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Special staff.
Statement No. I
and its appendix.
10. There were 23,328 primary and 23,738 re-vaccinations performed
by the special staff, as against 21,917 and 32,886 respectively last year
This shows an increase of over 6 per cent. in the number of primary
vaccinations and a diminution of 27.8 per cent. in re-vaccination as compared
with the figures for the year 1913-14. With reference to the latter, the
Deputy Sanitary Commissioner noticed, during his tours of inspection through
most of the Simla Hill States, that the people object to their children being
vaccinated under 3 or 4 years of age, and the vaccinators, in order to make up
for the dearth of young infants, perform numerous re-vaccinations on older
children and adults. The staff have been prohibited from re-vaccinating
children under 6 or 7 years of age, and they have been further advised to make
every effort, with the assistance and co-operation of the State authorities and
village headmen, to persuade the parents to permit children under one year or
so to be vaccinated. The percentage of success of operations performed by
the special staff was 96.25 in the case of primary and 70.16 in re-vaccination
as against 96.88 and 74.77 in 1913-14.
Cantonment
staff.
Annual Form No. I
and its appendix.
11. The total number of operations performed in cantonments, which
entertain their own vaccinators, amounted to 3,775 primary and 1,318
re-vaccinations compared with 3,985 and 1,568 respectively in the previ¬
ous year. The largest number of primary vaccinations performed were
1,220 in Lahore, 1,079 in Ambala, 743 in Ferozepore and 719 in Rawalpindi
Cantonments. In 1914- 5, 99.08 per cent. of primary and 70.04 per cent.
of re-vaccinations were returned as successful, and the ratio of unknown
cases to total cases in the case of primary was 1.64 per cent. and in re-vacci-
nation 402 as compared with 1.38 and 6.06 in 1913-14.
Dispensary
staff.
Statement No . III.
12 As compared with last year there was a decrease of 1,024 primary
and 602 re-vaccinations performed at dispensaries owing to the absence of
small-pox in epidemic form. The ratios of success were 97.07 per cent. in
the case of primary and 83.96 per cent. in that of re-vaccination as against
96.24 and 80.67 in 1913-14.
Inspection
work.
Statement No. V.
13. Major H. M. H. Melhuish, I.M.S., inspected 542 primary and
369 re-vaccinations. The percentage of success in the former case was
95.20, and in that of the latter 48.78. During the short period that Major
H. M. Mackenzie was Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, he inspected 174 primary
(98.85 per cent. successful) and 66 re-vaccinations (50.00 per cent. success-
ful). The Additional Deputy Sanitary Commissioner inspected 11,813
vaccinations in six districts, 9,251 being primary and 2,562 re vaccina-
tions, out of which 8,579 and 1,426 were found successful, giving a percentage
success of 92.74 and 55.66 respectively. The percentage of success returned by
the other various inspecting agencies were as follows:—Civil Surgeons 93.61
primary and 65.39 re-vaccination, Divisional Inspectors 94.65 and 46.81 and
{Superintendents of Vaccination 95.66 and 65.20. The rates of success reported
by vaccinators were 97.13 in primary and 70.68 in re-vaccination as against
97.40 and 71.03 in the year preceding.
Vaccination in large
Native States.
14. The following work was done in the large Native States which
maintain their own establishment:—Patiala 49,608 primary and 28,172 re-
vaccination with a percentage of success of 98.63 in the former and 73.18
in the latter, Bahawalpur 14,169 and 103 with a percentage of 93.67 and 53.19,
Kapurthala 3,675 and 179 with a percentage of 99.62 and 65.92. In Jind and
Nabha 10,294 and 324 primary operations were performed with a percentage of
of success of 96.56, and 85.08. In Faridkot 4,703 primary and 20 re-vaccina-
tions were performed with percentages of success 99.31 and 42.86 respectively.
Vaccination in muni-
cipal towns.
15 Seventy-nine per cent. of the total number of childern under one
year of age available for vaccination were protected against small-pox in the
towns in which the Vaccination Act is in force as compared with 67 per cent.
in those towns in which it is not compulsory. The corresponding figures for
1913-14 were 78 and 69.