No. 3001.
FROM
THE HON'BLE COLONEL H. HENDLEY, M.D., K.H.S, I.M.S.,
Offg. Sanitary Commissioner, Punjab,
To
THE HON'BLE MR. O. F. LUMSDEN, I.C.S.,
Financial Secretary to Government, Punjab.
Dated Lahore, the 1st July 1916.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to forward, for the information of His Honour the
Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab, the Annual Vaccination Statements for
the year 1915-16.
Administration.
2. The charge of the. Vaccination Department was held by Colonel
C. J. Bamber, I M S., from the commencement of the year till the forenoon of
the 12th July, when I relieved him and held additional charge for the remainder
of the year. The appointment of Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, was
held throughout the year by Major W. H. C. Forster, I.M.S., in addition
to his duties as Professor of Pathology at the Lahore Medical College, and Dr.
K. A. Rahman, M. B. Ch. B. (Edin.), D. P. H. (London) held the post of Addi-
tional Deputy Sanitary Commissioner. The appointment of Superintendent,
Punjab Vaccine Institute, was held from the commencement of the year
till May 17th by Assistant Surgeon Maharaj Krishna, Kapur, by Major
Forster from May 18th to August 5th, from August 6th to February 29th by
Assistant Surgeon Pars Ram, when he was relieved by Assistant Surgeon
Prem Nath, Suri, who held the post till the end of the year.
Strength of vaccina-
tion establishment.—
Statement No, II.
3. The strength of the Vaccination Establishment was 5 Divisional
Inspectors, 30 Superintendents of Vaccination, the same as last year, and
274 vaccinators or 4 more than in the previous year. The increase is due to
the entertainment of one vaccinator for both the towns of Shahabad and
Thanesar in the Karnal District, and one each in Simla and Jagraon munici-
palities and Jullundur Cantonment.
Cost of the depart-
ment.—Statement
No. II.
4. In 1915-16 the cost of the Department amounted to Rs. 1,40,964, a
decrease of Rs. 5,983 compared with the figures for the previous year. This
is due entirely to the decrease in the pay and travelling allowance of the
Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, owing to the absence of the permanent
incumbent on Military duty.
Cost of each success-
fu case.—Statement
No. II.
5. The average cost of each successful vaccination was Re. 0-3-1 as
compared with Re. 0-3-3 in the previous year. The decrease in the average
cost of a successful case is also due to the reason stated in the preceding
paragraph. If, however, the sum of Rs. 19,607, which has been credited to
Government on account of the cost of vaccine sold, be deducted from the total
expenditure, the average cost works out to Re. 0-2-8 for the year under
report as compared with Re. 0-2-9 in the previous year.
Total operations
done by all eitab.
livhmonts.—State-
mout No. I.
6. The amount of work done in 1915-16 was satisfactory, the total
number of operations performed by all establishments amounting to 855,048
or nearly two per cent. in excess of the figures for the previous year; of this
number 669,236 were primary and 185,812 re-vaccinations as compared with
671,261 and 165,378, respectively, in the previous year. The slight decrease
of 2,025 in primary vaccination is manifestly due to the diminution in
the number of children available for the operation as compared with the
previous year. In 1915-16 the number of such children was 671,556 as
against 696,453 in 1914-15. The increase of 20,434 in re-vaccination is very
satisfactory and reflects credit on the establishment.
House-to-house
vaccination.
7. There was a total of 47,272 operations performed under the house-to-
house system in 11 districts, viz., 433 in Muzaffargarh, 493 in Jhelum 600 in
Ferozepore, 910 in Lyallpur, 1,140 in Karnal, 1,769 in Shahpur, 1,793 in
Montgomery, 1,832 in Jhang, 2,841 in Hissar and 8,400 in Lahore, including 7,200