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those were only in a few of the several punctures made. Out of all the children seen
by me, only one child had developed on its arms three good vesicles of middling size ;
from two of these vesicles 1 managed, with difficulty, to fill one capillary tube on
the 19th October. The result of the use of this tube lymph has been detailed in
para. 2. Experiments on animal vaccination in Surat came to a close on my leaving
in November for the districts. As I should be for some months constantly on the
move, and as under such circumstances it would be difficult to carry on animal vacci-
nation, on my arrival at Ahmedabad, I asked Mr. Ruttonjee Hormusjee if he could
undertake to carry on animal vaccination. He readily consented to do so. I then
waited upon Mr. Borradaile the Collector, and requested the grant of some money
for carrying on animal vaccination in Ahmedabad. Mr. Borradaile very cordially
consented to give Rupees 100 from Local Funds. By Resolution No. 2963 of Go-
vernment in the General Department, sanction to this expenditure was given. On the
] 2th November, I inoculated a heifer at the Bechurdass Dispensary out of some lymph
kindly supplied to me by Mr. Anunta Chundroba. On the 17th this operation was
found to have so far succeeded as to enable me to inoculate another heifer to a good
extent. Dr. Wyllie, the Civil Surgeon of Ahmedabad, had seen the method of animal
vaccination as carried on in Belgium, but he kindly attended the dispensary on the
17th to see the process. I gave over charge of the last heifer to Mr. Ruttonjee, who,
though somewhat interruptedly, carried on the work up to the middle of February,
when in consequence of deterioration of the animal lymph it had to be given up. From
November up to February 13 heifers were inoculated, and 53 children vaccinated
with lymph direct from the heifers, and from the lymph of some of the successful
cases, 149 children were vaccinated. During these experiments the process of carry-
ing on animal vaccination was shown to Assistant Vaccinators Purbhooram Pransunker,
Jeithalall Poonjajee, and Moola Ameeroodeen of the Government establishment, and
to the Civil vaccinator of Surat and the two Municipal vaccinators of Ahmedabad.
Surat and Ahmedabad being the two largest cities in this circle, it was my intention to
make some definite arrangements for carrying on animal vaccination in them all the
year round; in fact for the city of Ahmedabad such an arrangement was come to.
The grant of Rs. 100 from the Ahmedabad Local Funds mentioned above was to
cover all expenses up to March, and Mr. Borradaile said that in case further assistance
was wanted, I was to apply for the same in March, so that the sum could be included
in the Local Funds Budget for the current year. The results of Mr. Ruttonjee's ope-
rations at Ahmedabad have deterred me, for the present, from carrying these experi-
ments further, especially as the bad results are attributed to deterioration of the animal
lymph. With a fresh supply of good lymph I hope to continue these experiments on
a future occasion.
Small-pox.
10. There has been no appearance of small-pox in this circle during the past
year worth noticing, but just about the close of the year, I
received a report of the appearance of small-pox in the
Camp of Deesa.