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Vaccination in proportion to
births.
6. The percentage of successful primary vaccinations in proportion
to births was 43.76 for infants under one
year, and 26.80 for children over one and
under six years of age. The percentage
for all age periods was 74.41. These figures do not include statistics of
Tehri-Garhwál.
Statement V.
General results of inspection.
7. The District Superintendents of Vaccination and Deputy Sanitary
Commissioners tested 158,239 cases or 10.21
per cent., and Assistant Superintendents
and other inspecting officers 459,307 cases
or 29.65 per cent., of the total operations, as compared with 134,614 or
8.91 per cent. and 456,379 cases or 30.19 per cent., respectively, in the
previous year. The percentage of inspections by Assistant Superinten-
dents of the total number of persons vaccinated was highest (66.14) in
Almora and lowest (11.35) in Mirzapur. The Assistant Superintendent
of Vaccination of Mirzapur will be called upon to furnish an explanation
of this deficient inspection.
Supply of lymph.
8. The supply of lymph from the hills to the plains was good, and
lymph was established in almost all districts
on due date. Lymph was supplied, as
usual, to numerous military and other officers on application.
Working of bovine lymph de-
pôts.
9. Calf lymph is only used at present to a small extent, arm-to-arm
vaccination being generally practised
throughout the Provinces. Bovine lymph
depôts, however, were maintained at Luck-
now, Bahraich, and Allahabad for supplying lymph to the vaccinators
employed in those localities, and worked satisfactorily.
A site has now been selected and approved by Government for a
central calf lymph depôt in the hills. The place selected is about six miles
from Naini Tal. Plans and estimates are under preparation, and the work
will, it is believed, be commenced almost immediately. This depôt will
eventually provide animal lymph for the entire Province, and supersede
the present arm-to-arm system of vaccination.
Vaccination in municipalities.
10. Vaccination in municipalities during the year under report
shows a decrease of 3,381 successful primary
operations as compared with the previous
year, and a proportion of 36.60 persons suc-
cessfully vaccinated per 1,000 of population, as compared with a propor-
tion of 37.97 in the preceding year. The municipalities best protected were
Sambhal with a proportion of 79.57, Gonda with 76.60, Orai with 69.30,
Chandausi with 66.77, Amroha with 61.92, Haldwáni with 61.25, and
Moradabad with 60.99. Sambhal, followed by Gonda, headed the list
last year also.
The least protected municipalities, excluding Brindaban and Hard-
wár Union, where the circumstances are peculiar, were Nawábganj (Gon-
da) with 19.32, Gházipur with 22.84, Nawábganj (Bara Banki) with
24.87, Benares with 25.36, Baghpat with 26.06, and Bela with 26.46.
Working of the Vaccination Act.
11. The Vaccination Act is in force in all municipalities and can-
tonments, but the rules are enforced with a
varying degree of energy in different places.
Names of gentlemen who assist-
ed vaccination.
12. A list of such gentlemen will be
separately submitted to Government.
Conduct of officials.
13. The conduct of the officials was on the whole satisfactory, and
vaccinators found fabricating their registers,
or slack in their work, were suitably punished.
NAINI TAL :
The 1st July 1901.
S. J. THOMSON, C.I.E., D.P.H. (CAMB.),
LIEUT.-COL., I.M.S.,
Sany. Commr. & Supdt.-Genl. of Vaccination,
N.-W. Provinces and Oudh.