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the calves were inoculated. Inoculation syringes and anti-rinderpest serum have
recently been purchased and all calves which come from infected districts are now
inoculated on arrival at the quarantine station.
Four hundred and twenty-three calves (including one left over from the
preceding year and one born in the dépôt) were received in the dépôt during
1912-13. Of these, 386 calves (259 cow and 127 buffalo) were vaccinated; 24 died
unvaccinated (chiefly of rinderpest) ; one died while under operation ; one was
vaccinated at the close of the season, and the lymph taken from it in April 1913 ;
and 11 were left unvaccinated at the close of the year. Out of the 386 calves, 355
(239 cow and 116 buffalo) proved successful; 20 gave unsuccessful results and
11 were found in such a sickly condition that lymph was not taken from them.
The total quantity of crude lymph obtained in 1912-13 was 11,285 grammes
against 9,335.6 grammes in the preceding year—the average yield per cow calf being
22.1 grammes and that per buffalo calf 51.7 grammes against 19'9 and 36'6 grammes
respectively in 1911-12. From the 11,285 grammes of crude lymph, 69,742 grammes
of glycerinated lymph and 1,256.4 grammes of glycerine paste were prepared.
There being no demand for lanoline paste none was manufactured during the
year 1912-13 as was similarly the case in 1911-12.
The annual output of lymph and extension of the areas in which arm-to-
arm vaccination has been replaced by calf lymph vaccination, as well as the
expenditure on, and income from., the dépot are shown in the following table :—
Year.
1,904-5 ...
1905-6 ...
1906-7 ...
1907-8 ...
1908-9 ...
1909-10 ,..
1910-11...
1911-12...
1912-13...
Quantity of lymph issued.
Glycerinated lymph.
Tubes.
21,049
74,800
113,945
198,224
243,722
249,974
358,939
1,93,356
180,445
In bulk.
Gram-
mes. Grs.
Nil
98
205
0
0
Nil.
3,806
9,147
9,392
41,460
58,427
3
0
0
12
13
Glycerine
paste.
Gram-
mes. Grs.
Nil.
Nil.
1,367
668
749
414
45
44
83
0
12
0
0
0
0
3
Lanoline
paste.
Gram-
mes.
79
120
19
161
4
4
6
Grs.
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Nil.
Nil.
Arm-to-arm vaccination,
replaced by calf lymph
vaccination in—
Dis-
tricts.
...
...
...
...
4
8
13
22
35
Munici-
palities.
5
14
23
53
79
87
87
87
87
Notified
areas.
...
...
...
5
19
32
37
45
45
Income.
Rs.
106
2,057
3,527
6,118
8,572
8,527
14,211
18,780
24,019
Expendi-
ture.
Rs.
3,300
7,789
5,741
6,717
12,573
10,524
12,097
13,030
14,894
The decrease in the issue of lymph in glass tubes, and the increase in its
supply in bulk in metal tubes, continued during the year. The reasons for this
have been given in the notes for the preceding year.
The total receipts of the dépôt during 1912-13 amounted to Rs. 24,019
(Rs. 23,448 from the sale of lymph and Rs. 571 from that of milk and calves, &c.)
excluding Rs. 31, the cost of lymph issued free during the year, whereas the total
expenditure was Rs. 14,894 including Rs. 390 on account of the pay of a resident
European Superintendent appointed during the year. The receipts and expendi-
ture during 1911-12 were Rs. 18,780 and Rs. 13,030 respectively.
Arm-to-arm vaccination has now been replaced by vaccination with calf
lymph in 35 districts, 13 districts having been added during the year under review.
It is proposed to take up two districts more during the next season, bringing the
total up to 37 districts.
All the 87 municipalities and 45 notified areas in these provinces continued
during 1912-13 to receive, on payment, their supplies of lymph from the depôt.
The cost of the lymph thus provided amounted to Rs. 6,275.
Several native states, court of wards, private persons and the Chief Medical
Officer, East Indian Railway, also purchased lymph to the value of Rs. 2,018 in
1912-13 against Rs. 1,886 in 1911-12.
The total number of primary operations performed in these provinces with
calf lymph in 1912-13 was 1,106,205 and that of re-vaccinations 76,575 against
764,699 and 48,514 respectively in 1911-12. Returns of results have been received
for 545,986 primary vaccinations and 40,544 re-vaccinations (excluding unknown
cases) and these show a percentage success of 89.4 and 46.8 respectively during