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Of the total number of operations in the province, 953,535 were performed
by the Vaccination Department as compared with 1,084,031 last year. 914,761
operations were primary and 38,774 revaccinations against 1,055,374 primary
and 28,657 revaccinations last year.

There was a decrease of 140,613 in the primary operations and an increase
of 10,117 in the revaccination during the year.

Of the total operations performed (953,535), 929,964 equal to 97.52 per
cent were successful as compared with 1,061,531 equal to 97.92 last year.

The number of operations performed in Municipalities was 43,537 as
compared with 41, 362 last year.

The number of successful operations in Municipalities was 35,213 for
primary and 2,772 for revaccination, as compared with 35,570 and 3,043
respectively last year. The ratios of success in Municipalities were 96.28
per cent for primary and 39.80 per cent for revaccination as compared with
96.23 per cent for primary and 69.12 for revaccination. The number of opera-
tions performed in rural areas was 909,998 as compared with 1,042,669 last year.
Of the former, 878,188 were primary and 31,810 revaccination against 1,018,414
primary and 24,255 revaccination last year. The number of successes was
870,804 for primary and 21,175 for revaccination against 1,008,095 for primary
and 14,823 for re-vaccination last year; the ratios of successes being 99.15
primary and 66.56 revaccination as compared with 98.98 primary and 61.11
revaccination last year.

Patna Division.

3. Vaccination in districts.—There was a fall of 16,825 operations in the
Patna Division as compared with last
year, which was shared by the district of
Shahabad (10,664) and that of Gaya (6,206).

Tirhut Division.

With the exception of the district of Muzaffarpur, there was a general
fall in the operations in all other districts
of Tirhut Division, viz., Saran 11,806,

Champaran 1,447, and Darbhanga 6,527. Muzaffarpur recorded an increase
of 902 operations.

Bhagalpur Division.

All the districts of the Bhagalpur Division recorded a decrease in the
number of operations with the exception
of Purnea which showed an excess of 5,721
operations due perhaps to less prevalence of influenza there. The marked
decrease was in the district of Monghyr (11,856).

Orissa Division.

In Orissa Division all the districts show a decrease in the number of
operations; the greatest being in Sambal-
pur (9,880) and Cuttack (9,712).

Chota Nagpur Division.

There was a general fall in the number of operations in this Division, the
greatest being in Ranchi (14,310) and
Manbhum (13,222).

4. Vaccination in towns and compulsory areas.—During the year under
report the Vaccination Acts were extended to Garhwa Union in Palamau,
Dhanbad in Manbhum and Chakradharpur Municipality in Singhbhum,
Statement VII shows that during the year, 17,939 children under one year of
age, out of an available number of 26,332 or 68.12 per cent were successfully
vaccinated.

During the last three years the towns of Bhagalpur and Darbhanga have
shown the smallest proportion of work done and the towns of Gaya, Chapra,
Monghyr, Cuttack and Balasore have given unsatisfactory returns.