( 4 )
It is thus seen that the average number of births registered since the last census
was 1,741,354, and that an average of only 293,399 children under one year of age, or
about 16.84 per cent. of the children born, were successfully vaccinated. At the second
age period the average number was 295,766, or about 16.98 per cent., and at all ages
the number successfully vaccinated was 625,152, or about 35.90 per cent. of the average
number representing births.
Disparity of vaccination statistics
of India and England.
12. In Scotland, in 1888, there were 124,467
children born, and of these —
107,077
2,465
236
373
11,269
3,047
124,467
cases,
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86.028 per cent. were successfully vaccinated.
1.980
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„ operations, postponed on medical authority.
.190 insusceptible from constitutional peculiarity.
.300
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„ previous vaccination.
9.054 died before vaccination.
2.448 removed from district or otherwise unaccounted for.
100.000
The disparity in the results of vaccination in these provinces as compared with
those noted is very marked, and an average percentage of 16.84 successful vaccinations
among children under one year of age to children born, against 86.028 in Scotland,
indicates the amount of vaccination work still to be accomplished before the annual
rate of mortality from small-pox in these provinces will be represented by the cipher of
England and all the principal towns of England and Scotland in 1889.
Operations in 1st circle.
13. The number of persons vaccinated in the 1st Circle was 249,580 against
250,436 in 1888. The small decrease of 856 is accounted
for by the greater accuracy of the returns of the circle
following the dismissal of certain vaccinators for the falsification of their registers.
In the districts of Dehra Dún, Muzaffarnagar, Meerut, Muttra and Aligarh the
decrease in the number of operations was considerable, and there was an increase in the
other districts, ranging from 2,719 operations in the Mainpuri district to 77 in the
Bulandshahr district. A certain laxity of supervision has characterized the work of the
circle for the past two seasons.
Operations in the 2nd Circle.
14. A total of 247,926 operations was performed against 216,205 in the previous
year, and the increase of 31,721 in the 2nd Circle during
the period is due to rapid progress made in the districts
of Oudh. In Hardoi alone the increase was 9,137, in Sultánpur 6,217, in Fyzabad
2,721, in Bahraich 2,337, in Lucknow 2,247, in Bara Banki 1,970, in Gonda 1,935,
in Partábgarh 1,906, in Unao 1,494, in Kheri 1,266, in Sitapur 1,033 and in Rae
Bareli 560. The total rise in the number of operations in the Oudh districts was
32,823. There was an increase of 1,048 operations in the Bareilly district; but
little or no progress was shown in the other districts, and there was a falling off in the
work of the hill tracts, due to exceptional sickness and decrease in population, owing to
an epidemic of a virulent type, as elsewhere noted.
Operations in the 3rd
Circle.
15. In the 3rd Circle a total of 303,251 operations was performed against
297,549 in 1888-89, or an increase of 5,702 in the year under
report. There was a decrease of 99 operations in Lalitpur and
of 68 operations in Jhánsi, and a considerable falling off in operations in the Garhwál
hills 3,864, Hamírpur 2,317, Jalaun 1,062 and Bánda 591. Elsewhere there was an
increase, varying from 4,395 operations in the district of Gorakhpur to 52 in Benares.
The following districts show an increase :—Gházipur 1,826, Azamgarh 1,662, Ballia 494,
Basti 1,389, Fatehpur 1,191, Mirzapur 1,001, Allahabad 750, Jaunpur 501 and Cawn-
pore 442.
Inspection of operations.
16. Inspections were carried out in all towns visited by the Sanitary Commis-
sioner, with the special view of testing the quality of the work
rather than the number of operations.