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General operations in 1891-92.
5. There was an increase of 70,812 in the total number of persons vaccinated,
and the total number was 1,059,981 against 989,169
in 1890-91 and 800,757 in 1889-90. The number
of successful cases was 900,731 as compared with 859,358 in the previous year.
The average number of persons vaccinated by each vaccinator was 1,376 against
1,317 in 1890-91 and 1,144, in 1889-90, and there were 19.10 persons per 1,000 of the
population successfully vaccinated as compared with 18.31 and 15.20 the corrected
rates of the two previous years. It is satisfactory to note not only an increase in
the total number vaccinated, but also a marked increase in the number of successful
cases and a considerable addition to the ratio of the number of persons protected by
vaccination.
Vaccination according to age.
6. The number of successful primary operations among children under one year
of age was 378,512 against 3S6,293 and 323,922
in 1890-91 and 1889-90 respectively. There were
7,781 fewer successful primary vaccinations among infants than in the previous year ;
but, as has been shown elsewhere, the year 1891 was marked by a very low birth-rate,
and the proportion of infants vaccinated was actually greater in the year under review.
The standard of operations among children from birth to under six years of age was
higher, as shown by an increase in the total successful primary operations among young
children, of 36,293.
Vaccination in proportion to births.
7. The percentage of successful primary .operations among infants to the
total births was 24.26 as compared with 22.06 in
1890-91.
Operations in the 1st circle.
8. The operations in the 1st circle numbered 303.679, against 300,039 in the
previous year, and there was a decrease of 2,295
in the number of successful primary operations.
There was a total of 23,838 cases of re-vaccination, of which 9,618 were recorded as
successful and the operation of re-vaccination has thus been fully maintained as
in the previous year. A slight decrease in the number of successful primary opera-
tions was recorded in the districts of Saháranpur, Muzsffarnagar, Etáwah and Etah ;
and in the native state of Tehri Garhwál the decrease was very marked, there being
only 6,083 successful primary operations as compared with 9,347 in the previous
year.
Operations in the 2nd circle.
9. There was an increase in the total operations in the 2nd circle of 69,878, and
of 53,909 in the number of successful primary vac-
cinations. The increase in the successful primary
cases was most marked in the districts of Bara Banki and Sitapur, in which the num-
bers rose from 12,159 to 31,450 and from 5,955 to 18,968 respectively, or a total in-
crease in these two districts of 32,304 successful operations. The districts showing
the greatest number of persons successfully vaccinated proportionately to population
during the year were Almora 35.17, Naini Tal 31.93, Bijnor 28.13, Bara Banki 27.87,
Sultanpur 26.07, Moradabad 24.73, Hardoi 23.80, Pilibhít 21.51, Bareilly 20.01,
Lucknow 19.73, Sháhjahánpur 19.48, all showing a proportion above the provincial
average. The proportion of persons protected to population is very small in Kheri
6.17, Rae Barcli 7.89, Unao 8.34, Fyzabad 8.74, Gonda 8.93, Partábgarh 10.51, Bah-
raieh 11.15.
Operations in the 3rd circle.
10. Operations in the 3rd circle decreased by 2,706, and there were 11,611 fewer
successful primary cases than in the previous year.
There was a decrease of 11,186 successful primary
operations in the Basti district alone and of 7,292 in the Gorakhpur district. The
falling off in the Basti district was due in great part to the withdrawal of the extra
local vaccination staff of the previous year, as it was deemed advisable to carry on the
operation with a permanent and experienced class of operators only. Laxity of super-
vision accounts for the falling off in the Gorakhpur district.