( 2 )
Heads of
expenditure.
Year.
1896-97 ... ... ...
1897-98 ... ... ...
Decrease. ...
Pay of
establishment.
Rs.
1,31,327
1,20,014
11,313
a.
7
5
2
p.
5
4
1
Travelling-
allowance.
Rs.
4,806
3,413
1,393
a.
2
1
1
p.
9
5
4
Contingencies.
Rs.
8,512
7,815
697
a.
13
6
7
p.
11
10
1
Total.
Rs.
1,44,646
1,31,242
13,403
a.
8
13
10
p.
1
7
6
Average cost of each successful case.
of vaccination.
4. The average cost of each successful case of vaccination was one anna
eight pies; i.e. exactly the same as that in the
previous year.
General operations.
5. The following table shows the amount of work done in the year under
report, as compared with that in the one preced-
ing:—
Total number of persons vaccinated
...
...
...
...
...
Ditto
successful primary vaccinations
...
...
...
...
...
Average number of persons vaccinnted by each vaccinator ... ... ...
Total number of persons successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of population ...
Ditto
successful revaccinations ... ... ... ...
Percentage of success in primary vaccinations in which result was known...
1896-97.
1,527,308
1,308,941
1,739
28.87
52,421
94.65
1897-98.
1,384,660
1,182,395
1,599
25.97
41,934
93.74
There is a falling off under all heads, as shown above. The reasons for this
are as follows :—
(1) Low birth-rate in 1897.
(2) Reduced condition of children, which rendered them unfit for opera-
tion.
(3) Prevalence of small-pox in 1896 and 1897.
(4) Deputation of a considerable number of vaccinators on plague duty.
As regards the districts separately, the work in most of them has fallen off.
The hill tracts exhibit a slight improvement in the number of primary successful
cases, and substantial increases in the same direction are shown in Gorakhpur
Gházipur, Benares, Sultánpur and Gonda. Muzaffarnagar, Azamgarh and Basti
have maintained their position.
Everywhere else, however, decreases, often considerable, have occurred. The
reasons are given in all cases by the District Superintendents of Vaccination in their
reports, and are those detailed in the previous paragraph : one or other factor acting
more particularly in a particular district. The Deputy Sanitary Commissioner,
Surgeon-Captain J. Chaytor-White, is of opinion that these explanations are
correct, and in this view I concur. It is stated that in Kheri there has been
carelessness and mismanagement on the part of the Assistant Superintendent, and he
has consequently been degraded and transferred.
In Bahraich the Assistant
Superintendent of Vaccination was in bad health and was unable to perform his
work satisfactorily. He has been sent on sick leave. In both these districts doubt has
been thrown on the accuracy of the returns of the previous season, and stricter super-
vision has been enjoined. In Kheri, however, the district authorities believe that if
any falsification of returns existed, it was very slight. The Assistant Superintendent
of Vaccination of Garhwál has been dismissed for defective conduct of his duties, and
deliberate disobedience of orders. Several vaccinators in Jaunpur and Meerut have
been reported as systematically idle, and have been punished. The decrease in Ballia
is unsatisfactory, and the Assistant Superintendent of Vaccination will have to
improve his work if he wishes to retain his post.