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TABLE No. 20.—Showing deaths from small-pox according to age and number successfully
vaccinated for three years compared.
|
District. |
Years. |
Deaths from small-pox. |
No. of suc- |
Proportion |
||
|
Total |
Under 1 |
Under 12 |
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|
Amraoti ... ... |
1887-88 |
33 |
10 |
20 |
21,143 |
36.8 |
|
1888-89 |
163 |
50 |
94 |
22,944 |
39.9 |
|
|
1889-90 |
426 |
120 |
235 |
20,900 |
36.3 |
|
|
Ellichpur ... ... |
1887-88 |
1 |
... |
1 |
9,327 |
34.5 |
|
1888-89 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
10,299 |
37.9 |
|
|
1889-90 |
21 |
4 |
2 |
9,847 |
36.3 |
|
|
Wun ... ... ... |
1887-88 |
27 |
6 |
16 |
14,258 |
36.4 |
|
1888-89 |
58 |
14 |
42 |
15,023 |
38.3 |
|
|
1889-90 |
265 |
48 |
134 |
14,985 |
38.2 |
|
|
Basim ... ... ... |
1887-88 |
10 |
3 |
7 |
13,617 |
37.9 |
|
1888-89 |
148 |
53 |
85 |
13,503 |
37.6 |
|
|
1889-90 |
483 |
162 |
234 |
14,626 |
39.1 |
|
|
Akola ... ... ... |
1887-88 |
208 |
76 |
101 |
16,938 |
28.4 |
|
1888-89 |
78 |
27 |
48 |
19,759 |
33.2 |
|
|
1889-90 |
330 |
88 |
208 |
17,148 |
28.8 |
|
|
Buldana ... ... |
1887-88 |
32 |
22 |
9 |
15,947 |
36.5 |
|
1888-89 |
363 |
122 |
235 |
17,341 |
39.6 |
|
|
1889-90 |
212 |
161 |
103 |
15,967 |
36.5 |
|
It will be observed that only 29 deaths from small-pox occurred in the
Ellichpur District during the last three years.
Attitude of the people.
24. Very little difficulty is experienced in carrying on vaccination through-
out rural Berar. The lower classes give no trouble
and readily produce their children for operation
at the instigation of the local officials. The well-to-do and educated classes
also, though with certain exceptions, generally accept vaccination, but like to
have the operation performed when it suits their own convenience.
The class of people who generally give trouble are Marwaris, Banias,
Muhammadans and Brahmins. On the whole, however, the benefits of vaccina-
tion are recognised and generally accepted.
It is in the municipal and larger towns that difficulty is met with, where
Marwaris and Banias mostly congregate. In the city of Amraoti the depart-
ment signally failed to carry on vaccination amongst these classes, though
assisted by the Tahsildar and secretaries of the municipality.
To meet such cases it would be advisable to apply the Compulsory Vacci-
nation Act to municipalities. Indeed, the general feeling is gaining ground
that the time is fast approaching when it will be desirable to make vaccination
compulsory throughout the province.
* Secretary's letter No. 1837. dated
30th of August 1880, received under
Commissioner's endorsement No. 4587
of the 16th September.
† Sanitary Commissioner's No. 183,
dated 11th November 1880, to Com-
missioner.
In 1880 the Sanitary Commissioner was asked * to report if there was any
objection to the extension of the Compulsory Vac-
cination Act to Berar, who, in reply, gave † it as his
opinion that the people of the province would
not raise any great objection to vaccination being
made compulsory, and that as regards municipali-
ties the Act might be introduced with great ad-
vantage. District officers, however, were evidently averse to the proposed