ABSTRACT OF REPORTS BY CIVIL SURGEONS. 91
Vaccination Circle, and the virus was kept up by arm-to-arm vaccination. Details of the
above 15 cases, compared with the work of the preceding year, are shown below:—
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Total number vaccinated. |
Average number vaccinated by |
PRIMARY VACCINATIONS. |
Re-vaccin- |
Percentages |
RELIGION OF THE VACCINATED. |
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Total. |
Successful. |
Number vaccinated. |
Proportion per cent. to |
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|
Under one year. |
One year and |
Total of all ages. |
Total. |
Successful. |
Primary. |
Re-vaccination. |
Hindus. |
Mahomedans. |
Christians. |
Other races. |
Hindus. |
Mahomedans. |
Christians. |
Other races. |
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In 1880-81 ... |
15 |
15 |
15 |
4 |
3 |
15 |
... |
... |
100.0 |
... |
11 |
4 |
... |
... |
73.3 |
26.7 |
... |
... |
|
In 1879-80 ... |
77 |
77 |
77 |
No data. |
52 |
... |
... |
67.4 |
... |
No data. |
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There was a reduction in the number vaccinated, but the quality of the work, as
furnished, was much superior, and very satisfactory. Two hundred and fifty-five births were
recorded in this town, being at the rate of 44.76 per 1,000 of population, and the percentage of
infants vaccinated to number born calculated on this figure amounts to only 1.56. The popula-
tions according to class were operated on at the following rates, viz. Hindus at .22 per cent. and
Mahomedans at .46 per cent. The Civil Surgeon says that the people willingly submit to
vaccination, preferring it to inoculation, and gladly pay the ex-inoculators their fees ; that
inoculation is consequently dying out; and that he has ascertained that a very large pro-
portion of the people of the district have already been protected. No deaths from small-pox
were reported to have occurred in the Purulia town.
R. LIDDERDALE, M.D.,
Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal.