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success under each of these methods of vaccination was 99.01, 98.59, and 98.99
respectively, against 99.08, 98.25, and 99.13 of 1906-07 and 98.92, 96.57, and
99.21 of 1905-06.
The number of revaccinations under each of these processes of vaccination
was 4,704, 107,697, and 53,029 with a success of 74.70, 64.77, 75.73 per
cent. respectively, against 5,718, 96,801, and 59,778 with a success of 66.73,
56.29, and 77.75 during 1906-07 and 6,680, 98,861, and 31,064 with a success
of 58.81, 53.98, and 78.02 during 1905-06.
Supply of lymph to the Nepal
Durbar.
14. During 1907-08 one hundred and ten grains of lymph were supplied
from the Darjeeling Animal Vaccination Depôt
to the Nepal Darbar. Seven hundred and seventy
grains were also supplied to the Sikkim State
from the same depôt. The results are reported to have been satisfactory.
The average quantity of lymph supplied annually to the Nepal Durbar and
the Sikkim State during the triennial period under review was 280 and 1,003
grains respectively, against 420 and 621 grains during the previous
triennial epoch.
Inspections.
15. During the past year the Deputy Sanitary Commissioners of the
Bengal and Orissa, and of the Bihar and Chota
Nagpur Circles inspected each 10,375 and 57,351
cases respectively. The percentage of successful operations to total number
of operations inspected by them was 98.53 and 96.62 respectively. The
amount of work done by Captain Ross is very creditable. He thoroughly
examined the work of the vaccinators and the subordinate inspecting staff in
addition to multifarious other duties.
Among Civil Surgeons one, viz., the Civil Surgeon of Sonthal Parganas,
inspected over 10,000 operations, 17 between 5,000 and 10,000, 11 between
2,000 and 5,000, 4 between 1,000 and 2,000, and 1 less than 1,000. The
percentage of success in primary and revaccination cases inspected by them
was 98.74 and 68.71 respectively.
Of the subordinate staff, 16 District Inspectors of Vaccination inspected
more than 50 per cent. of the primary operations in their respective charges,
6 between 40 and 50 per cent., and 9 between 20 and 40 per cent., and 1 only
6 per cent.
In 12 districts the Sub-Inspectors of Vaccination inspected more than
80 per cent. of the primary operations performed in their jurisdictions, in
21 districts between 50 and 80 per cent., and in 1 below 50 per cent.
The percentage of success reported by the Inspectors and Sub-Inspectors
of Vaccination was 98.65 and 98.82 in primary cases, and 59.54 and 67.37
in revaccination, the success reported by the vaccinators in the returns being
98.83 and 68.56 respectively under the above heads.
Suitable notice has, as usual, been taken departmentally of the inadequate
inspections performed by the subordinate inspecting staff.
General remarks.
16. I am glad to record that the period under review has witnessed
the introduction of several useful reforms into the
Department which have tended to better work and
to greater efficiency. The chief among these are—
(a) Increase of pay of the Subordinate Inspecting Staff with a view to secure
greater efficiency.—This has not yet attained the desired result,
and I believe that so long as the present system of recruiting
the Inspectors from the class of vaccinators continues, no
improvement can be hoped for. It is not expected that vaccin-
ators, whose education is as a rule poor and whose character
is ill-formed, will by mere reason of promotion to Inspectorship
suddenly change their habits and be able to control their
brother vaccinators.
(b) Better Education of the Inspecting Staff and the Vaccinators.—Since
the year 1906, instructions on the modern methods of vaccination
are being given every year in the month of September to the
Inspectors of Vaccination by the Deputy Sanitary Commis-
sioners and the Civil Surgeon, Cuttack, at selected centres.
The instructions received by the Inspectors are imparted by
them in turn to the Sub-Inspectors and vaccinators under them.
This is a really useful reform which is sure in the end to lead
to greater efficiency.