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requires improvement, and your especial attention is called to this circle,
which the Government trusts will not again be unfavourably noticed in
the annual review of your operations. Explanation must be given of
the small amount of inspecting work done by the Deputy Sanitary Com-
missioner of the 2nd Circle.
6. The progress made in Oudh, to which in 1S89, and in subse-
quent years, the Lieutenant-Governor has called urgent attention, and
in which the number of persons vaccinated per 1,000 of population
(14.74 still falls far short of the number in the United Provinces
(19.48), is shown in the following table:—
Lucknow ...
Unao ...
Bara Banki,
Sitapur ...
Hardoi ...
Kheri ...
Fyzabad ...
Bahraich ...
Gonda ...
Rae Bareli,
Sultánpur...
Partábgarh,
Total ...
Total number of
persons vac-
cinated.
1890-91.
15,920
7,427
16,294
9,071
34,632
6,356
10,703
11,559
9,638
8,170
38,902
8,427
177,099
1891-92.
19,289
9,633
42,729
24,686
32,227
7,303
13,423
14,420
18,092
10,500
36,691
13,923
242,916
Increase per cent.
21
29
162
172
—7
14
25
24
87
28
—6
65
37
Total number of
successful
vaccinations
(primary).
1890-91.
12,483
5,898
12,159
5,955
29,492
4,496
8,180
8,730
7,034
5,438
32,989
6,249
139,103
1891-92.
15,186
7,958
31,450
18,968
26,449
5,554
10,560
11,148
12,961
8,160
28,025
9,562
185,981
Increase per cent.
21
34
158
218
—10
23
29
27
84
50
—15
53
33
Total number of
infants success-
fully vaccinated
(primary).
1890-91.
5,694
2,611
5,541
1,834
9,393
966
1,566
1,979
1,033
1,743
2,890
972
36,222
1891-92.
4,521
2,737
6,509
3,401
8,154
906
2,149
2,256
1,950
1,705
3,098
1,293
38,679
Increase per cent.
—20
4
17
85
—13
—6
37
14
88
—2
7
33
6
Persons success-
fully vaccinated
per 1,000 of pop-
ulation.
1890-91.
18.06
6.56
11.88
6.26
29.90
5.41
7.61
9.95
5.63
5.72
34.45
7.39
12.3
1891-92.
19.73
8.34
27.87
17.79
23.80
6.17
8.74
11.15
8.93
7.89
26.07
10.51
14.74
N.B.—Figures in block type denote a falling off.
In only two districts is there a falling off in the total number of
persons vaccinated, and in these two the number of persons successfully
vaccinated per mille of population is well above the provincial average.
It was not to be expected that the rate of increase in Sultánpur last
year (257 per cent.) would be maintained. The advance in Bara Banki,
owing chiefly to Colonel Grigg's exertions, and in Sitapur, is very
marked. In Hardoi, during Colonel Horsford's administration, there
was also a very great advance, which his successor is expected to
maintain. Except in Gonda, Sultánpur and Eyzabad the number of
infants successfully vaccinated did not keep pace with the increase in
total vaccinations. This was probably due, in part, to the low birth
rate. Much yet remains to be done to bring the districts of Unao,
Kheri, Fyzabad, Gonda and Rae Bareli up to the provincial standard ;
they should receive your special attention; and the urgent attention of
the Commissioner and District Officers will be called to the discredit-
able state of vaccination operations in these districts, in some of which
(in Gonda, for example) although there has been a considerable increase
in the actual number vaccinated, the proportion vaccinated per 1,000
of population is extremely low. Unao, Kheri and Fyzabad are other
especially backward districts.