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trict. The inoculation of small-pox is noted in the reports as still practised in the
Basti and Gorakhpur districts. There were frequent changes as noted of the District
Superintendents in the Mirzapur district, and the work and discipline suffered in con-
sequence. In the Benares Municipality, of the 3,834 infants over six months and
under one year old, 3,003 or 78 per cent were successfully vaccinated, a great improve-
ment on the work of previous seasons. The rules as regards compulsory vaccination
are now fully complied with in the Gházipur Municipality. It is noted that " inoculation
is still practised in the district by professional inoculators, who come yearly during the
hot weather from Purneah in Bengal; but these operations have been put a stop to as
far as the city of Gházipur is concerned." Successful results in the Ballia district
were fully maintained, but the work would be materially increased if the district vac¬
cinators showed a little more zeal and energy. Work was fairly satisfactory in the
Jhánsi and Jalaun districts.
General results of the operations in
the three circles compared.
20. In the I Circle, the average number of persons vaccinated by each vacci¬
nator was 1,822, as compared with 1,799 in the II,
and 1,544 in the III Circle; and the number of
persons successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of the population was 31.99; 28.84 and
21.72 respectively.
Vaccination according to age.
21. A total of 562,093 infants were successfully vaccinated against 521,879 in
the previous season. The increase in the season of
40,214 shows satisfactory progress, when it is consi-
dered that the compulsory vaccination of infants under the age of six months is not
permitted. It is statistically incorrect to compare the results of infant vaccination in
the united provinces, where, as stated, compulsory vaccination is not permitted under
the age of six months and only compulsory among one-twelfth of the population, with
those of the United Kingdom and elsewhere, where vaccination is altogether compul-
sory before the age of three months.
Vaccination in proportion to births.
22. The percentage of successful primary vaccinations of infants to births was
30.19 as compared with 27.17 in the previous sea-
son ; and the percentage of total vaccinated to
births rose from 71.08 to 76.39.
Re-vaccination.
23. A total of 4,639 re-vaccinations were performed in the I; 4,989 in the II
and 16,002 in the III Circle; and the total for the
province was 25,630, or nearly the same number as
in the previous season.
The supply of humanised lymph.
24. Vaccination in the North-Western Provinces and Oudh is almost wholly
accomplished on the arm-to-arm system with human-
ised lymph; and the supply as furnished by the
Deputy Sanitary Commissioners was reported almost invariably to be sufficient and of
good quality.
Animal lymph.
25. Calf vaccine was used to a very limited extent in the I Circle, and a total of
96 successful cases only were reported from Meerut,
Aligarh, Agra and Mainpuri.
In the II Circle
17,988 operations were performed with calf vaccine, with a percentage of 82.57 suc-
cessful results. In the III Circle, calf vaccine was used only in Allahabad city and
the operations numbered 5,662 with the percentage of successful cases of 84.82.
Inspection of operations.
26. The total number of cases inspected by Deputy Sanitary Commissioners and
by District Superintendents was 144,460 as com-
pared with 137,666 and by Assistant Superinten-
dents of Vaccination 408,256 against 373,638 in the previous season. It is satisfac-
tory to note an increase, especially in Oudh, in the percentage of cases found success-
ful of total number inspected.