Triennial report on vaccination in Burma.

  • Myanmar
Date:
[1929]
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Credit: Triennial report on vaccination in Burma. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    operations was registered in the Chin Hills and Katha districts, In the 'remaining 18 districts the increase is not marked. The increase recorded in thelSouthern Shan States is commendable, in view of the fact that people in this area are very ignorant, there are difficulties in communication and the villages are widely scattered. In the 17 districts from which a deficit is returned in primary operations, Mandalay stands at the top of the list with 9,095 fewer operations followed by the Upper Chindwin with a deficit of 7,685. A deficit of over 5,000 is reported from Insein and Henzada, over 4,000 from Kyaukpyu, Myaungmya and Ma-ubin and over 3,000 from Sando- way, Myingyan and Sagaing. The decrease in primary cases in Myaungmya, Pyapon, Mergui and Lower Chindwin is covered by the increase in re-vaccination cases in these districts. In the remaining districts there is a decrease under both classes of vaccinations and these are the same districts in which a large deficit in total operations is recorded, as noted in paragraph 2 above. 4. Successful Primary Operations.—During the triennium, 1,509,029 Statemen successful primary operations were recorded as compared with 1,538,221 in the previous period—a deficit of 29,192 successes. The decrease was solely due to unsatisfactory results obtained in 1927-28 in which year only 92'16 per cent, of primary cases were reported as successful. With the exception of Akyab, Rangoon, Thaton, Meiktila and Southern Shan States, the same districts which returned a decrease in primary operations also returned a decrease in successful cases. Akyab district which returned an increase of 2,473 in primary operations during the triennium, recorded a deficit of 2,834 in primary successes. Similarly Rangoon which recorded an increase of 196 in primary opera¬ tions showed a deficit of 2,461 successes. Thaton follows the above Two places but the loss in successful cases is only 93. In the case of Minbu, a gain of 1,663 successes was recorded in contrast with a loss in primary operations of 2,186. Meiktila and Southern Shan States show fairly large deficits. The loss sustained in primary successes in the i former district was 1,858 and in the latter 6,015. The provincial percentage of success in primary cases in 1928-29 was 97T1, as compared with 92T6 in 1927-28 and 96'63 in 1926-27. With the exception of a few distant places, such as the Hill District of Arakan, Sandoway, Mergui and Chin Hills, the percentages of success recorded in the remaining districts in 1928-29 compare very favourably with those recorded in 1927-28. Myaungmya district returned cent, per cent, primary successes, closely followed by Tharrawaddy with 99’98 per cent, and Ma-ubin with 99'88 per cent. Other districts which recorded over 99 per cent, success rate are Prome, Henzada, Pyapon, Amherst, Toungoo and Kyaukse. Over 98 per cent, of successes were p : reported from Rangoon, Bassein, Magwe, Sagaing, Katha and Northern.