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The quantity of glycerinated lymph issued in 1919-20 was 173,317 capillary
tubes and 94,354.7 grammes in bulk in metal tubes as against 185,699 and 91,658
in 1918-19 and 172,462 and 86,658¾ in 1917-18, respectively. Of the total quan-
tity of lymph issued 724 glass capillary tubes and 440 grammes in bulk costing
Rs. 282 were issued free in 1919-20 as against 409 tubes and 94 grammes in bulk
to the value of Rs. 67 in 1918-19 and 745 tubes and one gramme in bulk to the
value of Rs. 28 in 1917-18.
During the year under report all the 84 municipalities and 44 out of 49
notified areas were supplied with lymph on payment. The cost of lymph pur-
chased by the 48 district boards was Rs. 20,560, by municipalities Rs. 5,080, by
native . states and court of wards Rs. 2,917 and by notified areas and
cantonments Rs. 1,272 in 1919-20, as against Rs. 19,953, Rs. 4,868, Rs. 2,158 and
Rs. 1,414 in 1918-19, Rs. 19,787, Rs. 4 480, Rs. 2,306 and Rs. 1,505 in 1917-18,
respectively. Lymph worth Rs. 2,965 was supplied to the Military department
in 1919-20, as against Rs. 5,084 in 1918-19 and Rs. 2,462 in the year before, on
an annual contract of Rs. 1,500. The contract money was originally fixed by the
Government of India at Rs. 700 per annum, but the amount having been proved
quite inadequate as compared with the cost of lymph supplied to the military
medical officers, the Government of India were pleased to raise the amount to
Rs. 1,500 per annum from the 1st April, 1917. It will, however, be seen
from the figure3 given above that the Dépôt was put to a loss of Rs. 1,465,
Rs. 3,584 and Rs. 962, respectively, during the three years mentioned above.
The Local Government has, therefore, recently been approached with the
request to move the Government of India to raise the amount to Rs. 3,000. The
total receipts of the Dépôt during the year 1919-20 amounted to Rs. 35,430
(Rs. 32,354 from the sale of lymph and Rs. 3,076 from the sale of milk, calves, etc.),
as compared with Rs. 32,836 and Rs. 32,681 in 1918-19 and 1917-18, respectively.
The expenditure of the Dépôt amounted to Rs. 31,547 during the year under
report, as against Rs. 25,297 in the last year and Rs. 21,910 in the year before
last. The increase is chiefly due to (1) the purchase of ammonia cylinders at a
cost of Rs. 1,500, (2) the high prices of grains and oils, etc, (3) the appointment
of an assistant mistri and (4) the payment of an allowance to the sub-assistant
surgeon posted at Manora or at the Naini Tal Police Hospital for visiting the
dépôt twice a week, as sanctioned by Government. The total number of vaccina-
tion operations performed in 1919-20 with calf lymph was 1,424,069, (1,290,272
primary and 133,790 re-vaccinations) as compared with 1,416,836 and 1,665,024
in 1918-19 and 1917-18, respectively. The returns of results received
show a percentage success of 82.65 in the case of primary vaccinations and 40.40
in the case of re-vaccinations for the period from April to September, 1919 (hot
weather) and 96.37 and 68.41, respectively, for the period from October, 1919, to
March, 1920 (cold weather), as compared with 90.40, 61.56, 97.20 and 67.71 in
1918-19 and 85.68, 59.61, 96.95 and 73.43 in 1917-18, respectively.
The results of vaccination operations performed during the three years
of the triennium under review are given in the subjoined table :—
Period.
April to Sep-
tember
October
to
March.
Total ..
Primary.
Successful
1919-20.
28,756
693,315
722,073
1918-19.
37,007
770,796
808,403
1917-18.
31,949
645,255
677,204
Unsuccessful.
1919-20.
6,035
26,075
32,110
1918-19.
3,992
22,200
26,192
1917-18.
5,338
20,287
25,625
Percentage of
success.
1919-20.
82.65
96.37
95.74
1918-19.
90.40
97.20
96.86
1917-18.
85.68
96.95
96.35
Re-vaccination.
Successful.
1919-20.
7,919
33,373
41,292
1918-19
14,577
48,686
63,263
1917-18.
6,886
29,485
36,371
Unsuccessful.
1919-20.
11,682
15,413
27,095
1918-19.
9,101
23,217
32,318
1917-18.
4,666
10,666
15,332
Percentage of
success.
1919-20.
40.40
68.41
60.38
1918-19.
61.56
67.71
66.19
1917-18.
59.6
73.4
70.3
The experiment of vaccinating calves at Lalkua has been discontinued.
An electric battery and cold storage plant were installed at the Dépôt during
the triennial period under report. The pay of the post of the mistri was raised to
Rs. 75-5-100 and sanction for the appointment of an assistant mistri on-