7
The very much lower percentage of success returned by the Civil Surgeon
than that claimed by the Vaccinators of the Nimar district is due to the more
thorough and more educated inspection of the former.
23. The small difference in the pay of Establishment is due to changes
in the grades of the men employed. The amount entered under the head of
travelling allowance does not include that of the Assistant to the Civil Surgeon,
Nagpur, which was not drawn up to the close of the year.
The increase in the cost of Contingencies is due to that of instruments
being included this year, it having been met from District Funds instead of
having been adjusted as in former years by the Comptroller from Provincial
Funds. Each successful operation cost rather more than in the previous year,
the highest rate being Rs. 0-2-8 in the Seoni district, and the lowest (Rs. 0-1-0)
in that of Sambalpur.
The smaller number of operations performed accounts for the increased
average cost of each successful case in the Province, and the suspension of the
Native Superintendent accounts for the average cost being so low in the Sam-
balpur district.
FEUDATORY STATE VACCINE DEPARTMENT.
24. The work of this Department is shown below :—
|
1884-85. |
1885-86. |
Difference in |
|||||||
|
Total number of operations ... |
29,744 |
38,545 |
+ 8,801 |
||||||
|
Do. primary... |
29,738 |
38,446 |
+ 8,708 |
||||||
|
Do. re-vaccination ... |
6 |
99 |
+ 93 |
||||||
|
Do. Vaccinators ... |
22 |
38 |
+ 16 |
||||||
|
Average number of persons vacci- |
1,352 |
1,014 |
- 338 |
||||||
|
Percentage of success in primary |
96.81 |
96.78 |
- 0.03 |
||||||
|
Do. re-vaccination ... |
50.00 |
93.93 |
+4393 |
||||||
|
Rs. |
a. |
p. |
Rs. |
a. |
p. |
Rs. |
a. |
p. |
|
|
Total cost of Department ... |
2,003 |
0 |
0 |
3,723 |
1 |
ll |
+ 1,720 |
1 |
ll |
|
Pay of Establishment ... |
1,872 |
0 |
0 |
3,412 |
5 |
9 |
+ 1,540 |
5 |
9 |
|
Travelling allowance ... |
36 |
0 |
0 |
212 |
8 |
0 |
+ 176 |
8 |
0 |
|
Contingencies ... |
95 |
0 |
0 |
98 |
4 |
2 |
+ 3 |
4 |
2 |
|
Cost of each successful case ... |
0 |
1 |
1½ |
0 |
1 |
7 |
+ 0 |
0 |
5½ |
25. But the figures cannot be justly compared with those of the previous
year, for while vaccination was carried out in the Chuikhadan State in 1884-85
there was none in 1885-86, and the work effected in the Kalahandi and Patna
States is entered this year, while no returns were received last year.