Annual vaccination returns of the Province of Assam : with brief explanatory notes.
- Assam
- Date:
- [1921]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Annual vaccination returns of the Province of Assam : with brief explanatory notes. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[Prescribed maximum length 3 pages.] NOTES ON VACCINATION IN ASSAM FOR THE YEAR 1920-21. 1. Introductory.—The charge of the Department was held by Major T. C. Mc- Combie Young, i.m.s., up to 14th August 1920 and by Major J. Taylor, i.m.s., in officiating charge from that date until the end of the year. 2. Vaccination Agencies.—The vaccination in plains districts was carried out entirely by the staff of vaccinators paid by Local bodies, no unpaid vaccinators being licensed during the year. Vaccinators in hill districts were paid by Government. The total number of vaccinators employed during the year was 4ol as against 430 in 1919-20. The number of vaccinators in Sylhot district was increase! by 25 during the year and minor increase took place in other districts. The numbers now employed are approximately what was recommended in 1918, the Local Boards having almost without exception brought their vaccination staff to the required level. 3. Total number of operation*.—The total number of operations performed in Assam during the year 1920-21 was 4,18,936 as compared with 4,41,866 in 1919-20 showing a decrease of 14,459 primary vaccinations and 8,471 re-vaccinations. The decrease is accounted for by the reduction of vaccination in Manipur State by 44,771 the State having had a phenomenal vaccination year in 1919-20. Apart from this special figure the general vaccination of the province would show an increase of 21,841 operations. The number of operations performed by the different agencies was as follows :— 3,99,525 operations by departmental Vaccinators. 2,106 operations by Dispensary staff. 12,346 operations by Tea Garden Agencies. 4,687 operations by Jail, Asylum, Police Hospital and Cholera Hospital Agencies. 272 operations by Railway agency. 4. Deaths from small-pox.—The rate of mortality from small-pox in’Assam during the year 1920 was 24 per mille of the population as compared with *20 in 1919. The highest ratio ('49) was reported from the district of Darrang. The next highest rate (’46) was in the district of Sylhet where small-pox was epidemic throughout the year, the Habiganj thana being most affected. Sibsagar district with a rate of ’28 per mille was third in order. Other districts were little affected. Sixty-six per cent, of the total deaths from small-pox in the province occurred in Sylhet district. 5. Dispensary vaccination.—The total number of persons vaccinated at dispen¬ saries during 1920-21 was 2,106 as compared with 11,119 in 1919-20. 6. Percentage of successful operations.—The percentage of success in primary vaccinations was 94*93 and that for re-vaccinations 65’01 as compared with 95'71 and 72 04 respectively in 1919-20. 7. Different methods of vaccination.-^All vaccinations were performed with glycerinated lymph made in the Vaccine Dep6t, Shillong. 8. Vaccination work in different districts.—Eight districts show an increase in the number of operations performed during the year under report as compared with the preceding year, viz., Sylhet (+15,109), Naga Hills (+7,726), Darrang (+4,955), Goal- para ( + 2,464), Garo Hills (+2,142), Lakhimpur (+413), Nowgong (+142) and Khasi and Jaintia Hills (+114). Decreases occurred in Manipur State (—44,771), Cachar (—4,882), Kamrup (—2,900), Sibsagar (—2,166), Lushai Hills (—1,174) and Sadiya Frontier Tract (—102). The increase in Sylhet was due to the large number of operations done in Habiganj subdivision to combat the outbreak of small-pox in that area. The decrease in Manipur State as compared with the previous year is due to the very extensive vaccination campaign carried out in the State in 1919-20 during which period 20 per cent, of the total population was vaccinated. The rate [could naturally not be kept up. 9. Composition and strength of the inspecting staff.—A Deputy Sanitary Commis¬ sioner was appointed during the year. One additional Sub-Inspector of Vaccination was appointed for the Sadiya Frontier Tract. No other changes were made.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b31495680_0007.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
