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B.—DISPENSARY VACCINATION.
STATEMENT No. III.—SHOWING DISPENSARY VACCINATIONS IN THE PUNJAB PROVINCE DURING THE YEAR 1906-07.
1
Serial No.
1
1
2
3
4
5
6
2
DISTRICTS.
2
Simla
...
...
...
...
Hoshiarpur ... ... ...
Lahore
...
...
...
...
Gurdaspur
...
...
...
Gujrat
...
...
...
Multan
...
...
...
...
Total ...
3
Number of dispensaries in each district
in which a Vaccinator is attached.
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
4
Average number of Vaccinntors attached
to dispensaries during the year.
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
5
Total number of persons vaccinated.
5
268
51
34
595
11
11
970
6
Average number of persons vaccinated
by each Vaccinator.
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
7
PRIMARY VACCINATION.
Total.
Males.
7
68
1
14
163
...
1
247
Females
8
39
1
7
149
...
...
196
Successful.
Under one year.
9
68
1
18
187
...
...
274
One year and under
six years.
10
36
1
2
91
...
1
131
Six years and over
six years.
11
1
...
...
4
...
...
5
Total of all ages.
12
105
2
20
282
...
1
410
Unknown.
13
...
...
...
28
...
...
28
8
RE-VACCINATION.
Total.
Males.
14
86
38
...
148
8
7
287
Females.
15
75
11
13
135
3
3
240
Successful.
16
153
28
...
90
7
4
282
Unknown.
17
3
2
...
...
...
...
5
9
PERCENTAGE OF
SUCCESSFUL CASES
IN WHICH THE RE-
SULTS WERE KNOWN.
Primary.
18
98.13
100.00
95.24
99.30
...
100.00
98.80
Re-vaccination.
19
96.84
59.57
...
31.80
63.64
40.00
54.02
10
PERCENTAGE OF
UNKNOWN CASES
TO TOTAL CASES.
Primary.
20
...
...
...
8.97
...
...
6.32
Re-vaccination.
21
1.86
4.08
...
...
...
...
0.95
11
Serial No.
22
1
2
3
4
5
6
NOTE.—There were no special Vaccinators attached to the dispensaries. Vaccinations were performed by Civil Surgeons, Assistant Surgeons, Hospital Assistants and Compounders.
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COMPARATIVE STATEMENT No. IV.—SHOWING THE NUMBER OF PERSONS PRIMARILY VACCINATED AND THE NUMBER OF THOSE PERSONS WHO
WERE SUCCESSFULLY VACCINATED IN THE PUNJAB IN EACH OF THE UNDERMENTIONED OFFICIAL YEAR.
ESTABLISHMENT.
Government
...
...
...
...
Municipal
...
...
...
...
Local (District) Funds
...
...
Native States ... ... ...
Dispensaries ... ... ...
Army.
European ... ... ...
Native ... ... ... ...
Total ...
PERSONS PRIMARILY VACCINATED.
Average total number.
Average number suc-
cessfully vaccinated.
Total number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
Total number
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
Notal number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
Total number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
Total number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
Total number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
Total number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
Total number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
Total number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
Total number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
Total number.
Number
successfully
vaccinated.
YEAR ENDING 31ST MARCH.
1867 to 1896.
154,416
291,989
2,934
25,044
...
...
474,383
146,715
274,855
2,284
19,395
...
...
443,249
1897.
67,780
601,561
...
3,737
...
...
678,078
58,919
565,169
...
3,330
...
...
627,418
1898.
72,031
558,502
...
1,241
...
...
631,774
63,911
531,481
...
999
...
...
596,391
1899.
62,196
598,853
...
888
...
...
661,937
55,158
571,837
...
760
...
...
627,755
1900.
75,273
669,300
...
344
...
...
744,917
65,039
640,014
...
229
...
...
705,282
1901.
67,424
560,112
...
218
...
...
627,754
57,801
534,820
...
203
...
...
592,824
1902.
55,557
455,428
...
136
...
...
511,121
45,496
434,426
...
111
...
...
480,033
1903.
31,086
551,430
...
110
...
...
582,626
26,730
528,767
...
109
...
...
555,606
1904.
43,132
561,053
...
19
...
...
604,204
39,107
542,095
...
19
...
...
581,221
1905.
44,033
537,705
...
281
...
...
582,019
89,685
519,652
...
269
...
...
559,606
1906.
44,120
593,498
...
792
...
...
638,410
41,107
575,502
...
779
...
...
617,388
1907.
56,057
551,409
...
443
...
...
607,909
50,635
534,882
...
410
...
685,927
NOTE. — The figures from 1867 to 1901 are taken from the annual Vaccination Reports of the Province as constituted during that period.
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APPENDIX A.
STATISTICS RELATING TO THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN UNDER ONE YEAR OF AGE IN TOWNS
AVAILABLE FOR VACCINATION AND THE NUMBER OF SUCCESSPUL OPERATIONS
PERFORMED ON THEM DURING THE YEAR 1906-07.
TOWNS.
1
HISSAR DISTRICT.
Hissar
...
...
...
...
...
Hansi
...
...
...
...
...
Bhiwani
...
...
...
...
...
Sirsa
...
...
...
...
...
Fattehabad
...
...
...
...
ROHTAK DISTRICT.
Rohtak
...
...
...
...
...
Jhajjar
...
...
...
...
...
Beri ... ... ... ... ...
Gohana
...
...
...
...
...
Bahadurgarh
...
...
...
...
GURGAON DISTRICT.
Rewari
...
...
...
...
...
Palwal
...
...
...
...
...
Farrukhnagar
...
...
...
Firozpur
...
...
...
...
...
Sohna
...
...
...
...
...
Hodal
...
...
...
...
...
DELHI DISTRICT.
Delhi
...
...
...
...
...
Sonepat
...
...
...
...
...
Balabgarh
...
...
...
...
Faridabad
...
...
...
...
KARNAL DISTRICT.
Karnal
...
...
...
...
...
Kaithal
...
...
...
...
...
Panipat
...
...
...
...
...
Ladwa
...
...
...
...
...
Shahabad
...
...
...
...
Thansear
...
...
...
...
...
AMBALA DISTRICT.
Ambala
...
...
...
...
...
Jagadhri
...
...
...
...
...
Burya
...
...
...
...
...
Sadhaura
...
...
...
...
Rupar
...
...
...
...
...
Number of births during the
year.
2
661
781
1,058
595
103
818
426
291
290
253
781
525
268
329
255
356
8,869
617
177
249
854
541
1,431
140
528
132
1,041
562
199
333
224
Number of deaths amongst
children under one year
during the year.
3
184
196
344
283
31
221
115
78
98
70
182
175
67
107
67
96
3,116
153
24
24
93
174
440
70
91
72
383
203
96
176
71
Number available
for vaccina-
tion after deducting the
number who have died as
shown in column 3.
4
477
585
714
312
72
597
311
213
192
183
599
350
201
222
188
260
5,753
464
153
225
761
367
991
70
437
60
658
859
103
157
153
Number of successful vaccina-
tions on children under one
year during the year ending
March 1907.
5
236
385
634
223
34
523
73
130
105
71
334
224
100
69
98
230
3,629
407
85
158
445
176
740
...
247
69
628
120
57
144
103
Date of extension of Vaccination
Act to town.
6
Act is not in force.
22nd July 1890.
Act is not in force.
31st July 1893.
Act is not in force.
28th February 1905.
Act is not in force.
19th September 1896.
24th January 1901.
Act is not in force.
Act is not in force.
Vaccination work not started ow-
ing to prevalence of Plague.
1st October 1895.
Act is not in force.
January 1901.
* Includes children brought from other places.
x
APPENDIX A—continued.
TOWNS.
1
SIMLA DISTRICT.
Simla
...
...
...
...
...
KANGRA DISTRICT.
Kangra
...
...
...
...
...
Dharmsala ... ... ... ...
Nurpur
...
...
...
...
...
HOSHIARPUR DISTRICT.
Hoshiarpur
...
...
...
...
Khanpur ... ... ... ... ...
Hariana ... ... ... ... ...
Garhdiwala ... ... ... ...
Dasuyah ... ... ... ... ...
Tanda Urmar ... ... ... ...
Miani ... ... ... ... ...
Mukerian ... ... ... ...
Una
...
...
...
...
...
Anandpur ... ... ... ...
JULLUNDUR DISTRICT.
Jullundur ... ... ... ... ...
Alawalpur ... ... ... ... ...
Kartarpur
...
...
...
...
...
Bungah
...
...
...
...
...
Rahon
...
...
...
...
...
Nawanshahr ... ... ... ... ...
Phillour
...
...
...
...
...
Nurmahal
...
...
...
...
Nakodar
...
...
...
...
...
LUDHIANA DISTRICT.
Ludhiana
...
...
...
...
...
Jagraon
...
...
...
...
...
Raokot
...
...
...
...
...
Khanna
...
...
...
...
...
Machiwara
...
...
...
...
...
Number of births during the
year.
2
339
161
58
181
693
146
241
109
293
416
269
132
168
136
2,375
198
417
189
260
200
296
494
279
1,900
732
353
167
197
Number of deaths amongst
children under one year
during the year.
3
143
33
9
50
429
64
73
57
103
240
65
65
56
67
428
24
29
51
60
30
101
87
61
550
235
93
51
79
Number available for vaccina-
tion after deducting the
number who have died as
Shown in column 3.
4
196
128
49
131
264
82
168
52
190
176
204
67
112
69
1,947
174
388
138
200
170
195
407
218
1,350
497
260
116
118
Number of successful vaccina-
tions on children under one
year during the year ending
March 1907.
5
286
146
50
89
202
35
168
51
190
159
194
67
110
57
1,220
84
34
75
129
67
189
125
166
1,095
497
197
59
66
Date of extension of Vaccination
Act to town.
6
7th August 1889.
Act is not in force.
11th November 1893.
Act is not in force.
Act is not in force.
9th July 1894.
Act is not in force.
Act is not in force.
* Includes children brought from other places.
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APPENDIX A—continued.
TOWNS.
1
FEROZEPORE DISTRICT.
Ferozepore
...
...
...
...
...
Zira
...
...
...
...
...
...
Makhu
...
...
...
...
...
Dharmkot
...
...
...
...
Muktsar
...
...
...
...
...
Fazilka
...
...
...
...
...
MONTGOMERY DISTRICT
Montgomery
Kamalia
...
...
...
...
Pakpattan
...
...
...
...
...
LAHORE DISTRICT.
Lahore
...
...
...
...
...
Sharakpur ... ... ... ...
Chunian ... ... ... ...
Khudian ... ... ... ...
Kasur
...
...
...
...
...
Khem Karn
...
...
...
...
Patti
...
...
...
...
...
AMRITSAR DISTRICT.
Amritsar ... ... ... ...
Majitha ... ... ... ... ...
Jandiala ... ... ... ... ...
Tarn Taran
...
...
...
...
GURDASPUR DISTRICT.
Gurdaspur
...
...
...
...
Dinanagar ... ... ... ...
Kalanaur
...
...
...
...
Pathankot
...
...
...
...
Sujanpur
...
...
...
...
Dalhousie ... ... ... ...
Batala
...
...
...
...
Srigobindpur
...
...
...
...
Dera Nanak
...
...
...
...
Number of births during the
2
756
201
55
244
256
306
137
340
342
7,256
209
362
151
1,056
278
308
6,308
229
316
197
191
158
189
268
232
139
1,141
160
203
Number of deaths amongst
children under one year
during the year.
3
86
13
13
80
45
93
40
75
74
2,009
109
122
79
360
114
115
1,470
72
95
63
25
30
59
52
80
4
232
64
54
Number available for vaccina-
tion after deducting the
number who have died as
shown in column 3.
4
670
188
42
164
211
208
97
265
268
5,247
100
240
72
696
164
193
4,838
157
221
134
166
128
130
216
152
135
909
96
149
Number of successful vaccina-
tions on children under one
year during the year ending
March 1907.
5
293
38
3
75
180
61
77
166
133
4,076
90
190
57
622
114
130
2,946
148
142
93
114
107
122
161
96
*187
858
41
93
Date of extension of Vaccination
Act to town.
6
Act is not in force.
Act is not in force.
10th August 1894
Act is not in force.
29th March 1887.
Act is not in force.
Act is not in force.
November 1904.
Act is not in force.
Includes children brought from other places.
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APPENDIX A—continued.
TOWNS.
1
SIALKOT DISTRICT.
Sialkot
...
...
...
...
...
Daska
...
...
...
...
...
Jamke
...
...
...
...
...
Kila Sobha Singh
...
...
...
Pasrur
...
...
...
...
...
Zaffarwal
...
...
...
...
Narowal
...
...
...
...
GUJRANWALA DISTRICT.
Gujranwala
...
...
...
...
...
Wazirabad
...
...
...
...
...
Eminabad
...
...
...
...
Kila Didar Singh
...
...
...
...
Akalgarh
...
...
...
...
...
Ramnagar
...
...
...
...
...
Sohdara
...
...
...
...
...
Hafizabad
...
...
...
...
...
Khangah Dogran
...
...
...
...
Pindi Bhattian ... ... ... ... ...
Sangla
...
...
...
...
...
GUJRAT DISTRICT.
Gujrat
...
...
...
...
...
Jalalpur ... ... ... ... ...
Kunjah ... ... ... ... ...
Dinga
...
...
...
...
...
SHAHPUR DISTRICT.
Shahpur ... ... ... ... ...
Sahiwal
...
...
...
...
...
Bhera
...
...
...
...
...
Miani
...
...
...
...
...
Khushsb
...
...
...
...
JHELUM DISTRICT.
Jhelum
...
...
...
...
...
Pind Dadan Khan
...
...
...
RAWALPINDI DISTRICT.
Rawalpindi
...
...
...
...
Murree
...
...
...
...
...
Number of births during the
year.
2
2,201
138
177
122
377
150
214
1,205
687
241
114
212
280
293
258
57
163
96
859
502
319
262
226
461
787
328
428
377
478
1,480
64
Number of deaths amongst
children under one year
during the year.
3
425
13
33
36
59
26
28
275
164
64
30
54
143
113
83
21
61
40
160
77
48
45
44
156
221
85
100
92
116
547
17
Number available for vaccina-
tion after deducting the
number who have died as
shown in column 8.
4
1,776
120
144
86
318
124
186
930
523
177
84
158
137
180
175
36
102
56
699
425
271
217
182
305
566
243
328
285
362
933
47
Number of successful vaccina-
tions on children under one
year during the year ending
March 1907.
5
1,399
*129
111
84
157
103
112
873
232
88
27
91
84
120
182
20
50
16
656
408
169
150
75
98
246
166
206
310
245
*934
*71
Data of extension of Vaccination
Act to town.
6
Act is not in force.
13th October 1899.
Act is not in force.
6th June 1901.
27th May 1904.
Act is not in force.
Act is not in force.
27th April 1897.
5 th July 1897.
10th August 1896.
14th December 1899.
*Includes children brought from other places.
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APPENDIX A—concluded.
TOWNS.
1
ATTOCK DISTRICT.
Pindigheb ... ... ... ...
Hazro ... ... ... ...
MIANWALI DISTRICT.
Mianwali ... ... ... ...
Leiah ... ... ... ... ...
Karor
...
...
...
...
...
Bhakkar
...
...
...
...
Isa Khel
...
...
...
...
Kala Bagh ... ... ... ...
JHANG DISTRICT.
Jhang Maghina ... ... ... ...
Chiniot ... ... ... ... ...
LYALLPUR DISTRICT.
Lyallpur ... ... ... ... ...
MULTAN DISTRICT.
Multan
...
...
...
...
...
Kahror ... ... ... ... ...
Shujabad
...
...
...
...
...
Jalalpur ... ... ... ... ...
Talamba ... ... ... ... ...
MUZAFFARGARH DISTRICT.
Muzaffargarh ... ... ... ...
Khangarh ... ... ... ... ...
Alipur ... ... ... ... ...
Khairpur ... ... ... ... ...
DERA GHAZI KHAN DISTRICT.
Dera Ghazi Khan ... ... ... ...
Jampur ... ... ... ... ...
Dajal
...
...
...
...
...
Rajanpur
...
...
...
...
...
Kot Mithan ... ... ... ...
Number of births during the
year.
2
437
441
203
339
218
262
228
341
1,271
895
319
3,609
263
286
258
167
183
149
151
116
762
243
231
210
195
Number of deaths amongst
children under one year
during the year.
3
103
108
43
99
79
106
66
102
462
281
82
1,164
89
91
71
54
41
40
39
30
213
71
84
56
88
Number available for vaccina-
tion after deducting the
number who have died as
shown in column 3.
4
334
333
160
240
139
156
162
239
800
614
237
2,445
174
195
187
113
142
109
112
86
549
172
147
154
107
Number of successful vaccina-
tion on children under one
year during the year ending
March 1907.
5
276
198
144
192
95
100
176
152
825
341
146
977
159
128
505
101
40
65
26
32
313
127
*176
105
34
Date of extension of Vaccination
Act to town.
6
Act is not in force.
April 1905.
January 1899.
Act is not in force.
October 1898.
Act is not in force
20th March 1894.
Act is not in force
Act is not in force.
18th January 1897
Act is not in force.
Act is not in force.
19th May 1896
Act is not in force.
*Includes children brought from other places.
Diagram showing the death-rates from Small-pox per 10,000 of population during the year 1908-07, the average rate of mortality from Small-pox per 10,000 of population for the five years ending 1905-06 and the proportion of successful Vaccinations
during the year 1906-07 and the preceding six years In each District of the Punjab.
REPORT
ON
VACCINATION
IN THE PUNJAB
FOR THE YEAR 1907-1908.
BY
MAJOR E. WILKINSON, F.R.C.S., D.P.H., CAMB. , I.M.S.,
Officiating Sanitary Commissioner, Punjab.
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REPORT
ON
VACCINATION
IN THE PUNJAB
FOR THE YEAR 1907-1908.
MAJOR E. WILKINSON, F.R.C.S., D.P.H., CAMB. , I.M.S.,
Officiating Sanitary Commissioner, Punjab.
Published by
Authority.
Lahore:
PRINTED AT THE " CIVIL AND MILITARY GAZETTE " PRESS,
Sole Contractors for Printing to the Punjab Government.
1908.
[The text of this Report is limited to 8 pages.]
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
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Subject.
Administration
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Establishment, Statement No. II
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Cost of the Department, Statement No. II
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Average Cost of each successful case, Statement No. II ... ... ... ... ...
Total operations by all Establishments, Statement No. I
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District staff. Total operations, Statement No. I
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District staff. Primary and re-vaccinations, Statement No. I ... ... ...
District staff. Percentage of success, Statement No. I ... ... ... ... ...
District staff. Ratio of persons successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of popula-
tion, Statement No. I
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Special staff. Total operations, Statement No. I and Appendix to Statement
No. I
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Do.
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percentage of success ... ... ... ... ...
Cantonment staff, Annual form No. I and Appendix to Statement No. I
Dispensary staff, Statement No. III
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Inspection Work, Statement No. V
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Vaccination in large Native States
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Vaccination "Work in Municipal towns, Appendix A ... ... ... ...
Punjab Vaccine Institute
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ANNUAL FORMS.
Statement No. I showing particulars of vaccination in the Punjab Province
during the year 1907-08
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Appendix to Statement No. I showing the details of the vaccination operations
performed by the Special and Cantonment Staffs according to localities dur-
ing the year 1907-08 ... ... ... ... ... ...
Showing the cost of the Department in the Punjab Province during the year
1907-08
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Showing dispensary vaccinations in the Punjab Province during the year
1907-08
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Comparative statement showing the number of persons primarily vaccinated
and the number of those persons who were successfully vaccinated in the
Punjab in previous years
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Showing total number of primary vaccinations and re-vaccinations performed
and number inspected by Civil Surgeons and Superintendents or other in-
specting officers, the percentages of those inspected, together with the
percentages of cases found successful by them, as contrasted with the per-
centages reported by the vaccinators in each district of the Punjab during
the year 1907-08
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APPENDICES.
Statistics relating to the number of children under one year of age in towns
available for vaccination, and the number of successful operations per-
formed on them during the year 1907-08
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Statement showing the annual number of successful vaccinations, and the
annual ratio of deaths from small-pox per 1,000 of population in each
District of the Punjab for five years ending 1907-08
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Proceedings of His Honour the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab, in the Home (Medical and Sanitary)
Department, No. 1546 S., dated 24th July 1908.
READ—
Report on Vaccination in the Punjab for the year 1907-08, by Major E. WILKINSON,
F.R.C.S., I.M.S., officiating Sanitary Commissioner, Punjab.
REMARKS.—The report deals with the three years ending 1907-08, during
which the number of primary vaccinations done were—
1905-06
1906-07
1907-08
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638,310
607,909
582,455
Thus though the total number of primary vaccinations amounted to 1,828,674
against 1,768,849 in the previous three-year period, the yearly figures show a
persistent decline. The Lieutenant-Governor accepts plague and the consequent
reduction in the number of births as the explanation of this, though the
fluctuations in the figures of particular districts are probably affected chiefly by
the popularity and energy or the absence of these qualifications in the vaccina-
tors.
2. As regards re-vaccinations, the yearly numbers have been—
1905-06 ... ...
1906-07 ... ...
1907-08 ... ...
Total ...
Males.
81,027
70,622
90,177
241,826
Females.
29,402
26,688
35,051
91,141
Total.
110,429
97,310
125,228
332,967
In the preceding period the total number re-vaccinated was 303,571 : the
details by sexes are not available. The fraction of the population which submits
to re-vaccination is minute. In vaccination as in most other matters the women
of the country are the conservative and indeed re-actionary opposition, and in
many places they still regard a visit to Mata Devi as far more efficacious
than vaccination. To overcome the opposition of the women is the problem.
3. The personal equation appears to enter largely into the calculations
of the success of the operations, for while one Deputy Sanitary Commissioner
found 61 per cent. of successes in re-vaccinations, the other found 99 per cent.;
and similarly in the same districts the different inspecting officers record very
different proportions of success. It can hardly be that the facts which came
under the notice of the different officers differed so greatly as the statistics
would imply, and it would seem that a more accurate definition of what is a
successful re-vaccination is required.
4. The Lieutenant-Governor is inclined to doubt whether the present
very elaborate system of inspection of vaccinated persons by a supervising
establishment is to be commended. The purpose of inspection is to see that the
vaccinators do their work properly, and surely it is not necessary in order to
secure this that babies should be hailed twice or possibly three times before an
inspecting officer. It is probable that the trouble of these inspections and the
long waits of the mothers with their children, even if there are no tiring tramps for
them, do more to deter the women from producing their children for vaccination
than the nuisance of the vaccination itself. The propriety of reducing the
inspecting staff will be considered.
5. The Vaccine Institute has worked well. The construction of more
suitable premises waits upon a decision as to the site and upon the return of