4                                                            VACCINATION REPORT.

Re-vaccination.

9. The number of persons re-vaccinated and
the success among them for the last ten years are given
below :—

Years ending 31st March.

1881.

1882.

1883.

1884.

1885.

1886.

1887.

1888.

1889.

1890.

Number of persons
re-vaccinated ...

62,479

56,769

66,505

56,874

63,361

53,403

47,938

49,790

54,700

58,470

Ditto successfully .

45,481

40,675

46,420

37,657

41,255

36,191

30,945

32,443

33,541

36,346

Percentage of success.

72.79

71.65

69.80

66.21

65.11

67.77

64.55

65.16

61.32

62.16

During the year58,470 persons were re-vaccinated against 54,700 for 1888-89.
In 232 instances the re-vaccination was repeated, in 11,030 instances the
results could not be ascertained, and in 11,326 the operation failed. The number
of successful cases was 36,346 or 62.16 per cent. against 61.32 in the preceding
year.

Total operations.

10. The subjoined table shows the total number of persons primarily
vaccinated and re-vaccinated taken together, as also the
number of successful cases during each of the last ten
years :—

Years ending 31st March.

1881.

1882.

1883.

1884.

1885.

1886.

1887.

1888.

1889.

1890.

Persons operated on .

704,984

786,092

858,711

883,839

865,568

907,790

903,910

929,545

951,094

958,702

Do. successfully...

661,994

744,598

808,165

828,980

805,700

854,326

848,331

871,706

885,259

890,528

Percentage of success.

93.90

94.72

94.11

93.79

93.08

94.11

93.85

93.78

93.08

92.89

It will be seen that the total number of persons operated on were 958,702
and of these 890,528 or 92.89 per cent, were successful. In 1888-89 the per-
centage was 93.08. There were 2,244 persons operated on more than once,
the unsuccessful numbered 26,567 and the unknown cases were 43,851. The
details of the total number of persons operated on for the last two years by
districts and circles of vaccination together with the percentages of increase
and decrease are shown in the following table : —

Districts and Circles.

PERSONS PRIMARILY VACCINATION

PERSONS RE-VACCINATED.

TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS
OPERATED ON.

1888-89.

1889-90.

Increase.

De-
crease.

1888-89.

1889-90.

In-
crease.

De-
crease.

1888-89.

1889-90.

In-
crease.

De-
crease.

Western Registration District.

106,944

105,226

...

4,718

3,934

2,364

...

1,570

110,878

107,590

...

3,288

4.41

39.91

29.65

Presidency Circle ... ...

19,044

19,637

593

...

2,800

3,876

1,076

...

21,844

23,513

1,669

...

3.11

38.43

7.64

Central Registration District...

182,730

181,865

...

865

5,630

3,787

...

1,843

188,360

185,652

...

2,768

0.47

32.74

1.44

Southern Registration District.

150,550

171,189

20,639

...

10,586

24,351

13,765

...

161,136

195,540

34,404

...

13.71

130.03

21.35

Eastern Gujarát Registration
District

143,221

138,568

...

4,653

2,164

4,249

2,085

...

145,385

142,817

...

2,568

3.25

96.35

1.72

Western Gujarát Circle ...

105,138

102,339

...

2,799

5,757

3,728

...

2,029

110,895

106,067

...

4,828

2.66

35.24

4.35

Sind Registration District ...

89,920

84,395

...

5,525

16,118

11,295

...

4,823

106,038

95,690

...

10,348

6.14

29.72

9.76

Baroda ... ... ... ...

70,931

69,246

...

1,687

1,340

1,016

...

324

72,273

70,262

...

2,011

2.38

24.18

2.78

Cutch ... ... ... ...

21,125

21,478

353

...

304

258

...

46

21,429

21,736

307

...

1.67

15.13

1.43

Aden, Muskat, Khelat, Bushire,
Steamer Point and Shaikh
Othman.

2,817

2,576

...

241

12

30

18

...

2,829

2,606

...

223

8.56

156.00

7.88

British Army ... ... ...

378

192

...

186

1,451

690

...

761

1,829

882

...

947

49.21

52.45

51.78

Native Army ... ... ...

3,594

3,521

...

73

4,504

2,826

...

1,778

8,198

6,347

...

1,851

2.03

38.62

22.58

Total ..

896,394

900,232

3,838

...

54,700

58,470

3,770

...

951,094

958,702

7,608

...

0.48

6.89

0.80