7th triennial report of vaccination in Bengal.

  • Bengal (India)
Date:
[1908]
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Credit: 7th triennial report of vaccination in Bengal. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of 1906-07 and 858*20 of 1905-06. The attention of Civil Surgeons has, as usual, been drawn to their responsibility in the matter of infant; vaccination in towns wherever the protection is inadequate. 6. During the recess or non-working season of 1907-08, 187,735 opera- tions were performed, chiefly in connection with ecess wor ' small-pox epidemics and the up keep of lymph for emergencies, against 162,966 of 1906-07 and 118,937 of 1905-C6. The average of the triennial period under review was 156.546, against 162,787 of 1903-05. With a large rise in the mortality from small-pox during the last two years a much larger number of operations during the recess season might be reasonably looked for, but in many cases the deep-rooted prejudice of the people stands in the way. It is generally found, specially among the rural population, that when a person gets small-pox none of the household would accept vaccination until the patient is cured, and this helps the spread of the contagion. Such being the case, it is satisfactory to notice that through the active assistance of Rai Mani Lall Singh Roy Bahadur, an influential zamindar in the Burdwan district, a large number of revaccinations were done in his zamindari as well as in several other places, where small-pox was prevalent. This is the second year that this zamindar has been of great help to the subordinate officers of this Department in carrying on vaccination and in their realising the vaccinators fees. 7. During 1907-08, 817,428 successful primary operations were per- . . formed in six points, against 793,834 of 1906-07 Six-puncture vaccination. ^ 730)80() of 1905.06< Xhe number of revaccin. ations was 17,813, against 13,049 of 1906-07 and 6,336 of 1905-06. The average of the triennial period in primary vaccination and revaccination was 780,687 and 12,399, against 617,175 and 9,002 of the previous epoch. There was thus an increase of 163,512 successful primary and 3,397 successful revaccination cases. 8. During the past year the total number of primary and revaccination operations performed in factories and tea gardens cinFaationy ^ tea garden VaC' in Bengal was 4,279 and 11,421, against 3,920 and 1,386 respectively, in 1906-07 and 3,813 and 1,745 in 1905-06. The ratio of success in primary and revaccination cases was 95*02 and 78*92, against 98*44 and 42*92 respectively during 1906-07 and 95*59 and 37*30 during the year before, 9. The total average cost of vaccination in Bengal for the triennial period under review was Rs. 1,78,233-5-2, against ’’ Rs. 1,88,928-13-9 of 1903-05, the cost of each successful vaccination being 1 anna 6 pie, against. 1 anna 5 pie. The increase of cost during the period under review as compared with the previous epoch is due principally to increase of pay of the inspecting staff owing to revision of the scale of their salary sanctioned by Government, the grant of grain compensation allowance, increased expenditure in travelling and contingencies owing to increase of work and the inclusion of of the cost of the districts of Sambalpur and some of the Tributary States which was excluded from the previous report as the necessary figures were not available. Out of the total average cost of vaccination as shown above, Rs. 7,943 were contributed by District Boards, Rs. 8,035 by Native States, and Rs. 219 from other sources, the corresponding figures for the preceding triennial period being Rs. 3,575, Rs. 2,235, and Rs. 212 respectively. Cost of and contribution wards vaccination.