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REPORT OF THE KING . INSTITUTE, GUINDY
7. Quantity of lymph issued. —The total number of doses issued this year was
2,258,226 as compared with 2,211,795 last year and 2,323,521 in 1926-27. This
is a record supply for the Presidency ; for in 1926-27 the large increase was mainly
due to the large amount of lymph taken up by the Government of Bengal. Table
II gives a list of recipients. It will be seen that there is a definite increase in the
amount of lymph taken up by all the Government departments while there is a
considerable drop in the supply to "other bodies."
8. Amount of lymph unaccounted for. —Full details are given in Table III.
Lymph issued to other bodies is not included in the calculation of the percentage
of lymph unaccounted for. The returns received up to the end of first week of
June are alone considered. The figures for wastage of lymph issued to official
and semi-official bodies are 12.2 per cent this year and 6.6 last year. There
appears to be a definite increase in the wastage of lymph this year. Perhaps
this is only apparent It appears that the work of verification of vaccinations
and submission of returns was seriously impeded in some districts, e.g., Tanjore
as the staff had to be drafted to other duties in connexion with the control of
epidemics, particularly of cholera. Again in the case of north-eastern districts
the so-called wastage is to be attributed chiefly to the delay in the receipt of
lymph, owing to dislocation of transport facilities during floods thus rendering
lymph unfit for further use.
Thus full returns were not received from any of the ranges in Tanjore district
and similarly from some of the ranges in Rāmnād, Kurnool, Madura and East
Gō dāvari districts. In the following districts wastage exceeds 10 pet cent.
Figures in excess of this are to be considered as representing abnormal wastage:—
Districts.
1928-29.
1927-28.
...
Tanjore ...
...
...
...
...
... 77.3
15.3
Kurnool
...
...
...
... 24.3
8.3
Rāmnād
...
...
...
...
...
... 23.9
3.1
Cuddapah...
...
...
. . .
18.8
12.4
East Gō dāvari ...
...
...
...
... 18.6
11.9
Ganjām
...
...
...
...
... 17.4
9.1
Nellore... ...
...
...
...
16.0
13.1
Madura...
...
...
1 5 . 6
5.4
Vizagapatam
...
...
...
... 13.8
12.9
This is a long list, but it is to be noted that last year some of the districts
listed here had wastage below 10 per cent.
9. Type of vaccination.—The number and type of vaccinations are set out
in the following table:—
Type of vaccination, 1928-29.
Type
Total number of
cases reported.
Percentage of
each type to
total issued.
Percentage of
each type to
total return
received.
1. Primary vaccination
...
..
...
...
...
...
1,242,239
54.8
71.9
2. Secondary do.
...
...
...
...
. . .
54,554
2.5
3.2
3. Revaccination ...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
430,922
19.0
24.9
4. Results unknown in (1), (2) and (3) ...
...
...
...
160,622
7.0
...
5. Total lymph unaccounted for ...
...
...
...
.
379,095
16.7
. . .
10. Primary vaccination. —The case success rate this year is 97.4 per cent
as against 96.9 last year and 96.4 the year previous. The insertion success
rates are 89.7 this year as against 89.2 last year and 87.6 the year previous.
There is thus an improvement in both the case and insertion success rates, while
the case success rate is the highest on record in the Presidency. The potency
of lymph has therefore been well maintained.