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showing an excess of ten per cent. over the figures of 1904-05. By adding the
work done by the Special Staff during the year in certain tahsils to that of the
District Staff, it appears that Kangra is the only district in which a noticeable
decrease took place in 1905-06, and was due to the employment of the Vaccinators
on special earthquake relief duty. "With reference to the question raised in the
first paragraph of the review on the last report, regarding the inclusion of the
work of the Special Staff in the district returns, a separate communication will
be addressed to Government.
Re-vaccination.
8. District Staff.—The work of re-vaccination, though better than
in 1902-03 and 1903-04, was not as good as in the fair
previous year. The figures, however, do not admit of a
comparison. The system under which one-eighth part of a district is required
to be re-vaccinated every year was introduced only in 1904-05, and it will,
doubtless, take some time before it is thoroughly carried out in every district.
The difficulty of overcoming the prejudices of the people against re-vaccination,
which is much less popular than primary vaccination in certain districts, and
in the case of girls everywhere, must also be taken into consideration. The
Civil Surgeons of those districts in which the number of re-vaccinations
was very small during the year, will be directed to make vigorous efforts to
increase the work during the next vaccinating season.
Percentage of success.
Annual Form No. 1.
9. The percentage of success in primary vaccinations performed by the
District Staff was 99.25, excluding unknown cases from the
total. The rates in 1904-05 and 1903-04 were 99.26 and
99.23, respectively. There was a satisfactory improvement
in the quality of re-vaccinations. The percentage of successful operations was
83.78 during the year against 81.64 in 1904-05 and 76.45 in 1903-04. The
percentage of unknown cases to total cases was 2.27 in primary vaccinations
and 14.64 in re-vaccinations compared with 2.63 and 15.21 in the previous year.
Ratio of persons success-
fully vaccinated per 1,000
of population. Statement
No. I.
10. The rate of persons successfully vaccinated by the District Staff
per mille of population amounted to 31.98, showing
an increase of 1.96 over the ratio in 1904-05 and
3.52 as compared with the average annual rate of the
previous five years.
Statement No. I and
Appendix to Statement
No. I.
11. Special Staff.—The total number of primary vaccinations per-
formed by the Special Staff during the year was 44,120 and
that of re-vaccination 3,005. There was a very slight
increase in primary vaccinations, but the re-vaccinations
were less than half the number done in the preceding year. The work of the
Special Staff during the year may be considered satisfactory, in view of the fact
that the vaccinators were employed practically all the hot weather of 1905 on
earthquake relief duty in the Kangra district. Of the primary vaccinations,
excluding unknown cases from the total, 98.54 per cent. were reported suc-
cessful against 98.07 in the previous year. The percentage of successful re-
vaccinations was 76.75 compared with 66.95 in 1904-05.
Statement No. I and
Appendix to Statement
No. I.
12. Cantonment Staff—There was a noticeable increase in the work
done by the Cantonment Staff, the total operations amount-
ed to 9,733, showing an excess of 637 in primary cases and
1,884 in re-vaccinations over the figures for the year pre-
ceding. In the Ambala cantonment, as many as 1,903 persons were re-vacci-
nated against 264 in the previous year. The percentage of success in the total
primary cases was 97.96 and in re-vaccinations 77.76, the rates in the previous
year were 98.56 and 85.49.
Statement No. III.
13. Dispensary Staff.—The operations performed at dispensaries
were 1,402, of which 792 were primary cases and 610 re-
vaccinations. In 1904-05 the total vaccinations amounted
to only 309. Of the primary cases, 99.49 per cent. were successful and of
re-vaccinations 93.62 per cent.
Inspection Work. State-
ment No. V.
14. During the year I inspected 2,540 primary vaccinations and 675
re-vaccinations and the Deputy Sanitary Commissioner
6,749 and 58. I found 99.40 per cent. of primary cases