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of the cholera parties in the neighbourhood of Pulicat and Armagaon lighthouses
was carried out by him and the criminal settlement of Stuartpuram in Guntūr
district was inspected with reference to the proposals for the construction of a
hospital. He attended the eighth session of the Indian Science Congress at
Calcutta in January-February 1921 under the orders of the Surgeon-General with
the Government of Madras.
Captain Ubhaya, during the short period he held charge of the Southern
range, inspected sanitation in the municipalities of Tellicherry, Virudupatti,
Palghat, Sivakasi, the Malabar and South Kanara districts for vaccination, and
investigated an epidemic of small-pox in the Coondapoor range in the South
Kanara district.
Written reports on these inspections were submitted and duly communicated
to the authorities concerned.
4. The following statement shows the subordinate vaccination staffs employed
in the Presidency during the past two years. The reduction noticed in the vacci
nators is to be ascribed partly to absentees and partly to the abolition of some of
the appointments consequent on the introduction of the new scheme of vacci
nation :—
Year.
1919-20
...
...
1920-21
...
...
Deputy Inspectors of Vaccination.
First grade.
25
25
Second
grade.
26
35
Third grade.
57
50
Vaccinators.
First class.
142
132
Second class.
281
292
Third class.
191
184
Total
number of
vaccinators.
617
608
These figures include the staffs employed in Bangalore and Secunderabad Cantonments. In Secunderabad
Cantonment one Deputy Inspector of Vaccination is employed.
During the year under report one additional vaccination range called the
Amalapur range in the Gōdāvari district was formed.
Great difficulty was experienced in filling up posts of vaccinators and the
result was that in several localities the full complement of vaccinators,—qualified
according to the requirements of G.O. No. 963 L., dated 4th July 1917,—was not
employed. In Anantapur, Kurnool, Cuddapah and Salem, no vaccinator possessing
the qualifications of a first-class vaccinator was employed and the Deputy Sanitary
Commissioner, Central range, points out that out of 143 vaccinators in his range
only 40 possess the necessary qualifications, the others being unqualified men
retained only because properly qualified men are not available. This is due (1) to the
present unattractive scale of pay, and (2) to the indifference of certain local bodies
who have made little attempt to secure and train the class of men required for first-
class vaccinators' posts. Revision of the scale of pay of vaccinators is now under
the consideration of Government, and when a decision is reached it is hoped that
the chief obstacle to the recruitment of a good class of men will be surmounted.
5. The new scheme of vaccination was in operation during the year through
out the Presidency with the exception of two of the Hill Tract ranges in the
Ganjām district. The Agency Commissioner has been urged to extend the scheme
to these areas. There has been no improvement in the working of the rules for
carrying out vaccination under the scheme. This is due, not to the inherent
defects of the rules or the impossibility of giving effect to them, but—as reported
by all Deputy Sanitary Commissioners to—
(1) the indifference and want of co-operation of village officers and higher
revenue authorities;
(2) the unsatisfactory state of the village birth and death registers and
village unprotected lists;
(3) the non-enforcement of the compulsory provisions where they exist;
and
(4) the inadequate punishments awarded to delinquents.