2
was manufactured at the Belgaum Vaccine Institute. The details are given
in the following table :—
District.
Western Registration District ...
Presidency Circle ...
...
Central Registration District ...
Southern Registration District...
Gujarat Registration District...
Sind Registration District ...
Kind of lymph
used.
Glycerinated ...
Animal ...
Glycerinated ...
Glycerinated ...
Glycerinated ...
Human...
Glycerinated ...
Glycerinated ...
No. of
operations.
Primary.
135,989
5,742
12,909
152,795
153,673
6,408
129,444
107,037
Re-vac-
cination.
5,019
1,569
19,364
6,565
14,596
1,862
11,837
6,629
Successful cases
excluding unknown.
Primary.
115,930
4,923
11,145
140,898
148,252
6,119
121,069
94,755
Re-vac-
cination.
2,077
1
106
2,240
6,063
777
5,273
2,676
Percentage of success
excluding unknown.
Primary.
98.80
95.35
94.65
99.87
99.70
97.25
98.82
98.07
Re-vac-
cination.
61.69
10.00
99.07
50.89
54.29
43.66
58.26
55.63
7. During 1916-17, 1,113,310 doses were issued from the Belgaum
Vaccine Institute, showing an increase of 46,600 over the issue of the previous
year. The following table shows that the increase is progressive :—
Year.
1914-15 ... ... ...
1915-16 ... ... ...
1916-17 ... ... ...
Doses issued.
1,041,400
1,066,710
1,113,310
In 1915-16 the case and insertion success rates were 99.05 and 94.85 per
cent. respectively. During 1916-17 the percentage rose to 99.20 and 95.76
respectively.
In considering these figures for the success obtained with vaccine lymph
manufactured at the Vaccine Institute it must be remembered that vaccination
is carried out in this Presidency throughout the year—hot as well as cold
weather. In Sind the success rate has risen steadily. Thus in the triennium
1911-14 it was 96.04; in 1914-15, 96.6 ; in 1915-16, 97.64; and in 1916-17, 98.07.
This rise has not been attained without great attention to detail on the part of
the Director, Vaccine Institute, the Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Sind
Registration District, and the Superintendent of Vaccination, Karachi. It has
been held by some high authorities that successful vaccination with glycerinated
vaccine is impossible in countries with hot climates, and doubt has been thrown
on the accuracy of the results in this Presidency. These results are certified
by Inspecting Officers; there is now no room for doubt about the reliability of
glycerinated vaccine in hot climates if attention is given to the experience
gained in this Presidency. The difference between the success rate obtained
in Bombay City (94.65) and in the rest of the Presidency (99.20) is very marked.
The total expenditure of the Institutute amounted to Rs. 39,506-15-6
against Rs. 39,685-13-10 in 1915-16. The decrease was due to the purchase
and hire of a reduced number of calves. The net expenditure after deducting
sale-proceeds was Rs. 26,796-14-6 against Rs. 30,586-10-7 in the previous year.
The average cost per dose of vaccine manufactured came to 5.09 pies.
8. The expenditure on vaccination and the cost of each successful
operation during each year of the triennium is given in the following table :—
Year.
1914-15 ...
1915-16 ...
1916-17 ...
Total expenditure.
Rs.
3,58,789
3,62,734
3,63,682
a.
13
9
1
p.
11
5
9
Cost of each
successful case.
Rs.
0
0
0
a.
8
8
8
p.
6
8
10
The average annual expenditure for the triennium amounted to
Rs. 3,61,735 against Rs. 3,64,734 in the preceding three years. The fall was
largely due to the temporary employment of officers in the place of the perma-
nent incumbents re-called to military duty.
9. The Deputy Sanitary Commissioners inspected 29,724 vaccinated
persons in 1916-17 against 39,832 in the previous year. The amount of