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SHORT NOTES ON VACCINATION
FOR THE YEAR
1902-1903.
The following are brief notes on vaccination in Bengal for the year
1902-1903.
Officer in charge of the De-
partment.
2. Major H. J. Dyson, I.M.S., was in charge of the Department
from 1st April to 30th June, 1902; Captain W. W.
Clemesha, I.M.S., from 1st July to 3rd August
1902; Captain B. H. Deare, I.M.S., from 4th August
1902 to 10th March 1903, and I from 11th to 31st March 1903. The follow-
ing officers served as Deputy Sanitary Commissioners:—
Metropolitan Circle.—Captain S. Anderson, I.M.S., held charge from 22nd May
1902 to 31st March 1903.
Northern Bengal Circle.—Captain W. W. Clemesha, I.M.S., was in charge
from 1st April to 30th June 1902, from 4th August to 31st October 1902, and
again from 7th February to 31st March 1903, and Captain W. D. Hayward,
I.M.S., from 1st November 1902 to 6th February 1903.
Western Bengal Circle.—Captain H. T. Walton, I.M.S., remained in charge
from 1st April to 30th May 1902, and Assistant Surgeon Gopal Chandra
Mukerjea for the rest of the year.
In the Metropolitan and Northern Circles there was no Deputy Sanitary
Commissioner from 1st April to 21st May 1902 and 1st July to 3rd August
1902, respectively.
3. Strength of staff.—The strength of the staff remained almost the same
as during the previous year. There was a decrease of 5 inspecting officers and
11 vaccinators in the Calcutta Municipality, which was due to there-organization
of the Health Officer's Department. The increase of 1 head vaccinator and
12 paid vaccinators in the Provincial rural areas was due to the entertainment
of a head vaccinator and 2 paid vaccinators in the Terai of the district of
Darjeeling, and to the employment of a larger number of vaccinators by
District Boards.
4. General operations.—The total number of operations performed in the
province during the year was 2,781,972, showing an increase of 119,146 over
that of the previous year. The average work of a vaccinator also rose from 923
in 1901-1902 to 972 in the past year. The high average, 2,059 in Cuttack and
3,097 in Puri (vide Statement I), is due to the employment in those districts
of paid vaccinators. In Bengal where the work is chiefly done by licensed
vaccinators, attention is not paid so much to the average outturn of a vaccina-
tor's work as to the total outturn of work of the province and the protection
of as large a percentage of the population as possible irrespective of the number
of vaccinators employed.
Out of the total number of operations shown above, 2,592,177 were
primary and 189,795 re-vaccination cases, there having been an increase of
62,399 and 56,747 under the respective heads during the year under report.
The ratio of success under the two different heads was 98.11 and 68.07 against
98.01 and 67.07, respectively, of 1901-1902.
Out of the 49 districts of Bengal, including the Tributary States of Orissa
and Chota Nagpur, there was an increase of operations in 32 and a decrease
in 17 districts. The increase is specially noticeable in the following
districts:—
Puri...
...
Sonthal Parganas... ...
Midnapore...
...
Shahabad...
...
Backergunge... ...
Manbhum... ...
Faridpur... ...
35,266
26,529
23,227
20,530
17,250
13,850
13,757
Birbhum... ...
Monghyr... ...
Tippera... ...
Political States... ...
Bangpur... ...
Dinajpur... ...
Darbhanga... ...
Gaya...
...
11,942
11,769
11,573
11,189
10,740
8,469
6,642
7,526