Proceedings of the Chief Commissioner of Mysore in the General Department,
                       (General),—dated 16th July 1880.

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The Annual Report on Vaccination in Mysore for the year 1879—80.

             No. 2709—GENL. 724, DATED BANGALORE, 16TH JULY 1880.

REVIEW BY THE CHIEF COMMISSIONER.—The work of the Vaccination Depart-
ment was carried on by 84 Taluk Vaccinators who are paid by results with maxima
of Rs. 15, 12 or 10 according to the class; by 22 medical subordinates attached to
Hospitals and Dispensaries, and by 4 paid Vaccinators in the Bangalore Municipality.

2.    The Taluk Vaccinators operated on 88,785 cases, being 1,188 less than in
1878—79, at a cost of Rs. 10,065—9—5, which gives an average cost of 2 annas
3¼ pie (within a fraction of a pie of the average of the previous year) for each of the
70,634 successful cases. The medical subordinates in Dispensaries vaccinated 935
cases, of which 731 were successful, and the Municipal Vaccinators vaccinated 2,430
cases, of which 2,099 were successful.

3.    It appears therefore that the percentage of successful cases in Bangalore
amounted to 94.6 ; while of the operations conducted by Taluk Vaccinators it was only
79.5. As cases in which the result is unknown swell the numbers of unsuccessful cases,
the difference may be due to the greater ease with which in a Municipality persons
operated on can be found and the results ascertained and noted, but it should be
observed at the same time that of 10,658 children inspected by medical subordinates
4,510 or 42.3 bore marks of vaccination, if then their inspection was confined to chil-
dren whose vaccination was reported the result does not equal the reported propor-
tion of successful operations. If, however, the children were taken hap-hazard, it is
satisfactory to find so large a proportion of the population protected from small-pox.

4.    More attention has been given both by Medical and Revenue Officers to
inspection than before, and the number of dispensary operations has risen. These are
good signs and much benefit may arise from the institution of a healthy competition
between the paid vaccinators and medical subordinates.

                                                                     W. J. CUNINGHAM,
                                                                                            Secretary.

To—The Surgeon to the Mysore Commission.