( 10 )
It will be seen that the ratio of deaths from small-pox per mille rose from .04 in
1895 to .91 in 1896. The districts which showed the greatest mortality were Allah-
abad (4.10), Unao (3.85), and Bareilly (2.39). But fifteen other districts showed a
mortality over one per mille and the epidemic was very widespread. It did not
particularly affect the districts in which scarcity was most prevalent. Protection was
afforded as far as possible and the number of successful revaccinations rose from
36, 318 to 52,421.
Vaccination in proportion to births.
9. The following table shows the total number of persons vaccinated and the
number of successful primary vaccinations in pro-
portion to births for the last six years :—
Table showing total births recorded in the years 1891-96 and the number and percentage of successful
primary vaccinations at the different age periods during the years 1891-92 to 1896-97
Years.
1891-92
1892-93
1893-94
1894-95
1895-96
1896-97
Circle.
1st Circle ...
2nd Circle ...
Province ...
1st Circle ...
2nd Circle ...
Province ...
1st Circle
...
2nd Circle ...
Province ...
1st Circle ...
2nd Circle ...
Province ...
1st Circle ...
2nd Circle ...
Province ...
1st Circle ...
2nd Circle ...
Province
...
Total
births.
1891.
744,359
815,529
1,559,888
1892.
811,499
884,928
1,696,427
1893.
926,764
994,067
1,920,831
1894.
954,534
907,501
1,862,035
1895.
903,004
734,231
1,637,235
1896.
868,014
792,373
1,660,387
Total number and percentage of successful primary vaccinations
at different age periods in the years 1891-92 to 1896-97.
Under one year.
Number.
308,394
70,118
378,512
339,243
84,773
424,016
405,364
116,515
521,879
429,217
132,876
562,093
429,328
140,674
570,002
418,025
160,030
578,055
Percent-
age.
41.43
8.60
24.26
41.80
9.58
24.99
43.74
11.72
27.17
44.97
14.64
30.19
47.54
19.17
34.81
48.16
20.20
34.81
Over one and under
six years.
Number.
166,531
266,246
432,777
160,367
292,626
452,993
182,088
380,054
562,142
193,796
380,228
574,024
211,265
403,082
614,347
176,519
390,080
566,599
Percent-
age.
22.37
32.65
27.74
19.76
33.07
26.70
19.65
38.23
29.26
20.31
41.90
30.82
23.39
53.52
37.52
20.34
49.23
34.12
Total of all ages.
Number.
486,307
391,044
877,351
509,993
435,371
945,364
604,043
577,557
1,181,600
641,312
606,392
1,247,704
662,995
642,924
1,305,919
633,561
675,380
1,308,941
Percent-
age.
65.33
47.95
56.31
62.84
49.20
55.73
65.18
58.10
61.51
67.18
66.82
67.01
73.42
87.56
79.76
72.99
85.23
78.83
Unsuccess-
ful and
absentees.
99,797
82,833
182,630
79,890
86,863
166,753
75,632
108,141
183,773
77,145
97,630
174,775
100,346
91,634
191,980
102,661
115,706
218,367
Total vac-
cinated.
586,204
473,777
1,059,981
589,883
522,234
1,112, 117
679,675
685,698
1,365,373
718,457
704,022
1,422,479
763,341
734,558
1,497,899
736,222
791,086
1,527,308
General results of inspections.
10. There were fewer cases tested by inspecting officers than in 1895-96, and
this is to be regretted. But it must be remembered
that plague and famine threw extra duties on the
staff. The same curious observance of a higher proportion of success than that
claimed by the vaccinators was again reported, and the suspicion is aroused that these
inspections are too much confined to high roads and localities where the advent of the
superior official is to be expected.
The supply of lymph.
11. The supply of lymph from the hills was sufficient and satisfactory. Prac-
tically the only efficient animal lymph depôt in the
Provinces is (pending the inauguration of the depôt
at Mukhtesar), the one at Lucknow. This worked satisfactorily.
The following is a list of the applicants who were supplied with lymph during
the season 1896-97 :—
Number.
1
2
3
4
5
6
Name and address.
Officer in Medical Charge, 39th Garhwal Rifles, Lansdowne.
Senior Medical Officer, Lansdowne.
Medical Officer in Charge, 9th Gurkha Rifles, Lansdowne.
Medical Officer,2/3 Gurkha Rifles, Lansdowne.
Miss McBryan, Superintendent, Mission Hospital, Bareilly.
Senior Medical Officer, British Troops, Bareilly.