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number inspected by these officers during 1917-18 and 1916-17 was 257,858
(248,467 primary and 9,391 re-vaccinations) and 252,200 (245,076 primary
and 7,124 re-vaccinations), respectively. These include 4,244 and 11,184
inspections of primary vaccinations and one and 8 those of re-vaccinations,
respectively, performed in previous years and not included in Statement V.
The percentages of inspections to the total number inspected during the two
years were 15.67 and 15.24, respectively, as regards primary and 8 38 and 6.55,
respectively, as regards re-vaccination. Among the districts showing a large
number of inspections Bulandshahr, as last year, stands first with 15,419 ins-
pections and is followed by Jaunpur with 13,323. Then in order come Pilibhit
with 10,537, Basti with 9,314, Azamgarh with 9,274 and Sultanpur with 9,200.
All these districts with the exception of Jaunpur and Azamgarh show an improve-
ment over the preceding year—the number of inspections in Basti being more
than, and in Sultanpur about, double. No inspections were performed in the
districts of Dehra Dun, Agra, Lucknow and Gorakhpur and very few in Allaha-
bad (95) and Benares (70). In all these districts the district superintendents
of vaccination are not required to make tours for the inspection of vaccination.
(b) By Assistant Superintendents of Vaccination and other inspecting officers.
There was an increase of 7,787 in the number of inspections made by these
officials during the year under report, as compared with the previous year's, the
actual numbers being 698,952 and 691,165, respectively. The percentage of
inspections to the total number vaccinated in 1917-18 was 41.88 as regards
primary and 41.34 as regards re-vaccination, as compared with 41.91 and 44 22,
respectively, in the preceding year. The percentages of cases found successful to the
total number inspected during the two years were 96 42 and 96.87, respectively, for
primary vaccinations and 65.38 and 62.56, respectively, for re-vaccinations. As
usual, the District of Gorakhpur, where there are two assistant superintendents
of vaccination, shows the largest number of inspections (38,266) performed during
the year under report and is followed by Basti (23,997), Almora (22,098), Garhwal
(18,875), Cawnpore (18,386), Benares (18,112), Agra (17,816), Bijnor (17,748),
Aligarh (17,720), Bulandshahr (17,522), Jaunpur (17,217) and Gonda (17,052).
The districts showing the smallest number are Dehra Dun (5,538), Kheri (6,856)
and Unao (7,083). Dehra Dun shows a fair and Unao a nominal improvement
over the past year. The Assistant Superintendent of Vaccination of Kheri, where
the number of inspections has fallen, has been warned. Among the districts
showing high percentages of inspections of primary cases, Dehra Dun heads the
list with 75.60 followed by Naini Tal with 65.43, Partabgarh with 64.63 and
Hamirpur with 64.54. The districts showing very low percentages are Kheri
(21.78), Unao (27.18) and Meerut (27.63).
Provincial Bovine Lymph Depot
at Patwa Dangar, Naini Tal Dis-
trict
17. The charge of the Depôt was held by Lieutenant-Colonel S. A. Harriss,
I.M.S. from 1st April to 25th July 1917, in addition
to his own duties as Sanitary Commissioner, and
after that, on his reversion to military duty, by Dr. D.
D. Pandya, Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, IV Range, till the close of the year.
The total number of calves obtained for vaccination at the Dépôt during the
year 1917-18 was 293 (116 cow and 177 buffalo) against 370 (138 cow and 232
buffalo) in 1916-17. Of the 293 calves obtained, five died unvaccinated, 269 (112
cow and 157 buffalo) were successfully vaccinated, 14 failed and five died after
vaccination but lymph was not taken from them. Out of 269 calves successfully
vaccinated, 51 died subsequently and there were thus 61 deaths amongst calves in
1917-18. Of these 61 deaths, 35 occurred from rinderpest and foot and mouth
disease, 12 from pneumonia, one from " black quarter " and the rest from other
causes. Necessary precautionary measures were adopted and all calves and cattle
were inoculated with auti-rinderpest serum.
The total quantity of crude lymph obtained during the year under report
was 15,341.7 grammes or 57 0 grammes per calf, against 18,348.7 grammes or 52.4
grammes per calf in 1916-17. The average yield per calf during the year was
larger than that recorded in any of the previous years. From this crude lymph,
91,377.0 grammes of glycerinated lymph and 558.2 grammes of glycerine paste
were prepared during the year under report, as against 106,577.5 grammes and
11,88 5 grammes, respectively, in 1916-17. No lanoline paste was prepared during
the year. The decrease in the total quantity was due to the fact that, during the
second half of the year the preparation of lymph for the ensuing season and its
storage in " cold chamber " till required was temporarily given up, as a large
quantity of lymph thus prepared and stored in 1916-17, on being tested on rabbits,
was found unfit for issue and had subsequently to be destroyed.