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1,000 of population was 44.20 in 1924-25 against 38.23 in 1923-24.
Among the best protected cantonments, Cawnpore stands first with 165.00
followed by Almora with 112.38, Ranikhet with 102.70, Lucknow with
86.33 and Naini Tal with 84.72.

The military medical officers in cantonments performed 20,786 opera-
tions (451 primary and 20,335 re-vaccination) but of which 10,880 (236
primary and 10,644 re-vaccination) were successful.

Vaccination in noti-
fied areas.

15. The number of persons vaccinated and that of vaccination opera-
tions performed in the notified areas during the
year under report were 14,024 and 14,263 (12,405
primary and 1,858 re-vaccination) as compared with
11,841 and 12,209(11,776 primary and 433 re-vaccination), respectively,
in the preceding year.

The total number of successful primary vaccinations amounted to 11,585
and that of successful re-vaccination to 774 in 1924-25 against 10,544 and
189, respectively, in the previous year. The number of persons successfully
vaccinated per 1,000 of the population was 35.78 in 1924-25 as against
31.62 in 1923-24. Of the well protected notified areas Rajpur Notified
Area stands first with a ratio of 128.03, followed by Chunar, Shahganj,
Haldwani, and Gorakhpur with a ratio of 107.70, 84.90, 71.88, and
55.56, respectively. Shahganj, (Jaunpur) which stood first last year, stands
third this year. Among the notified areas showing the least protection the
most conspicuous are Bilgram in the Hardoi district (14.27), Karwi in the
Banda district (14.75), Auraiya in the Etawah district (14.99), Kaimganj
in the Farrukhabad district (20.18), Bhowali in the Naini Tal district
(23.76). Auraiya and Bhowali show an improvement over last year. The
decrease in Bilgram is due to the smaller number of births during the
year as compared with the preceding year.

In Karvi it is stated to be due to the effect of non-co-operation,
while in Kaimganj to the imcompletences of registers of births and deaths
and to notices issued having been returned unserved.

Vaccination Act.

16. The Vaccination Act is in force in all municipalities and canton-
ments and notified areas except in the notified
areas of Rikhikesh (Dehra Dun) and Gunj-Dund-
wara (Etah). Steps are being taken to extend the Act to these areas.

General results of
inspection.
(Statement V.)

17. (a) By Assistant Directors of Public Health and District
Superintendents of Vaccination.—The total num-
ber of vaccinations inspected by the Assistant Direc-
tors of Public Health and District Superintendents
of Vaccination during the year 1924-25 amounted to 154,799 (154,352
primary and 477 re-vaccination) as compared with 145,559 (145,156 primary
and 403 revaccination) showing an increase of 9,240. The percentage
of inspections to the total number vaccinated during the year under
report was 12.63 in respect of primary and .60 in respect of re-vaccination
as against 12.01 and .69, respectively in the preceding year. Among
the districts showing large number of inspections Azamgarh and Gorakh-
pur, which were second and first last year, have interchanged their positions
with 11,950 and 10,656, respectively. Then came Basti with 9,044, Aligarh
with 8,803, and Jhansi with 6,522. Of the districts in which the smallest
number of inspections was performed the most conspicuous were Banda
(200), Naini Tal (242), Almora (264), Mainpuri (293), and Garhwal (305).
The districts of Almora and Garhwal show an increase, while the other
three indicate a further decrease as compared with the previous year.

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