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APPENDIX A.
The Annual Vaccination Report of the Special Staff, Punjab, for the year 1896-97, by
Surgeon-Captain G. Y. C. HUNTER, I. M. S., Officiating Deputy Sanitary Com-
missioner, Punjab.
The Deputy Sanitary
Commissioner.
The office of Deputy Sanitary Commissioner was held by Surgeon-Captain C. H..
James, I. M. S., from the beginning of the vaccination year (April
1st, 1896) to January 5th, 1897. I have held charge from January
6th to the end of the year.
Work done by Special
Staff Vaccinators.
2. The Special Staff Vaccinators performed 101,893 vaccinations during the year
1896-97. Of these 67,780 were primary operations and 34,113 re-
vaccinations. There is an increase of 22,588 on the total number of
vaccinations performed in the previous year when 79,305 persons
were vaccinated by the Special Staff. The increase is in both primary operations and re-
vaccinations.
The primary vaccinations have risen from 61,708 last year to 67,780 this year
showing a gain of 6,072 and the re-vaccinations from 17,597 to 34,113, giving an in-
crease of 16,516. The numbers vaccinated according to their classes or sects is shewn in
an Appendix to this report.
This, viz., 101,893, is the largest number of vaccinations that has ever been perform-
ed by the Special Staff, and the fact may be looked upon as very satisfactory. This
result is greatly due to the fact of vaseline lymph being used for the first time to any
great extent, and this of itself constitutes a strong argument in favor of Dr. Bamber's
vaseline lymph being introduced in the place of buffalo calf lymph, as the Vaccinators
being provided with a supply of ready made lymph can naturally get over a much
larger area and consequently perform many more operations in a given time than if they
had the delay of obtaining and vaccinating.calves to contend with at each village.
A glance at the table below will shew the number of vaccinations performed by
the Special Staff since the year 1889-90—
TABLE No. I.
Years.
1889-90
...
...
...
...
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1890-91
...
...
...
...
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1891-92
...
...
...
...
...
1892-93
...
...
...
...
...
1893-94
...
...
...
...
...
1894-95
...
...
...
...
...
1895-96
...
...
...
...
...
1896-97
...
...
...
...
...
Primary.
61,017
50,266
43,979
49,336
58,963
58,578
61,708
67,780
Re-vaccinations.
10,121
22,852
28,030
25,960
35,446
24,657
17,597
34,113
Total.
71,138
73,118
72,009
75,296
94,409
83,235
79,305
101,893
Kinds of lymph used.
3. Table No. II shewn below gives the details of the work done with the various
kinds of lymph together with the percentages of successes. I have
excluded from the latter the results which are " unknown " as
they do not affect appreciably the comparison of the different forms of lymph: —
TABLE No. II.
LYMPH USED.
Buffalo calf ... ...
Vaseline ... ...
Human ... ...
Total ... ...
PRIMARY.
Successful.
38,443
18,844
1,632
58,919
Unsuccessful.
675
855
15
1,545
Unknown.
3,898
3,313
105
7,316
Total.
43,016
23,012
1,752
67,780
RE-VACCINATIONS.
Successful.
17,980
2,435
679
21,094
Unsuccessful.
4,690
1,253
202
6,145
Unknown.
5,496
1,147
231
6,874
Total
28,166
4,835
1,112
34,113
PERCENTAGES OF
SUCCESS EXCLUD¬
ING UNKNOWN
CASES IN
Primary.
98.27
95.66
99.09
97.44
Re-vaccination.
79.31
66.02
77.07
77.44
Buffalo lymph.
The greater part of the work done was with buffalo calf lymph, as the depôt where
all the vaseline lymph is prepared was unable, on its existing small
scale, to supply sufficient quantity for the whole Special Staff, having
in addition to provide lymph for the various districts mentioned in Punjab Government
letter No. 587 of the 21st of December last.