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were successfully operated on. The rate of protection per mille of population
was 27.67. Each vaccinator on an average vaccinated 2,223 persons. The total
cost amounted to Rs. 5,429-12-2, which gives for each successful case annas 3
and pies 7 against annas 4 last year. Small-pox caused 233 deaths during the
year.
Thar and Párkar.
88. The Thar and Párkar District has a population of 298,203 persons.
There are 8 vaccinators, each of whom works among
41,552 persons on an average. They vaccinated 12,183
primarily and revaccinated 1,983. The rate of success in each case was 11,361
or 93.25 and 1,358 or 68.48 per cent. respectively. Each vaccinator, on an aver-
age, vaccinated 1,771 persons. The rate per mille of population vaccinated was
38.26. The total cost was Rs. 3,121-5-6 and the cost per each successful case
was 3 annas and 11 pies against 4 annas and 4 pies last year. There were 20
deaths from small-pox.
Shikárpur.
89. There are, in the Shikárpur Zilla, 20 vaccinators, each of whom has,
on an average, a population of 41,169 persons. There
were 26,902 persons primarily vaccinated and 5,708 re-
vaccinated, the successful cases being 25,098 or 93.29 per cent. and 29.71 or
52.05 per cent. respectively. The rate of protection per 1,000 of population was
34.09 against 32.55 in the preceding year. Each vaccinator, on an average, vac-
cinated 1,883 persons. The total cost under vaccination head was Rs. 7,410-4-7
and the cost for each successful case was 3 annas and 8 pies. Small-pox caused
62 deaths.
Upper Sind Frontier.
90. There are 4 vaccinators employed in the Upper Sind Frontier District,
each of whom has, on an average, a population of
43,637 persons. They performed 5,662 primary and
1,312 revaccinations, the successful cases being 4,781 or 84.44 per cent. and
700 or 53.35 per cent. respectively. The rate per 1,000 of population protected
was 31.40. The total cost was Rs. 1,466-6-11 and the cost per each successful
case was 4 annas and 3 pies against 4 annas and 11 pies last year. 19 deaths
from small-pox were reported during the year.
Khairpur Native State in
Sind.
91. The Khairpur State has a population of 131,937 persons. There are
4 vaccinators. They primarily vaccinated 5,554 and
revaccinated 160 ; of these, 5,124 or 92.26 and 96 or
60.0 per cent. respectively were successful in each
kind. Each vaccinator, on an average, vaccinated 1,428 persons, and the rate
per 1,000 of population vaccinated was 39.56. The total cost was Rs. 1,951-6-11,
and the cost of each successful case was annas 6 against annas 6 and pies 2
last year.
Aden.
92. Aden has an area of 11.6 square miles and a population of 44,079
persons. The Municipality defrays the cost of two male
and one female vaccinators and one peon, who work
under the immediate supervision of the Civil Surgeon. Vaccination stations
are established in different parts of the settlement. There were 2,729 primary
vaccinations and 93 revaccinations, of which 1,611 and 80 were successful. The
total cost was Rs. 925-6-5, and the average cost per each successful case was
annas 8 and pies 9. The Dispensary work of Shaik Othmán was performed by
a municipal vaccinator.
Bushire and Muskat,
93. There is not a separate vaccinator for Bushire or Muskat. The vacci-
nation work was performed by the Dispensary Medi-
cal Officers at these places. In the Residency Dis-
pensary, Bushire, there were 338 persons primarily vaccinated, of which 314 or
92.90 per cent. were successful. In Muskat Dispensary 354 persons with 353
successful were vaccinated primarily. There was no revaccination either in
Bushire or in Muskat.
Tour of the Deputy Sani-
tary Commissioner, Western
Registration District.
94. At the commencement of the year the camp of the Deputy Sanitary
Commissioner, Western Registration District, was in
Chopda Táluka and from thence moved to Shirpur
Táluka, and then passing through Sindkhed Táluka
to the Shaháda, Taloda, Nandurbár and Dhulia tálukas of the Khándesh
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