SHORT NOTES ON VACCINATION
FOR THE YEAR
1899-1900.
THE following are short notes on vaccination in Bengal for the year
1899-1900.
Officer in charge of the Depart-
ment.
2. I was in charge of the Department
throughout the year, and had under me the follow-
ing Deputy Sanitary Commissioners.
In the Metropolitan Circle, Captain W. W. Clemesha, I.M.S., from 11th
April 1899 to 17th January 1900, and Captain L. Rogers, I.M.S. from 18th
January to 31st March 1900.
In the Northern Bengal Circle, Captain W. D. Hayward, I.M.S., from 29th
December 1899 to 31st March 1900.
In the Western Bengal Circle, Assistant Surgeon Gopal Chandra Mukerjea
throughout the year.
There was no Deputy Sanitary Commissioner in the Metropolitan Circle
from 1st to 10th April 1899 and in the Northern Bengal Circle from 1st April
to 28th December 1899. I looked after the current duties of these offices during
those periods in addition to my own work.
Captain Clemesha was almost entirely engaged in plague work, and
Captain Rogers in inspecting the sanitary condition of the riparian Munici-
palities north of Calcutta, while Captain Hayward's time was occupied in
superintending plague measures in and around Patna. These officers were
consequently unable to inspect vaccination work.
Strength of Staff.
3. The following table shows the full strength of the Vaccination Estab-
lishment during the year under report as compared
with the previous year, with explanatory notes in
the remarks column of increases or decreases:—
1
Calcutta
...
...
Calcutta Animal
Vaccine Depôt.
Provincial rural
areas.
Mufassal
Muni¬
cipalities, Dis¬
pensaries &c.
Total
...
...
YEAR.
2
1899-1900 ...
1898-99 ...
Increase ...
Decrease ...
1899-1900 ...
1898-99 ...
Increase ...
Decrease ...
1899-1900 ...
1898-99 ...
Increase
...
Decrease ...
1899-1900 ...
1898-99 ...
Increase ...
Decrease ...
1899-1900
...
1898-99
...
Increase
...
Decrease
...
INSPECTING STAFF.
Number of Super-
intendents.
3
1
1
...
...
...
...
...
C. S. & D. S. C.
47+ 3
C. S. & D. S. C.
47 +3
......
......
......
......
...... ......
C. S. & D. S. C.
48+3
C. S. & D. S. C.
48 +3
......
......
Number of Deputy
Superintendents.
4
1
1
......
......
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
1
...
...
Number of Ins-
pectors.
5
4
3
1
... 1
1
...
...
50
50
...
...
4
4
...
...
59
58
1
...
Number of Sub-
Inspectors.
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
142
142
...
...
5
5
...
...
147
147
... ...
Number of Head
Vaccinators.
7
...
2
... 2
1
1
... ...
4
1
3
...
1
1
... ...
6
5
1
...
Total number of
Inspecting Staff.
8
6
7
... 1
2
2
... ...
246
243
3
...
10
10
...
...
264
262
2
...
OPERATORS.
Vaccinators.
Government
or paid.
9
27
29
... 2
2
2
...
...
120
85
35
...
245
241
4
...
394
357
37
...
Licensed.
10
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
2,244
2,232
12
...
...
...
...
...
2,244
2,232
12
...
Apprentices.
Government
or paid.
11.
...
4
... 4
2
... 2
...
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
3
4
... 1
Licensed.
12
...
... ...
...
... ...
... ...
1,196
1,130
66
...
...
...
...
...
1,196
1,130
66
...
Total number of oper¬
ators.
13
27
33
... 6
4
2
2
...
3,561
3,447
114
...
245
241
4
...
3,837
3,723
114
...
REMARKS.
14
The increase of 1 Inspector and
decrease of 2 Head Vaccinators
and 2 paid Vaccinators in
Calcutta was due to the re-
organization of the Vaccination
Department of the Corporation.
The appointment of 3 more Head
Vaccinators in the Tributary
States of Orissa accounts for
the increase in the number of
Inspecting Staff. The increase
in the number of paid Vaccina-
tors is mainly due to the enter-
tainment of a larger number of
Paid Vaccinators in Puri. A
larger number of licensed
Vaccinators and apprentices was
employed in some of the dis-
tricts, to which the increase is
due.
The increase of 4 Vaccinators in
the mufassal municipalities,
&c., is due to ordinary fluc-
tuation and needs no explana¬
tion.
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