MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT.
SANITATION.
CALCUTTA, THE 8TH SEPTEMBER 1899.
RESOLUTION—No. 4553S.
READ—
The Report of the Sanitary Commissioner for Bengal on the working of the Vaccination
Department during the three years 1896-1899.
THE report, which was due to Government on 15th June, was not received
until the 8th of August. Major Dyson has, however, been severely handicapped
during the past year by pressure of plague work and the want of Deputy
Sanitary Commissioners, and the Lieutenant-Governor accepts this as sufficient
excuse for the delay.
During the greater part of 1897-98 and 1898-99 the work of superintend-
ing the Metropolitan and Northern Bengal Circles was thrown upon Major
Dyson in addition to his other duties, while the Western Circle was in charge
of an Assistant Surgeon for the greater part of the period under review.
2. Strength of staff.—The following table shows the strength of the estab-
lishment during the period under review as compared with the three preceding
years:—
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YEARS. |
INSPECTING STATE. |
OPERATORS. |
Total number of oper- |
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|
Number of Super- |
Number of Deputy |
Number of In- |
Number of Sub- |
Number of Head |
Total number of |
Vaccinators. |
Apprentices. |
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|
Government |
Licensed. |
Government |
Licensed. |
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|
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
|
Calcutta ... ... |
1898-99 ... |
1 |
1 |
3 |
... |
2 |
7 |
29 |
... |
4 |
... |
33 |
|
1897-98 ... |
1 |
1 |
3 |
... |
2 |
7 |
29 |
... |
5 |
... |
34 |
|
|
1896-97 ... |
1 |
1 |
4 |
... |
2 |
8 |
29 |
... |
4 |
... |
33 |
|
|
1895-96 ... |
1 |
1 |
5 |
... |
2 |
9 |
37 |
... |
4 |
... |
41 |
|
|
1894-95 ... |
1 |
1 |
4 |
... |
2 |
8 |
30 |
... |
6 |
... |
36 |
|
|
1893-94 ... |
1 |
1 |
4 |
... |
2 |
8 |
30 |
... |
4 |
... |
34 |
|
|
Calcutta Animal |
1898-99 ... |
... |
... |
1 |
... |
1 |
2 |
2 |
... |
... |
... |
2 |
|
1897-98 ... |
... |
... |
1 |
... |
1 |
2 |
2 |
... |
... |
... |
2 |
|
|
1896-97 ... |
... |
... |
1 |
... |
1 |
2 |
2 |
... |
... |
... |
2 |
|
|
1895-96 ... |
... |
... |
1 |
... |
1 |
2 |
2 |
... |
... |
... |
2 |
|
|
1894-95 ... |
... |
... |
2 |
... |
1 |
3 |
2 |
... |
... |
... |
2 |
|
|
1893-94 ... |
... |
... |
2 |
... |
1 |
3 |
2 |
... |
... |
... |
2 |
|
|
Provincial rural |
1898-99 ... |
47 + 3 |
... |
50 |
142 |
1 |
243 |
85 |
2,232 |
... |
1,130 |
3,447 |
|
1897-98 ... |
47 + 3 |
... |
50 |
142 |
10* |
252 |
180† |
2,114 |
... |
1,096 |
3,420 |
|
|
1896-97 ... |
47 + 3 |
... |
50 |
142 |
9 |
251 |
165 |
2,101 |
... |
1,177 |
3,443 |
|
|
1895-96 ... |
47 + 3 |
... |
53 |
142 |
9 |
254 |
181 |
2,057 |
... |
1,099 |
3,337 |
|
|
1894-95 ... |
47 + 3 |
... |
51 |
140 |
10 |
251 |
173 |
1,985 |
... |
1,095 |
3,253 |
|
|
1893-94 ... |
46 + 3 |
... |
50 |
136 |
10 |
245 |
163 |
1,829 |
9 |
985 |
2,988 |
|
|
Mufussal muni- |
1898-99 ... |
... |
... |
4 |
5 |
1 |
10 |
241 |
... |
... |
... |
241 |
|
1897-98 ... |
... |
... |
4 |
5 |
1 |
10 |
245 |
... |
... |
... |
245 |
|
|
1896-97 ... |
... |
... |
5 |
4 |
1 |
10 |
253 |
... |
... |
... |
253 |
|
|
1895-96 ... |
... |
... |
5 |
4 |
1 |
10 |
269 |
... |
2 |
... |
271 |
|
|
1894-95 ... |
... |
... |
5 |
3 |
1 |
9 |
274 |
... |
1 |
... |
275 |
|
|
1893-94 ... |
... |
... |
7 |
1 |
1 |
9 |
261 |
1 |
... |
... |
262 |
|
|
Total ... ... |
1898-99 ... |
48 + 3 |
1 |
58 |
147 |
5 |
262 |
357 |
2,232 |
4 |
1,130 |
3,723 |
|
1897-98 ... |
48 + 3 |
1 |
58 |
147 |
14 |
271 |
456 |
2,144 |
5 |
1,096 |
3,701 |
|
|
1896-97 ... |
48 + 3 |
1 |
60 |
146 |
13 |
271 |
449 |
2,101 |
4 |
1,177 |
3,731 |
|
|
1895-96 ... |
48 + 3 |
1 |
64 |
146 |
13 |
275 |
489 |
2,057 |
6 |
1,099 |
3,651 |
|
|
1894-95 ... |
48 + 3 |
1 |
62 |
143 |
14 |
271 |
479 |
l,985 |
7 |
1,095 |
3,566 |
|
|
1893-94 ... |
47 + 3 |
1 |
63 |
137 |
14 |
265 |
458 |
1,800 |
13 |
985 |
3,286 |
|
* Includes 7 head vaccinators of Angul, whose services were dispensed with after the 15th May 1897.
† Includes 73 paid vaccinators of Angul ditto ditto.
The large decrease in the staff paid by Government is due to the substi-
tution of licensed for paid agency in Angul and to the employment of fewer
paid vaccinators in Puri. The number of operations performed by each paid
vaccinator rose from 678 in 1893 96 to 720. In the agency employed by
District Boards there was an increase of five vaccinators only; but the work
done shows decided improvement, the average number of operations per man
having risen by no less than 232. In municipal agency there was a decrease
of 36 vaccinators and of 3,473 operations, giving an average per man of 481
against 437 in the previous triennial period.