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It was during this month also that the authorities of the Plague Research Laboratory
were able to fulfil their promise of supplying 70,000 doses of propbylactic daily; from
February onwards the daily supply actually reached this amount. As, however, it was evi-
dent that so large a quantity would not be required, the Laboratory authorities were asked
to discontinue supplies from the end of this month.
The total number of doses of prophylactic received in the Punjab between September
1902 and February 1903 in connection with the inoculation scheme was 1,681,717. Of
these 160,091 doses were of fiuid prepared by the new process and were received between
September 28th and October 29th, and 1,521,626 doses were of the original fluid and were
received between December 2nd and February 16th.
March— April.
85. It was hoped that with the great spread of plague that was anticipated in March
and April the people would avail themselves
more freely of the facility for inoculation afforded
them. This hope was not realised, however, for, though the anticipated increase of plague
occurred, in neither of these months was the number of persons inoculated as great as during
February.
The number of inoculations reported in March was 79,642 and in April 51,516.
This result was chiefly due to the people being busy with the harvest, and it can be under-
stood that in badly-infected districts where many workers were sick or dead of plague the
work of gathering of the harvest fell all the harder upon the remainders who thus were
unable to spare any time for inoculation.
End of operations.
86. During: May the inoculation operations may be considered to have come to an
end. Only 11,134 persons were inoculated dur-
ing this month, and the engagements of all the
European Medical Practitioners engaged for the scheme terminated.
Statistics.
87. Between the beginning of October 1902 and the end of May 1903, 481,130 per-
sons were inoculated in the Punjab.
It has been seen that a certain amount of prophylactic prepared in connection with
the inoculation scheme was received in the Punjab during September and that a number
of persons were inoculated in this month. This number was 24,268, and it should properly
be included in the total number of persons inoculated in connection with the inoculation
scheme. If this is done this total amounts to 505,398.
In Statement No. 11 (in Appendix IV) the number of inoculations performed by each
Operator weekly from the beginning of October 1902 to the end of May 1903 is detailed,
and in Table No. 1 below the work done by each class of Medical Officers is shewn :—
Tadle No. 1 showing the number of Inoculations performed by each class of Medical
Officers employed in the Punjab during the year 1902-03.
Serial No.
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
XI
Class of officers.
Officers of the Indian Medical Service permanently employed in
the Province (not being Civil Surgeons),
Officers of the Indian Medical Service temporarily deputed to plague
duty.
Officers of the Indian Medical Service specially deputed to inocu-
lation duty.
European Medical Practitioners ...
Temporary Medical Officers
Civil Surgeons ...
Permanent Civil Assistant Surgeons
...
...
Assistant Surgeons not on plague duty
... ...
Medical Missionaries
...
...
...
...
Temporary Assistant Surgeons ...
...
Cantonment Medical Officers
...
...
...
Total
Number of Office Employed
3
4
5
36
10
13
2
12
11
13
2
III
Number of ioccuptions per formed
8,758
14,142
25,398
3,05,793
47,139
3,221
7,459
9,247
4,584
54,707
481,581
REMARKS.