
successful case.
Statement No. II.
5. In the year 1907-08 the average cost of each successful vaccination
was Re. 0-2-7 compared with Re. 0-2-5 and Re. 0-2-3 in
the years 1906-07 and 1905-06, respectively. The average
for the triennial period under review was Re. 0-2-5, or
exactly the same as in the previous triennial period.
Total operations perform-
ed by all establishments.
Statement No. I.
6. The total number of operations performed by all establishments during
the triennial period under-report amounted to 2,161,641
against 2,072,420 during the previous period, an increase
of 89,221. The figures for 1907-08 were 707,683 compared
with 705,219 for 1906-07 and 748,739 for 1905-06. Primary vaccination forms
by far the largest part of the total vaccination operations and it is by the
proportion of children successfully vaccinated to those available for the operation
that the efficacy of the work of the Vaccination Department can best be