16
VACCINATION REPORT
(iv) The cost of the various vaccination staffs and the average cost of each
successful case are exhibited in the subjoined statement:—
Establishment.
Government establishment ...
Local fund
do. ...
Municipal
do. ...
Cantonments
do. ...
Total ...
Total expenditure.
1914-15.
RS.
8,216
2,96,130
40,574
3,144
* 3,48,065
A.
5
7
3
14
14
P.
7
3
5
5
8
1915-16.
RS.
8,716
2,89,605
42,913
3,171
† 3,44,406
A.
13
0
12
0
11
P.
10
10
10
2
8
Average cost of each
successful case.
1914-15.
RS
0
0
0
0
0
A
7
3
4
4
3
P.
0
8
11
10
10
1915-16.
RS.
0
0
0
0
0
A.
9
3
4
8
3
P.
0
8
4
3
9
* Exclusive of the pay and allowances of the Inspectors of Vaccination and Deputy Sanitary Commissioners,.
Northern, Central and Southern Ranges.
† Exclusive of the pay and allowance of the Inspector of Vaccination and Deputy Sanitary Commissioners,
Northern, Central and Southern Ranges.
There was a slight increase in the charges of Government, Municipal and
Cantonment establishments ; but there is a marked decrease in that of the Local
Fund. The average cost of each successful case fell from As. 3-10 in 1914-15
to As. 3-9 in the year under report. It varied from As. 2-3 in the Malabar and
Vizagapatam districts to As. 5-11 in the Chingleput district excluding the Nilgiris
where it was As. 13-1 this year against As. 12-1 in 1914-15. The districts which
show a cost much higher than the average are Chingleput (As. 5-11), Koraput
(As. 5-6), Gōdāvari (As. 5-5), Cuddapah (As. 5-4), South Canara (As. 5) and the
districts which show a cost much lower than the average are Malabar (As. 2-3),
Vizagapatam (As. 2-3), Tinnevelly (As. 2-5) and Salem (As. 2-9). The rate was
above As. 7 in the Municipalities of Anantapur (As. 11-2), Karur (As. 10-1),
Coonoor (As. 9-7), Chicacole (As. 9) and Peddāpuram (As. 7-8). The lowest
figure was reached by the Parlākimedi Municipality where it was only As. 1-6.
The rate was As. 1-7 in Tuticorin municipality.
(v) Vaccination was compulsory in all municipalities except Peddāpuram
and Narasaraopet where it has since been introduced. The total number of opera
tions performed in all the municipalities during the year is 199,389 against 149,874
in 1914-15, i.e., there is an increase of 49,515 in the number of operations. This
increase is due to the constitution of five new municipalities during the year and
also to the increased number of cases vaccinated in some of the older municipalities
especially Madras. Madras (+ 35,009), Parlākimedi (+ 4,632) and Tuticorin
(+ 4,431) showed the largest increases. The towns which showed marked
decreases were Salem (— 952), Ellore (— 692), Palni ( - 584), Ootacamund (— 529)
and Calicut (— 526). The decrease in these municipalities is attributed to one or
other of the following causes :—
(1) prevalence of plague, (2) absence of small-pox, and (3) less number
of births.
(vi) The following table exhibits the comparative success obtained by the
use of different kinds of lymph in primary vaccination :—
Number of cases
excluding
unknown.
1,341,077
...
94,845
19,419
Area.
Local Fund ...
Do. ...
Municipalities ...
Do. ...
Kind of lymph.
Lanoline lymph ...
Glycerine „ ...
Lanoline
„ ...
Glycerine „ ...
Whence obtained.
Supplied by the King Institute
of Preventive Medicine, Guindy.
Do.
Do.
Do.
Percentage of
success.
87.2
...
92.8
97.4
The percentage of success from lanoline lymph was 87.2 in 1915-16 against
90.5 in Local fund areas and 91.8 and 92.0 respectively in municipalities.