Government
of Madras
LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT (PUBLIC HEALTH) DEPARTMENT
G.O. No. 824, P.H., 10th April 1933
Administration Report—King Institute, Guindy—For the period from 1st October 1931
to 30th September 1932—Reviewed.
READ—the following paper :
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From the Surgeon-General, dated 2nd March 1933, No. 334-1 H.
Order—No. 824, P.H., dated 10th April 1933.
Recorded.
2. Lieut.-Col. H. H. King, M.B., B.S., I.M.S., continued as Director of the Institute from
20th October 1931 to 30th September 1932 except for a month and eighteen days in May
and June 1932 when he went on leave. During his absence M.R.Ry. Rao Bahadur T. Sita
- p a t i A y y a r A v a r g a l , L . M . S . , o f f i c i a t e d f o r t w e l v e d a y s a n d M a j o r W . J . W e b s t e r , I . M . S . , f o r
the remaining period. Mr. Herbert Hawley, M.sc., F.I.C., continued to hold the office of the
Public Analyst until 9th March 1932 when he proceeded on leave out of India for eight
months and M.R.Ry. K.V. Sundaram Ayyar Avargal, M.sc., his Senior Assistant, officiated
for him during his absence.
3. The production of vaccine lymph was more economical than in the previous year.
The total number of doses issued increased from 2,234,070 to 2,414,935 which is more than
the average number of doses issued (2,300,000) during the last three years. The average
yield per calf rose from 26.2 to 28.4 grammes. The case success rate of primary vaccination
was 99.2 per cent against 98 per cent in the previous year. The insertion success rate also
rose from 91.6 to 96.4 per cent. The Government are glad to note that the potency of
lymph increased during the year under review so much as to achieve the highest success
rate on record for this Presidency.
The total number of re-vaccinations showed a marked increase from 479,266 to
613,309. The case success rate for re-vaccination was 40.0 against 32.8 per cent in the
previous year. The percentage of lymph unaccounted for decreased from 7.9 to 4.4. Six
districts, Tanjore (20.2), South Arcot (17.8), Vizagapatam (14.8), Kurnool (12.5), Cuddapah
(12.4) and Ramnad (12.0) showed a percentage over 10. In four of these . districts the
percentage was high even during the previous year. The Surgeon-General is requested to
investigate, in consultation with the Director of Public Health, the causes which have led to
the recurrence of the high percentage in these districts.
4. The considerable fall in the quantity of cholera vaccine issued from 937,250 doses to
386,795 doses is indicative of the decrease in the prevalence of cholera during the year
under review. The demand for other vaccines continued to be about the same as in
previous years. The total number of Kahn and Wassermann tests rose from 31,936 to
34,458.
5. The Director, King Institute, has once again brought to the notice of the Govern
-ment the unsatisfactory quality of the water supplied to certain municipalities and railway
stations. He has invited special reference to the quality of the water supplied in the
municipalities of Adoni and Periyakulam and in the railway stations at Gudur, Mangalagiri,
Ongole, Dhronachellam, Narasaraopet, Tiruttani, Arni Road, Chingleput, Kumbak ō nam
and Tiruvann ā malai, which has not improved even though adversely commented on more
than once in the past. It is not necessary for the Government to stress the importance
of the preventive measures designed to safeguard the public health of the Presidency. The
municipal councils and the railway authorities concerned are therefore requested to take
necessary steps to give effect to the recommendations made by the Director, King Institute.