( 10 )
large. The comfort and good fodder supply including grazing of the calves were
also ensured. The average quantity of lymph per calf was the largest ever obtained
at the dépôt.
Contractor Muhammad Noor continued to supply calves to the dépôt during
the year under report. No trouble was experienced with him this year, but the
calves supplied by him were no better than those supplied in the previous years.
It was only the better feeding (cut grass and ample grazing at Lalkua included)
which brought them into good condition before vaccination. He was allowed to
keep the sum of Rs. 1,000 which was advanced to him in October, 1915, for the
purchase of calves and the amount was recovered from him by instalments and
refunded into the Naini Tal treasury before 31st March, 1917.
The strain of lymph was occasionally fortified by passage through rabbits,
as usual, and proved satisfactory.
The conduct and work of the officials of the dépôt was fairly satisfactory.
The designations of head vaccinator, assistant vaccinator, head tube-filler, and
assistant tube-filler have been altered to 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th laboratory assist-
ants respectively.
Printed rubkars and parwanas.
20. During the vaccination season of 1913-14 printed rubkars and
parwanas in vernacular were issued to leading official
and non-official gentlemen by the District Officer of
Kheri with a view to improve vaccination work in that district. The details have
been fully explained in the Annual Vaccination Report for that year. The
further extension of this system is under the consideration of Government. It is
hoped that if this system is followed in other districts vaccination will improve.
Combined birth and vaccination
registers.
21. Combined vaccination registers prescribed in 1914 to replace vaccina¬
tion registers I and II used in the municipalities,
notified areas and cantonments have not yet been
adopted by many local bodies. The necessity for their adoption can be seen from
the remarks on defective vaccination in paragraph 14. Their attention has
however been invited to the advantage of the new forms.
Mode of vaccination.
22. From experience it was found that the method of vaccination on both
arms caused inconvenience to both infants and adults,
more especially the latter, the right arm being
incapacitated for work for some days and that when re-vaccination was carried
out the scarification was often made on the scar of the previous primary operation
rendering the distinguishing of the primary from the re-vaccination scar difficult.
With a view to obviating these difficulties a circular letter was issued with the
approval of Government to all district superintendents of vaccination in the
United Provinces, in June, 1916, directing that when two insertions were to be
made, all primary and secondary vaccinations should be performed on the right
arm only, while re-vaccinations were to be done on the left arm.
District annual vaccination
returns.
23. The district returns from some of the districts were again received
late notwithstanding the issue of a circular to all
district superintendents of vaccination from this
office, well in advance of the date prescribed for their submission. Some returns
from Meerut and Garhwal were received very late.
S. A. HARRISS, M.B., C.M., D.P.H., D.T.M. & H. (CAMB.),
LIEUT.-COLONEL, I.M.S.,
Sanitary Commissioner and Superintendent General
of Vaccintaion, United Provinces.
NAINI TAL :
The 27th June, 1917.