APPENDICES.
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The expenditure on contingencies has also increased year by year.
The various sums
expended under this head in the three years are compared in the following table:—
Furniture ... ...
Telegrams and postage... ...
Office and miscellaneous expenses...
Cost of calves... ...
Total...
1897-98.
Rs.
29
10
161
A.
0
0
0
P.
0
0
2
......
200
0
2
1898-99.
Rs.
82
24
114
A.
0
3
6
P.
0
0
9
......
220
9 9
1899-1900.
Rs.
48
138
181
368
A.
7
10
0
1
P.
0
4
0
4
Under the head of " Office" and " Miscellaneous" the following items of expenditure
are included:—
(I)
(2)
(3)
(4)
(5)
Materials for packing and distributing the lymph, e.g., cloth, leaden tubes
&c.j in 1897-98 = Rs. 65-8-0; in 1898-99=Rs. 66-7-7; in 1899-1900 = Rs.
106-12-1.
Materials for preparing vaccine paste, such as glycerine and lanoline.
Instruments and appliances, razors, lancets, &c, ropes, &c, for calves.
Food for calves, e.g., milk and oil cake in addition to grass brought by the at-
tendant.
Cost of lanoline paste from Bangalore.*
No expenditure was incurred for " Furniture " during the year under review.
It will be observed that a considerable item of expenditure occurs in the current year
under the head of " Hire of calves," which is not found in the expenditure of the two previ-
ous years. This expenditure was sanctioned by the Superintendent-General of Vaccination,
Burma, in his letter, Medical No. 4209-5C.—9, dated the 8th June 1899.
In previous years the local butcher brought calves for the use of the dep6t free of
charge. The expense incurred by him on this account proved too great and he refused to
supply calves without payment after June 1899. I ascertained after many inquiries that the
natives of the country would not bring them for less than Rs. 5 per head. Sanction was
obtained for the hire of calves at this rate, and every calf used in the depot since the 1st,
July 1899 has been paid for.
5. The work of the institution during the year under review compared with that of
the two previous years.—The outturn of vaccine paste from the depôt during the year under
review and the two previous years is compared below:—
In 1897-98 vaccine paste enough for 25,000 operations was prepared and distri-
buted.
hi 1898-99 vaccine paste enough for 34,000 operations was prepared and distri-
buted.
In 1899-1900 vaccine paste enough for 48,990 operations was prepared and distri-
buted.
The average cost of paste sufficient for one operation (four insertions) in the three
years is as follows :—
1897-98... ... ...
1898-99... ... ...
1899-1900... ... ...
4.60 pies per case.
475 pies per case.
4.72 pies per case.
Although the cost of the " Establishment" has-been greatly increased during the last
year of the period, yet the average cost of the vaccine has been less than previous year
owing to the increased amount of work done.
In this connection I may mention that vac-
cine paste supplied from the Mysore Government Vaccine Institution at Bangalore costs
10 1/2 pies for each operation.
6. The methods employed at the Vaccine depôt for the cultivation, collection, stor-
age, and distribution of bovine lymph.—The calves for operation are selected from those
offered for the purpose, but it is only during the rainy season that really suitable calves are
to be obtained here. Calves about nine months old, with red hair and white bellies, are
the most suitable ; black calves have the skin of the belly pigmented and relatively thicker
and less suitable for vaccinating. Female calves are preferable to male owing to the larger
surface of the abdomen available for vaccinating, and the vaccinated surface and dressings
applied do not become soiled by urine as they are liable to in the other sex.
The calf is tied belly upwards upon the operating table, which stands about 2 feet from
the ground, and the animal's legs are tied to the posts at the corners of the table, the hind
*This amounted to Rs. 83-0-0 in 1897-98, nil in 1898-99, and Rs. 31-14-3 in 1899-1900.