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Compared with the great increase in the number of primary operations,
which were slightly more successful than last year, the increase in the
re-vaccinations, accompanied with a very much lower percentage of
success, is remarkable. Operations of this class are only common in
Kumaon, that being the only Division in which vaccination is of suffi-
ciently long standing for the children operated on to have grown up to
an age requiring its repetition. But your explanation of the want of suc-
cess, and of the fallaciousness (as you term it) of the returns, is not
understood. The supervising officers should exercise too stringent a
check to allow of the returns being largely falsified, whether this is done
intentionally or (as you seem to imply) through ignorance.

4. The following table shows the extent of protection afforded in
the different circles, the figures of population being those of the recent
census, and secondary operations being excluded :—

                                                                    * Excluding Tehree.

5. The proportion of
the sexes vaccinated is
shown by the figures
given on the margin.
The number of females
exceeds the number of
males in every circle, with
the exception of Benares,
where the proportions
are inverted.

6. Out of the total number of primary operations, 22.8 per cent. only
were performed on chil-
dren under one year of
age. This shows a con-
siderable falling off as
compared with last year,
when the percentage
was 34, and the decrease
is common to all the
circles.