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direct from the Punjab Vaccine Institute, and no time is spent in vaccinating
calves in the districts, the time thus saved might be spent by the vaccinators
in going to the houses where the birth registers show that there are children
to be vaccinated; this would be also a good method for the distribution of
quinine. This measure will meet with opposition from some of the vaccination
staff, but the people will undoubtedly welcome a measure that will save them from
the exertion and annoyance of taking their children to a distance.
Under the recent orders of Government when a second operation is per-
formed on the same individual, it should not be included in the total number of
persons vaccinated. This, however, has not been done in all the districts, as the
orders in question were received late in the vaccination season. Full instructions
have been issued and the orders will be complied with in future.
District Staff. Statement
No. I.
7. District Staff.—Compared with the previous year no less than 18 districts
show a decrease in the total number of persons vaccinated by
the district staff. The decrease, as explained by the Civil Sur-
geons generally, is due to the heavy infantile mortality from fever in the autumn.
In most districts the people appreciate vaccination particularly primary,
though in a few districts such as Jhang, Muzaffargarh and Karnal, the Brahmins
and a few Muhammadans (Sayads and Biloch) object. The decrease in the total
number of persons vaccinated as compared with the previous year amount-
ed to 15.439. In the case of re-vaccination, however, the majority of the people
object to it, the operation is often objected to as it is considered by the people to
be unnecessary, and in part because in the case of boys it may interfere in a slight
degree with their work; another factor responsible for the decrease is the want
of interest displayed by municipal members, zaildars, lambardars and other civil
authorities. This was particularly so in Rohtak, and the Civil Surgeon writes
that, notwithstanding all advice, re-vaccination is still strongly objected to. The
Civil Surgeon of Gurgaon states that, if he could only get the people to co-
operate better in the work, there is no doubt that the operations could be
performed by half the number of vaccinators, now that glycerinated lymph is
being supplied from the Punjab Vaccine Institute. In the districts of Kangra,
Ferozepore, Gujrat, Shahpur and Muzaffargarh the decrease is described as due to
want of energy on the part of municipal members, lambardars, zaildars, and
others. In Rewari 185 defaulters were sent up for trial, of these 57 were direc-
ted to be vaccinted but no information is given with regard to the remainder. In
Lahore 214 defaulters were sent up for trial, but the Honorary Magistrates
simply warned them to have their childern vaccinated next year. The Deputy
Commissioner is, however, moving in the matter.
There were no reports of any friction between the vaccination staff and
villagers. As regards the system of working, all the vaccinators of a district
work in pairs in one thana at a time.
District staff. Percentage
of success. Statement No. I.
8. The total primary vaccinations performed by the district staff gave a
percentage of success amounting to 98.49. The amount of
success in re-vaccinations was 77.79. The percentages are
calculated by excluding from the total those operations of which the results are
unknown. In the case of primary and re-vaccinations the percentage of unknown
cases was nearly the same as in the previous year.
Ratio of persons success-
fully vaccinated per 1,000 of
population. Statement No. I.
9. During the year the number of persons successfully vaccinated by the
district staff was at the rate of 27.83 per mille of population
as against 28.90 in 1907-08.
Special
staff.
State-
ment No. I and its ap-
pendix.
10. Special Staff.— In the case of re-vaccinations performed by the special
staff there was an increase ; in the case of primary
operations there was a decrease apparently due (1) to the
infantile mortality in the autumn, and (2) also to the num-
ber of vaccinators being reduced from 16 to 14, and to the employment of 6
vaccinators at the Punjab Vaccine Institue for the preparation of vaccine.
Percentage of successful
cases.
11. The percentages of success of operations performed by the special
staff was 96.55 in primary and 72.94 in re-vaccinations as
against 98.31 and 74.60 in 1907-08.