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                        TABLE No 2.—Infants protected for three years compared.

Years.

Registered
births.

Registered
deaths under
one year.

Number of
children
available for
vaccination.

Infants
successfully
vaccinated.

Infants re-
maining to be
vaccinated.

Percentage of
available
infants pro-
tected.

1897-98 ...

113,364

34,600

78,764

73,534

5,230

93.3

1898-99 ...

89,414

16,621

72,793

69,887

2,906

96.0

1899-1900 ...

144,034

33,353

110,681

96,180

14,501

86.8

The above goes to show that 86.8 per cent. of the available infants were
protected after deducting the registered deaths of infants under one year of age
assuming that all deaths under one year were unprotected. The large decrease
I attribute to a large number of infants being left unvaccinated, as owing to the
famine they were in a poor condition and not fit for vaccination.

Cost of vaccination.

10. The total cost of vaccination during the year was Rs. 18,201 as against
Rs. 17,520 in the year previous. The average
cost of each successful vaccination was 2 annas
and 3 pie as against 2 annas and 9 pie in the previous year.

Death-rate from small-pox.

11. The following table and prescribed diagram show the proportion of the
population per 1,000 and 10,000 respectively pro-
tected against small-pox for the past seven years
and the mean death-rate from the disease during 1899 :—

TABLE No. 3.—Showing efficacy of vaccination in diminishing small-pox mortality.

Years.

Ratio per
1,000 success-
fully vacci-
nated.

Death-rate
per 1,000
from small
pox.

Years.

Ratio per
1,000 success-
fully vacci-
nated.

Death-rate
per 1,000
from small-
pox.

1868-69 ...

4.3

1.9

1888-84 ...

30.3

1.5

1869-70 ...

3.2

3.6

1884-85 ...

37.0

.2

1870-71 ...

7.9

.6

1885-86 ...

35.3

.09

1871-72 ...

13.0

.2

1886-87 ...

35.6

.04

1872-73 ...

16.2

3.8

1887-88 ...

35.2

.1

Mean ...

8.92

2.02

Mean ...

34.68

.38

1873-74 ...

14.5

3.8

1888-89 ...

36.1

.3

1874-75 ...

21.0

.5

1889-90 ...

35.68

.7

1875-76 ...

24.0

.4

1890-91 ...

34.3

.1

1876-77 ...

31.1

.2

1891-92 ...

36.0

.01

1877-78 ...

38.0

2.9

1892-93 ...

37.0

.02

Mean ...

25.72

1.56

Mean ...

35.8

.2

1878-79 ...

22.3

2.7

1893-94 ...

35.0

.06

1879-80 ...

29.3

.03

1894-95 ...

32.2

.3

1880-81 ...

33.9

.02

1895-96 ...

31.8

.2

1881-82 ...

32.5

.1

1896-97 ...

34.5

.3

1882-83 ...

38.0

.1

1897-98 ...

34.7

.2

Mean ...

31.2

.58

Mean ...

33.6

.19

1898-99 ...

34.6

.2

1899-1900 ...

43.2

.1

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