APPENDICES.
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APPENDIX B.
ANNUAL REPORT ON THE WORKING OF THE TAUNGGYI VACCINE DEPÔT FOR
1899-1900.
Buildings.—The
mat-walled building standing in the Civil Dispensary compound, which
was erected for the purposes of the vaccine depôt in 1898, was in use throughout the year
under review.
It comprises three rooms ; the larger of these is fitted with platforms for stabling calves
after operation, one of the smaller rooms contains the operating table, and in the other
fodder for the calves and appliances used in the work of the establishment are kept.
The building is adapted to the present needs of the institution. As pointed out in
last year's annual report, it is desirable that separate quarters should be provided for the
calf attendant, the danger of fire in a mat-walled building rendering it inadvisable to let
him occupy one of the rooms of the present building, and he has to live in one of the
quarters allotted to the dispensary staff. The matting of which the walls are built is fall-
ing into disrepair in some places; this can be remedied at a small cost, and the building
which was originally intended to be of a temporary nature will serve its purpose for another
twelve months at least.
The operations of vaccinating the calves and collecting the vaccine from them are
carried on in this building. The preparation of the vaccine paste is carried on in the hospital
office and occasionally interferes to some extent with the work of that institution. In the
event of the scope of the work of the vaccine depôt being enlarged, it will be necessary for
a special room to be built for use as a laboratory by the depôt staff.
2. Furniture
and appliances.—Nothing
has been added to these during the year
under review, it having been my desire to carry on the work on the lines adopted by my
predecessor, with a view to ascertaining by experience the necessities of the institution.
The furniture consists of—
Four teak platforms for stabling calves after operation.
One operating table upon which calves are tied for operating.
One office table
One office stool
One almirah
for use in the laboratory and office, and for storing apparatus
and vaccine paste.
Appliances.—These
have been in use since the time of my predecessor, and I have
added nothing to them during the year under review. They consist of—
Two small glass pestals and mortars.
One small silver scraper.
One pillar scale.
Two small watch-glasses, bottles, &., for storing the vaccine paste during and
after manufacture.
For the rather rough methods in use in the institution these appliances have sufficed.
I propose to introduce a more exact method of preparation of the vaccine paste during the
current year 1900-01, and ask for the allotment of funds for the purchase of special
appliances without which, I think, it is impossible to prepare vaccine paste on a larger scale
than at present and with scientific thoroughness. Such appliances are required for the
careful mixing and sterilising of the vaccine and the other ingredients of the vaccine paste,
and for its accurate weighment, as well as for storing and distributing it in a convenient
form.
The appliances I purpose to ask for are—
(I)
(2)
(3)
A mixing machine, either Doring's or Chalybans's (the cost of the latter is
200 marks at the Royal Institute for Vaccination, Dresden).
A distillery apparatus for preparation of distilled water on a small scale.
A sterilising apparatus, for sterilising by heat the ingredients used in the
manufacture of vaccine paste and of the instruments used.
(4) Syringes for filling the prepared paste into tubes, &c, for distribution.
(5) An accurate pillar and scales balance.
Nos. (1) and (5) of the above detailed appliances may be expensive; the other apparatus
will not be costly.
In alluding to the experiments in the preparation of vaccine paste by a new method
which I propose to carry out this year in paragraph 6 of this report, the reasons for desiring
some of the above appliances will be discussed.
3. Establishment.—This
has been increased during the year under review by the ad-
dition of an " attendant" to the staff of the vaccine depôt, whose special duty is to convey
vaccine paste to the district vaccinators ; when not so employed he assists in the work
of the laboratory and office.
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