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from small-pox during five years in those towns in which Compulsory
Vaccination Act has been in force :—
|
Name. |
Popula- |
Children available |
No. of |
Number of deaths from |
|||||
|
Births |
At the |
1919-20. |
1920-21. |
1921-22. |
1922-23. |
1923-24. |
|||
|
Bombay City ... ... |
1,175,914 |
12,363 |
36,453* |
12,034 |
683 |
335 |
482 |
188 |
785 |
|
Bandra ... ... |
27,411 |
456 |
907 |
371 |
18 |
5 |
4 |
... |
7 |
|
Kurla ... ... |
26,059 |
268 |
807 |
524 |
22 |
... |
5 |
1 |
7 |
|
Ahmedabad ... ... |
270,775 |
7,767 |
8,387 |
7,323 |
33 |
32 |
48 |
1 |
159 |
|
Karachi ... ... |
216,883 |
6,937 |
6,961 |
5,437 |
91 |
39 |
126 |
116 |
40 |
|
Hyderabad ... ... |
73,951 |
2,364 |
2,512 |
1,401 |
311 |
30 |
... |
6 |
213 |
|
Sukkur ... ... |
42,759 |
1,063 |
1,340 |
723 |
22 |
4 |
... |
2 |
... |
|
Rohri ... ... |
11,378 |
248 |
308 |
174 |
11 |
1 |
... |
1 |
1 |
|
Larkana ... ... |
17,723 |
436 |
572 |
205 |
36 |
... |
1 |
... |
... |
|
Deolali Cantonment ... |
18,789 |
38 |
582 |
154 |
2 |
... |
... |
... |
5 |
|
Aden Cantonment ... |
56,500 |
... |
... |
77 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
69 |
6 |
* The calculated figure is probably slightly in excess for Bombay City owing to unusual sex
distribution of the population.
There is some opposition to vaccination in many of these towns
and in most of them compulsion is either absent, lax or spasmodic.
Bye-laws regarding Registration of Births and Deaths are not
enforced in the towns except in Karachi and Ahmedabad and the
defaults in the birth registers result in many infants being left with-
out vaccination.
Vaccination in Municipal towns.
21. A statement showing the number of vaccinations under
one year of age in Municipal towns is attached as Appendix III.
Ill effects.
22. No ill effects after vaccination were reported during the
year.
Diagram.
23. A diagram illustrating the proportion of the population
successfully vaccinated in each district during seven years from 1st
April 1917 to 31st March 1924 and the death-rate from small-pox
for the year 1923-24 is given as Appendix IV.
General remarks.
24. The disposition among certain local bodies to economise at
the expense of the vaccination staff has already been referred to.