MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT.
SANITATION.
CALCUTTA, THE 8TH SEPTEMBER 1899.
RESOLUTION—No. 4553S.
READ—
The Report of the Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal on the working of the Vaccination
Department during the three years 1896-1899.
THE report, which was due to Government on 15th June, was not received
until the 8th of August. Major Dyson has, however, been severely handicapped
during the past year by pressure of plague work and the want of Deputy
Sanitary Commissioners, and the Lieutenant-Governor accepts this as sufficient
excuse for the delay.
During the greater part of 1897-98 and 1898-99 the work of superintend-
ing the Metropolitan and Northern Bengal Circles was thrown upon Major
Dyson in addition to his other duties, while the Western Circle was in charge
of an Assistant Surgeon for the greater part of the period under review.
2. Strength of staff.—The following table shows the strength of the estab-
lishment during the period under review as compared with the three preceding
years:—
1
Calcutta
...
...
Calcutta Animal
Vaccine Depôt.
Provincial
rural
areas.
Mufussal
muni-
cipalities, dis-
pensaries &c.
Total
...
...
YEARS.
2
1898-99 ...
1897-98 ...
1896-97 ...
1895-96 ...
1894-95 ...
1893-94 ...
1898-99 ...
1897-98 ...
1896-97 ...
1895-96 ...
1894-95 ...
1893-94 ...
1898-99 ...
1897-98 ...
1896-97 ...
1895-96 ...
1894-95 ...
1893-94 ...
1898-99 ...
1897-98 ...
1896-97 ...
1895-96 ...
1894-95 ...
1893-94 ...
1898-99 ...
1897-98 ...
1896-97 ...
1895-96 ...
1894-95 ...
1893-94 ...
INSPECTING STATE.
Number of Super-
intendents.
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
...
...
...
... ...
...
C. S. & D. S. C.
47 + 3
47 + 3
47 + 3
47 + 3
47 + 3
46 + 3
...
...
...
...
...
...
C. S. & D . S. C.
48 + 3
48 + 3
48 + 3
48 + 3
48 + 3
47 + 3
Number of Deputy
Superintendents.
4
1
1
1
1
1
1
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ... ...
...
1
1
1
1
1
1
Number of In-
spectors.
5
3
3
4
5
4
4
1
1
1
1
2
2
50
50
50
53
51
50
4
4
5
5
5
7
58
58
60
64
62
63
Number of Sub-
Inspectors.
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
142
142
142
142
140
136
5
5
4
4
3
1
147
147
146
146
143
137
Number of Head
Vaccinators.
7
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
10*
9
9
10
10
1
1
1
1
1
1
5
14
13
13
14
14
Total number of
Inspecting
staff.
8
7
7
8
9 8
8
2
2
2
2
3
3
243
252
251
254
251
245
10
10
10
10
9
9
262
271
271
275
271
265
OPERATORS.
Vaccinators.
Government
or paid.
9
29
29
29
37
30
30
2
2
2
2
2
2
85
180†
165
181
173
163
241
245
253
269
274
261
357
456
449
489
479
458
Licensed.
10
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
2,232
2,114
2,101
2,057
1,985
1,829
...
...
...
...
...
1
2,232
2,144
2,101
2,057
l,985
1,800
Apprentices.
Government
or paid.
11
4
5
4
4
6
4
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
9
...
... ...
2
1
...
4 5
4
6
7
13
Licensed.
12
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1,130
1,096
1,177
1,099
1,095
985
...
...
...
...
...
...
1,130
1,096
1,177
1,099
1,095
985
Total number of oper-
ators.
13
33
34
33
41
36
34
2
2
2
2
2
2
3,447
3,420
3,443
3,337
3,253
2,988
241
245
253
271
275
262
3,723
3,701
3,731
3,651
3,566
3,286
* Includes 7 head vaccinators of Angul, whose services were dispensed with after the 15th May 1897.
† Includes 73 paid vaccinators of Angul
ditto
ditto.
The large decrease in the staff paid by Government is due to the substi-
tution of licensed for paid agency in Angul and to the employment of fewer
paid vaccinators in Puri. The number of operations performed by each paid
vaccinator rose from 678 in 1893 96 to 720. In the agency employed by
District Boards there was an increase of five vaccinators only; but the work
done shows decided improvement, the average number of operations per man
having risen by no less than 232. In municipal agency there was a decrease
of 36 vaccinators and of 3,473 operations, giving an average per man of 481
against 437 in the previous triennial period.