Report on the progress of vaccination in the Madras Presidency / by the Medical Board ; together with the annual return of vaccination for the year 1852.
- Madras (India : Presidency). Medical Board.
- Date:
- 1853
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Report on the progress of vaccination in the Madras Presidency / by the Medical Board ; together with the annual return of vaccination for the year 1852. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.
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![N> eg n> 2 5 VN CTQ —4. O 00 § C/3 2i 2 < 03 T5 o_ —i trr n c/3 C/3 >73 5: « o D O ^ o 3 C/3 03 t No. TRACTS 1414(4) ID (Sirsi) a60038 c CU E <3 [ * ] Vencatasawmy Naick, whom I was obliged to reduce to the inferior grade owing to his neglectful conduct. I still pursue the system of fining in those cases in which I find that sufficient exertion is not made to procure subjects for vaccination.” “ The inhabitants are now appreciating the value of vaccination to a greater extent than they did, and in many instances come voluntarily to get the opera- tion done.” “ Total number vaccinated during the year 16,126 Total successfully vaccinated * 15,312 Total unsuccessfully vaccinated 814 Increase during the past year compared with the year 1851.. 4,333 u I imagine the increase is chiefly to be attributed to the perpetual orders issued by the superintendent to the vaccinators to be zealous, and to diffuse the benefits of vaccination as much as possible. “ The vaccinators have one and all been attentive, I have not had occasion to fine or otherwise punish one of them during the past year. a Each vaccinator was removed from his, to another Talook in the month of March, a system I have pursued ever since my arrival here, and is one which I find to work well. “ The people in this Zillah still appear averse to have their children vacci- nated, indeed they will make any kind of excuse to avoid it, such as cold, fever, diarrhoea, putting the operation off until the small pox shews itself, and so forth. Small pox has not prevailed to any extent during the past year. “ On the whole I think the inhabitants are aware of the beneficial effects of vaccination, but a great deal depends on the ‘ Head man’ of the village—if he gets his children vaccinated, if indeed he only countenances it, the whole of the villagers will at once come forward and have their children vaccinated j but if he objects, the villagers are sure to do so.” “ During the past year, 8,860 persons have been vaccinated, and of these chittoor. 8,114 have been successful, and 546 unsuccessful—there is an excess of 2,547 Asst* SuvSeon ' Nott« persons vaccinated over the previous year, and I must ascribe this increase to the greater confidence the natives have in the operation as a prophylactic, and also to the extreme vigilance that has been observed over the vaccinators. Several of the vaccinators were very negligent in the performance of their duty, and during the previous quarter some of them dismissed, and this quarter I have had to caution the vaccinators of Palmanair and Tripetty to be more dili- gent on pain of dismissal. a No change of system has been introduced since the former year, and I am not aware that any obstruction exists to the practising vaccination beyond the Nellore and Ongole. Asst. Surgeon J.M. Jackson.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22400606_0013.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
