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The Assistant Superintendents of Vaccination inspected 502,633 cases in
1904-05—472,313 primary and 30,320 revaccinations—against 515,388 in 1903-04 and
505,675 in 1902-03. The percentages of inspections to total number vaccinated
in the three years were 29.93, 30.93 and 30.38 respectively in the case of primary
vaccinations and 32.31, 30.61 and 30.11 in that of revaccinations. The districts
showing the highest percentage of inspections to total number primarily vaccinated
during 1904-05 were Naini Tál with 83.84, Almora with 60.36, Jalaun with 59.37,
Dehra Dún with 55.88, Hamírpur with 53.62 and Garhwál with 49.42. The
districts showing the lowest percentages of inspections of primary cases were
Basti with 15.66, Gorakhpur with 16.72, Allahabad with 19.87 and Sítapur with
20.18. In Basti the work of the Assistant Superintendent of Vaccination has
been found unsatisfactory and he will be removed from his post. In Gorakh¬
pur (a sparsely-populated district) and Allahabad, though the percentages are low,
the actual numbers of inspections have increased from 15,159 and 6,553 in 1903-04
to 15,337 and 6,870 in 1904-05 respectively. In Allahabad, the vaccinators gave
much trouble and the inspection work suffered thereby to a certain extent. In
Sítapur the numbers and percentages of inspections have increased during the last
three years. As regards inspections of revaccination, the percentages were highest
in Ghazipur (76.40), Naini Tál (70.84), Dehra Dún (69.71), Hamírpur (64.00),
and Etah (50.00), and lowest in Pilibhít (.79), Gorakhpur (1.34), Benares (1.62)
and Muttra (1.89).
Bovine lymph depôts.
18. Bovine lymph depôts were maintained at Lucknow, Bahraich, Allah-
abad and Patwa Dangar (Naini Tál district)—the
provincial depôt at the last-named place having
been established during the year 1904-05. Calves were inoculated in a
few other towns also, but the amount of lymph collected was very small. The
total number of primary operations performed with pure calf lymph was 21,876
against 23,993 in 1903-04 and 21,065 in 1902-03, the percentages of success being
98.85, 97.77 and 98.73 respectively. The numbers of primary and secondary
operations performed with glycerinated lymph were 6,964 and 750 respectively,
the percentages of success being 76.03 and 65.35. In 4,083 primary operations
and 582 revaccinations performed with lanoline lymph during 1904-05 the percent-
ages of success were 96.99 and 38.38 respectively. The numbers of operations
performed with lanoline lymph in 1903-04 and 1902-03 were 5,010 and 4,408—the
percentages of success being 95.18 and 96.88 respectively.
The work at the central bovine lymph depôt at Patwa Dangar (Naini Tál)
was started on the 20th May 1904, but it was not until the 14th June 1904 that
perfect vesicles were obtained though the lymph could not be regarded as really
good and strong until September. Ninety-six calves— 85 cow calves and 11 buffalo
calves—were received during the year. Of these 82 were vaccinated, eight rejected,
three died and three remained unused at the end of the year. Up to the end
of August 1904, attention was directed chiefly to obtain a good and strong strain of
lymph. From the beginning of September 1904 to the end of March 1905, 48 cow
calves and 6 buffalo calves were vaccinated, yielding 5,556 and 1,599 grains of crude
lymph respectively, the cow calves averaging 116 grains and buffalo calves 266
grains apiece. From this lymph 24,360 grains of glycerine lymph and 3,918 grains
of lanoline lymph (3,118 grains from buffalo calves and 800 grains from cow calves)
were prepared, but the use of lanoline lymph was discouraged as it was more
expensive and less pure. This was issued only when specially asked for and only
very small quantities were sent out.
The first supply of lymph was issued from the depôt on 10th June 1904 and
from that date to 31st March 1905, 21,049 tubes of glycerine lymph and 1,185
grains of lanoline lymph paste were sent out. The reports of results received for the
earlier issues of lymph were incomplete; but 2,370 primary operations were per-
formed with glycerine lymph issued between 1st January and 31st March 1905, and
of these 2,110 were successful, 151 unsuccessful and 109 unknown, the percentage of
success being 93.33. This percentage may be considered as satisfactory, but with
the new filling and mixing apparatus that has recently been received from England
and the increasing skill of the vaccinators a better result will be shortly assured.
Out of 886 revaccinations which were performed with depôt lymph, chiefly in
regiments, 525 were successful, 297 unsuccessful and 64 unknown, the percentage
of success being 63.87.