Notes on the Annual Statements of Vaccine operations in the
Central Provinces for the year 1891-92.

The following brief notes on the operations of 1891-92 are given with
reference to, and in explanation of the appended Statements.

2.    The area in which vaccine operations were performed in 1891-92
remained about the same as in 1890-91, but in the year under review 293
operations performed in the Makrai State, in the Hoshangabad District, have
been included in the Statement.

                                       STATEMENT I.

3.    The Provincial strength of the Vaccine Department was increased

by 2, as compared with that of the previous year. One extra vaccinator each,

was employed by the Harda and Chanda Municipalities. The strength of the

Vaccine establishment in the Feudatory States also was increased by 5 vacci-
nators, as follows:—

4.    The total number of operations performed in the year 1891-92 both
in the Khalsa and Feudatory States, excluding the operations performed in the
Makrai State, was 445,427, or 3,438 more than in the previous year.

While there was an increase in the number of primary operations, the total
of persons re-vaccinated remained about the same as in 1890-91.

5.    The number of successful primary operations, excluding the figures of
the Makrai State, increased by 3,434.

6.    It is very satisfactory to record that the operations performed on
infants, both in the Khalsa and Feudatory States, again increased this year by
17,321, as shown below :—

In the above calculation the operations performed in the Makrai State
are not included.

7. The percentage of successful primary vaccinations remained almost
the same as in 1890-91, but re-vaccinations were 1.95 per cent. greater than in
the preceding year. Thus:—

             Percentage of successful operations.