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the 31st of Jan ary on delivering lectures and demonstrations at Lucknow in
hygiene to the candidates for the appointments of health officers and apprentice
sanitary inspectors and of one Deputy Sanitary Commissioner from the 1st of
January to 31st March on lectures in advanced hygiene and laboratory instructions
in food and water analysis for health officers. The percentage of inspections to the
total number vaccinated was 15.63 for primary vaccinations and 13.98 for
revaccinations in 1912-13 as compared with 15.53 and 10.38 respectively in the
preceding year. The percentage of cases found successful to the total number
inspected in 1912-13 was 97.07 for primary vaccination and 61.25 for re-vaccination
against 97.23 and 59.61 respectively in the preceding year. Out of 227,576 primary
vaccinations inspected, the largest numbers were seen in Azamgarh (13,348),
Fatehpur (11,910), Jaunpur (10,629), Mainpuri (8,681), Partabgarh (8,581) and
Shahjahanpur (8,399). Taking percentages in order of precedence, Fatehpur again
stands first with 56.94 followed by Jalaun with 38.14, Mainpuri with 36.21,
Azamgarh with 33.93, Partabgarh with 32.74, and Garhwal with 31.11. No
inspections were made in the Agra district and only 161 vaccinations were inspected
in Lucknow and 196 in Gorakhpur. In Dehra Dun the inspections (159) made by
the Deputy Sanitary Commissioner in April 1912 were shown by mistake in his
office in the notes for 1911-12 and they have not therefore been included in this
year's totals. In the districts noted above in which the number of inspections is
small the District Superintendents of Vaccination are not required to make
vaccination tours.
The total number of vaccination operations inspected by the assistant
superintendents of vaccination or other inspecting officers in the year under report
was 623,381 (569,096 primary and 54,285 re-vaccinations) against 556,920 in
1911-12—an increase of 66,461. The percentage of inspections to total number
vaccinated in 1912-13 was 39.09 for primary vaccination and 43.86 for re-vaccination
against 37.20 and 41.74 respectively in the preceding year. The percentage
of cases found successful to the total number inspected in 1912-13 was 96.51 for
primary vaccination and 56.51 for re-vaccination against 97.00 and 66.80
respectively in 1911-12. Among the districts showing a large number of
inspections of primary cases, Gorakhpur (where there are two assistant superin-
tendents of vaccination) again stands first with 34,182, followed by Basti with
19,385, Ballia with 17,681 and Jaunpur with 16,859. These districts returned the
largest numbers of inspections in 1911-12 also precisely in the same order in which
they are now placed and, with the exception of Ballia, where there is a slight
decrease as compared with the preceding year, show a steady increase. The
districts showing small number of inspections of primary cases are Dehra Dun
(3,439), Farrukhabad (6,146), Naini Tal (6,715),Kheri (7,479), and Banda (7,570),
but all these districts show an improvement over the preceding year. Taking the
percentages of inspections of primary cases it is found that Almora returned the
highest percentage (82.99) followed by Pilibhit with 74.82, Naini Tal with 65.83,
Hamirpur with 62.63, Jalaun with 62.55 and Dehra Dun with 60.74. The
districts showing low percentages are Gonda (25.58), Kheri (26.19), Saharanpur
(26.22), Meerut (26.25) and Moradabad (26.45). Of these, Gonda, Kheri and
Meerut show an improvement over the preceding year. The assistant superinten-
dent of vaccination of Meerut has retired from service. In all districts in which
the percentage inspections were lower than the provincial average, the attention
of the assistant superintendents of vaccination will be directed to the fact. As
regards inspection of re-vaccinations, the largest numbers were seen in Garhwal
(15,972), Almora (8,283) and Naini Tal (7,893). Very few re-vaccinations were
inspected in Shahjahanpur, Allahabad, Bareilly, Meerut, Cawnpore, Lucknow,
Unao, Jaunpur, Bahraich, Bijnor and Benares. Shahjahanpur, Allahabad,
Cawnpore and Jaunpur show a slight improvement over the preceding year. The
District Superintendents of Vaccination concerned will be addressed on the subject.
Provincial bovine lymph dépôt
at Patwa Dangar (Naini Tal dis-
trict).
16. During the year under report difficulty was experienced in obtaining
a sufficient supply of suitable calves. The contractor
failed to fulfil his contract and calves had to be
purchased outright from the neighbouring villages.
Arrangements are being made to surmount this diffi-
culty. An outbreak of rinderpest occurred among the calves at the dépôt. The
services of a veterinary inspector and a veterinary assistant were secured and all