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re-vaccination,against 97.25 and 80.56 respectively,in 1907-8. Among the districts
showing high percentages of inspections of primary cases, Pilibhit stands first with
58.00. Jalaun comes next with 40.01. Then in order come Garhwal with 32.56,
Bijnor with 29.24 and Fatehpur with 27.95 The districts showing lowest per-
centages are Allahabad and Naini Tal, each with 1.55. No inspections were made
in Dehra Dun, Agra, Tehri-Garhwal, Cawnpore and Gorakhpur.
The total number of vaccination operations inspected by Assistant Superin-
tendents of Vaccination or other inspecting officers in 1908-9 was 498,861—450,439
primary and 48,422 re-vaccinations—against 529,279 in 1907-8. The percent-
age of inspections to total number vaccinated in 1908-9 was 33.98 as regards
primary vaccination and 36.87 as regards re-vaccination,against 30.99 and 32.27
respectively, in 1907-8. The percentage of cases found successful to total
number inspected in 1908-9 was 95.40 as regards primary operations and 82.00
as regards re-vaccinations, against 97.23 and 81.61 in 1907-8. The percentage
was highest (76.69) as regards the inspection of primary cases in the Jalaun
district. Naini Tal follows with 67.56. Then in order come Pilibhit with 66.29,
Almora with 60.05, Etawah with 56.65, Muttra with 55.93 and Dehra Dun
with 54.03. The district showing lowest percentages were Sitapur with 12.09,
Gonda with 12.95, Hardoi with 17.44, Bahraich with 20.04 and Basti with
21.35. The percentage of the Sitapur district though higher than that of the
preceding year is the lowest in the province. The Assistant Superintendents of
Vaccination whose explanation is unsatisfactory, will be suitably dealt with. The
districts showing high percentages of inspections as regards re-vaccinations
are Almora with 75.51, Pilibhit with 69.65, Jalaun with 61.00 and Sultanpur
with 60.75, and the districts showing low percentages are Agra with .38, Bareilly
with .86 and Gorakhpur with 1.33. Re-vaccinations were not inspected in Mainpuri
and Rae Bareli. The Assistant Superintendents of Vaccination of Agra and
Bareilly are old men and will retire shortly. The Assistant Superintendent of
Vaccination, Mainpuri, will be removed from that district as his work has not been
satisfactory. The Assistant Superintendents of Gorakhpur and Rae Bareli will be
warned.
Bovine lymph depôt,
18. The provincial depôt at Patwa Dangar now supplies bovine lymph to
all parts of the provinces and consequent on its expan-
sion, the local aepôt at Lucknow was closed during
the year under report. As in previous years, some difficulty was experienced in
obtaining calves on account of the prevalence of rinderpest, foot-and-mouth and
other diseases from which 29 calves died in the depôt. Government sanction to the
erection of corrugated iron roofed huts for a permanent quarantine station at
Kalona has now been obtained and it is hoped that with extra precautions similar
outbreaks will be avoided but with the cart road so near infection is always possible.
One hundred and twenty calves—80 cow and 40 buffalo—were operated
upon in 1908-9 and 104 out of them—73 cow and 81 buffalo—proved successful.
Cow-calves yielded on an average 25 grammes, and buffalo calves 57.2 grammes, of
crude lymph. This is the highest average ever yielded since the establishment of
the depôt. The total quantity of crude lymph obtained during 1908-9 was 3595.8
grammes. From this 15,843.1 grammes of glycerinated lymph, 2,034.8 grammes
of glycerine paste and 27.4 grammes of lanoline paste were prepared. The quantity
of lymph issued from the depôt was also large as shown below.—
Year.
1904-5 ...
1905-6 ...
1906-7 ...
1907-8 ...
1908-9 ...
Quantity of lymph issued.
Glycerinated lymph.
Tubes.
21,0 49
74,800
113,945
198,224
243,722
In bulk
Gram-
mes.
Grs.
Nil.
98
205
0
0
Nil.
3,806 3
Glycerine
paste.
Gram-
mes.
Grs.
Nil.
Nil.
1,367
668
749
0
12
0
Lanoline
paste.
Gram-
mes.
79
120
19
161
4
Grs.
0
0
0
0
0
Income.
Rs.
106
2,057
3,527
6,118
8,572