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high ; in Fyzabad the extra vaccinators commenced work about the middle of
November, and little or no assistance is reported to have been rendered by the
district officers; in Ballia ridiculous rumours as to plague inoculations were circulated,
and vaccination was confused with these inoculations ; in Lucknow, although there
is a decrease, the number of persons protected per 1,000 is much above the provincial
rate and is satisfactory ; in Gházipur, the work, though showing a decrease, is the same
as the provincial average ; in Azamgarh and in Benares the false work of last year of
two vaccinators in each district was discovered and the vaccinators dismissed; in
Unao three vaccinators were ill, and but little assistance was said to have been
received from the Revenue Department.
The total number of persons successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of the population
follows the same course in the years under review as that mentioned above.
The number of successful operations performed is obviously of greater import-
ance than the total number of operations performed, from the point of view of value
in protective results, and the year 1898-99 shows an increase of 44,708 successful
operations over the successful operations of the preceding year.
The number of revaccinations in 1898-99 is practically the same as in 1897-98,
despite the fact that, in the latter year, many revaccinations were due to the presence
of small-pox.
The percentage of success in primary cases in which the result was known is
satisfactory in the three years.
Prevalence of small-pox in 1896 and
1897.
9. Small-pox was prevalent in these Provinces during both 1896 and 1897,
and in many districts the periods of performing
operations were prolonged into the hot weathers
of those years in order to combat the disease.
The incidence of the disease in 1896 was heaviest in Allahabad district, death-rate
from small-pox 4.10, proportion of population protected by vaccination in 1896-97
19.77; in Unao district, death-rate from small-pox 3.85, proportion of population
protected by vaccination 26.97 ; and in Bareilly district, death-rate from small-pox
2.39, proportion of population protected by vaccination 30.85; the provincial death-
rate from small-pox for the year was .91, and the provincial proportion of popula-
tion protected by vaccination during the preceding five years was 23.92.
In 1897 the incidence of small-pox was heaviest in Sultánpur district, death-rate
from small-pox 5.98, proportion of population protected by vaccination in 1897-98
20.76; in Jaunpur district, death-rate from small-pox 5.57, proportion of population
protected by vaccination 21.47 ; in Bijnor district, death-rate from small-pox 5.32, pro-
portion of population protected by vaccination 21.96 ; in Budaun district, death-rate
from small-pox 4.80, proportion of population protected by vaccination 30.54; in
Partábgarh district, death-rate from small-pox 4.67, proportion of population pro-
tected by vaccination 24.42; in Rae Bareli district, death-rate from small-pox 4.59,
proportion of population protected by vaccination 22.70 ; in Hardoi district, death-
rate from small-pox 4.42, proportion of population protected by vaccination 39.86;
in Mirzapur district, death-rate from small-pox 4.40, proportion of population pro-
tected by vaccination 30.05 ; in Gonda district, death-rate from small-pox 3.76,
proportion of population protected by vaccination 29.30 ; in Shájahsápur district,
death-rate from small-pox 2.94, proportion of population protected by vaccination
21.93 ; the provincial death-rate from small-pox for the year was 1.86, and the pro-
vincial proportion of population protected by vaccination during the preceding five
years was 25.93.
Diagrams.
10. A diagram illustrating the death-rate from small-pox for a series of years,
and another showing the relation between the death-
rate from small-pox and the proportion of popula-
tion protected by vaccination in each district during the past season, are attached.