India - Survey on Level of Living of TRIBALS July-June 1988-89, NSS 44th Round

Columns (5) to (12) : health services received last year: An important facility now being available to the people under public health measure is vaccinations/inoculations to gain immunity against certain infectious diseases. These columns are meant for collecting information regarding health care services of this type received by the members of the household during 365 days preceding the date of survey.
All the immunization vaccines listed in cols. (5) to (12) except those against cholera (col. (10), tetanus (col. 11) and rabies (col. 12) are administered in infancy, early childhood and adolescent stages and hence as a rule code 7 (not received ) is to be put in cols. (5) to (9) for members above 16 years of age. Immunization measures against cholera and rabies are applicable to all irrespective of their age. Although tetanus injection, as a course of three doses is, generally, given only to women during antenatal period, it is given as a single dose to any person as a precautionary measure against tetanus when he/she receives injury or wounds or cuts .It will be enquired whether a member has been immunized by these vaccines during 365 days preceding the date of survey and the appropriate codes will be entered in these columns.