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STATEMENT No. IX.
Showing the sanctioned Establishments of the Nagpur and Jubbulpore Lunatic Asylums
as they stood on the 31st December 1909.
1
Establishment.
Superintendent
...
...
...
Deputy Superintendent
...
...
...
Staff allowance
...
...
...
Second Hospital Assistant
...
...
...
Staff allowance
...
...
...
Clerk
...
...
...
Compounder
...
...
...
Head Warder
...
...
...
Assistant Head Warder
...
...
...
Warder, 1st Class
...
...
...
Do., and Class ... ... ...
Do., 3rd Class
...
...
...
Matron ... ... ...
Female Head Warder ... ... ...
Do. Warders, 1st Class ... ... ...
Do. do.,
and Class ... ... ...
Graziers ... ... ...
Farm hands ... ... ...
Gowla
...
...
...
Daily Peon ... ... ...
Barber ... ... ...
Male Sweepers ... ... ...
Female Sweepers ... ... ...
Gardener ... ... ...
Total ...
Daily average number of males ... ...
Do.
do.
females ... ...
Nagpur ... ...
Jubbulpore
...
...
Nagpur
...
...
Jubbulpore
...
...
Nagpur
...
...
Jubbulpore
...
...
Nagpur ... ...
Jubbulpore
...
...
Nagpur ... ...
Jabbulpore
...
...
Nagpur ... ...
Jubbulpore ... ...
Nagpur
...
...
Jubbulpore ... ...
Nagpur ... ...
Jubbulpore
...
...
Nagpur ... ...
Jubbulpore
...
...
Nagpur ... ...
Jubbulpore
...
...
Nagpur
...
...
Jubbulpore ... ...
Nagpur ... ...
Jubbulpore
...
...
Nagpur
...
...
Jubbulpore ... ...
Nagpur ... ...
Jubbulpore ... ...
Nagpur
...
...
Jubbulpore
...
...
Nagpur ... ...
Jubbulpore ... ...
Nagpur ... ...
Jubbulpore
...
...
Nagpur ... ...
Jubbulpore ... ...
Nagpur ... ...
Jubbulpore ... ...
Nagpur
...
...
Jubbulpore
...
...
Nagpur
...
...
Jubbulpore
...
...
Nagpur ... ...
Jubbulpore
...
...
Nagpur
...
...
Jubbulpore
...
...
Nagpur
...
...
Jubbulpore
...
...
Nagpur
...
...
Jubbulpore
...
...
Nagpur
...
...
Do.
...
...
Total ...
Daily average number of males ... ...
Do.
do.
females ... ...
Jubbulpore ... ...
Do.
...
...
Total ...
2
Number.
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
...
1
...
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
...
4 at Rs. 12 each p. m.
2 at Rs. 12 each p. m.
4 at Rs. 11 each p. m.
1
4 at Rs. 10 each p. m.
7 at Rs, 8 each p. m.
1
...
1
...
5 at Rs. 10 each p. m.
...
3 at Rs. 9 each p. m.
...
2 at Rs. 6 each p.m.
...
2 at Rs. 6 eaeh p. m.
...
1
...
1
...
1
1
2 at Rs. 6 each p. m.
1
2 at Rs. 5 each p. m.
...
1
1
...
...
134.87
71.81
206.68
102.38
...
102.38
3
Monthly wages.
Rs.
150
150
45
70
30
50
35 (vacant).
...
10 (vacant).
...
30
20
15
10
15
15
14
...
48
24
44
10
40
50
40
...
12
...
30
...
27
...
12
...
12
...
9
...
7
...
6
2
12 (1 vacant).
6
10 (One is employed on
Rs. 4 p. m).
...
10
8
653
421
...
...
...
...
...
...
Proportion of ...
Head Warders to males
...
Male Warders to males
...
Female Head Warders to females ...
Female Warders to females
...
Nagpur.
Per cent.
1.48
8.90
1.39
8.36
Jubbulpore.
per cent.
0.98
9.77
...
...
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STATE
Showing Receipts and Expenditure on account of Manufactures in the Lunatic Asylums
1
Name of Asylum.
Nagpur ...
Jubbulpore
...
GRAND TOTAL 1909
...
Provincial Totals ...
1908 ...
1907 ..
2
Mean population.
Male.
134.87
102.38
237.25
237.79
227.43
Female.
71.81
...
71.81
73.68
89.72
Total.
206.68
102.38
309.06
311.47
317.15
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
CREDITS.
Cash paid
into the
treasury for
articles sold.
Rs.
4,331
262
4,593
3,896
3,434
a.
0
3
3
9
3
p.
2
0
2
3
11
Value of
manufactured
goods made
over to Asylum
for Asylum
purposes.
Rs.
2,862
416
3,278
3.480
2,865
a.
0
9
9
11
15
p.
7
4
11
5
0
Value of
raw mate-
rials in store
at the end
of the year.
Rs.
712
a.
2
p.
4
...
712
34
3
2
8
9
4
0
0
Value of
manufac-
tured goods
in store
at the end
of the year.
Rs.
33
a.
0
p.
0
...
33
190
42
0
8
0
0
0
0
Value of
plant and
machinery in
store at the
end of the
year.
Rs.
4,824
53
4,878
5,057
5,057
a.
13
5
2
5
5
p.
4
0
4
4
6
Total credits.
Rs.
12,763
732
13,495
12,659
11,403
a.
0
1
1
10
1
p.
5
4
9
0
5
Value of
manufac-
tured goods
in store on
1 st January
1909.
Rs.
190
a.
8
p.
0
...
190
42
160
8
0
0
0
0
0
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MENT No. X.
in the Central Provinces during the year 1909, and Provincial Totals for two previous years.
10
11
12
13
14
15
DEBITS.
Value of
raw mate-
rials in
store on 1st
January
1909.
Rs.
34
a.
8
p.
0
...
34
3
8
9
0
0
...
Value of plant
and machinery
in store on
1st January
1909.
Rs.
4,992
65
5,057
5,057
4,326
a.
5
0
5
5
13
p.
4
0
4
6
6
Raw mate-
rials pur-
chased.
Rs.
209
51
260
247
210
a.
0
10
10
6
12
p.
0
6
6
3
10
Contingen-
cies of
manufac-
ture.
Rs.
4,756
a.
6
p.
10
...
4,756
3,392
1,749
6
2
15
10
10
8
All other
charges.
Rs.
480
a.
0
p.
0
...
480
579
0
0
0
0
...
Total debits.
Rs.
10,662
116
10,779
9,321
6,447
a.
12
10
6
7
10
p.
2
6
8
7
0
16
17
RESULTS.
Excess of
credits or
profits.
Rs.
2,100
615
2,715
3,338
4,955
a.
4
6
11
2
7
p.
3
10
1
5
5
Excess of
debits or
loss.
Rs. a. p.
...
...
...
...
...
18
Remarks.
Employed on
manufacture.
Male.
22.13
10.00
32.13
32.87
30.78
Female.
3.38
...
3.38
3.76
6.00
Total.
25.51
10.00
35.51
36.63
36.78
Employed on
gardening.
Male.
41.54
40.00
81.54
86.15
76.51
Female.
6.81
...
6.8l
6.09
6.48
Total.
48.35
40.00
88.35
92.24
82.99
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STA
Showing Receipts and Expenditure on account of Manufactures in the Lun
1
Name of Asylum.
Nagpur ... ...
Jubbulpore ... ...
GRAND TOTAL 1908 ... ...
Provincial Total
...
1907 ...
1906 ...
2
Mean population.
Male.
134.96
102.83
237.79
227.43
222.97
Female.
73.68
...
73.68
89.72
75.53
Total.
208.64
102.83
311.47
317.15
298.50
3
4
5
6
7
8
CREDITS.
Cash paid
into the
treasury for
articles sold.
Rs.
3,322
574
3,896
3,434
4,750
a.
9
0
9
3
3
p.
3
0
3
11
2
Value of
manufactured
goods made
over to Asylum
for Asylum
purposes.
Rs.
2,984
495
3,480
2,865
2,426
a.
13
13
11
15
5
p.
6
11
5
0
6
Value of
raw meterial
in store at the
end of the
year.
Rs.
34
a.
8
p.
0
...
34
3
8
9
0
0
...
Value of
manufactured
goods in store
at the end
of the
year.
Rs.
190
a.
8
p.
0
...
190
42
160
8
0
0
0
0
0
Value of
plant and
machinery in
store at the
end of the
year.
Rs.
4,992
65
5,057
5,057
4,346
a.
5
0
5
5
13
p.
4
0
4
6
6
Total credit
Rs.
11,524
1,134
12,659
11,403
11,633
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MENT No. X.
Asylums in the Central Provinces during the year 1908, and Provincial Totals for two previous years.
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10
11
12
13
14
15
DEBITS.
Value of
manufac-
ured goods
in stores on
1st January
1908.
Rs. a.
0
p.
0
...
0
0
8
0
9
0
Value of
raw ma-
terials in
store on 1st
January
1908.
Rs.
3
a.
9
p.
0
...
3 9
0
...
...
Value of plant
and machinery
in store on
1st January
1908.
Rs.
4,992
65
5,057
4,326
4,265
a.
5
0
5
13
8
p.
6
0
6
6
0
Raw materials
purchased.
Rs.
174
72
247
210
439
a.
13
8
6
12
4
p.
9
6
3
10
8
Contingen-
cies of
manufac-
ture.
Rs.
3,392
a.
3
p.
10
...
3,392
1,749
1,667
3
15
4
10
8
10
All other
charges.
Rs.
579
a.
0
p.
0
...
579 0
0
...
84
7 0
Total
debits.
Rs.
9,183
137
9,321
6,447
6,469
a.
15
8
7
10
0
p.
1
6
7
9
6
16
17
RESULTS.
Excess
of
credit or
profit.
Rs.
2,340
997
3,338
4,955
5,214
a.
13
5
2
7
5
p.
0
5
5
5
8
Excess of
debits or
loss.
Rs. a. p.
...
...
...
...
...
18
Remarks.
Employed on
manufacture.
Male.
22.18
10.69
32.87
30.78
23.80
Female
3.76
...
3.76
6.00
6.00
Total.
25.94
10.69
36.63
36.78
29.80
Employed on
gardening.
Male.
41.85
44.30
86.15
76.51
70.44
Female.
6.09
...
6.09
6.48
3.19
Total.
47.94
44.30
92.24
82.99
73.63
Govt. Press, Nagpur :—No. 2390, I. G. of C. H.—2-3-09—200.
Triennial Report
on
Vaccination in Burma
for the Years
1920-21 to 1922-23
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on
Vaccination in Burma
for the Years
1920-21 to 1922-23
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1923
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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
TRIENNIAL REPORT ON VACCINATION IN BURMA FOR THE
YEARS 1920-21 TO 1922-23.
General Review of Vaccination work ...
Operations
...
... ... ...
Successful Vaccinations ... ... ...
Comparative Study of Vaccination work performed
Dispensary Vaccination ... ... ...
Revaccinations ... ... ...
Vaccination in Jails ... ... ...
Vaccination in Towns ... ... ...
Infant Vaccination ... ... ...
Vaccination Establishment ... ...
Vaccination by " other agencies " ... ...
Verification of Results
... ... ...
Cost of the Department ... ... ...
Vaccine Depôt, Meiktila ... ... ...
Rangoon Depôt
...
...
...
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RESOLUTION
ON THE
TRIENNIAL REPORT ON VACCINATION IN BURMA
For the Years 1920-21 to 1922-23.
Extract from the Proceedings of the Government of Burma, Department of Public
Health, No. 2518-23, dated the 24th July 1923.
READ—
The Triennial Report on Vaccination in Burma for the years 1920-21
to 1921-23.
Resolved that the Report be published.
By order of the Government of Burma (Ministry of
Education, Local Government and Public Health),
E. H.JONES,
Secy. to the Govt. of Burma, Depts. of
Local Government and Public Health.
TRIENNIAL REPORT
ON
VACCINATION IN BURMA
FOR THE YEARS 1920-21 to 1922-23.
General Review.—It is satisfactory to be able to record an
appreciable advance in vaccination work in the triennium under
review. The virulence of the small-pox outbreak of 1919-20, the
worst year since 1912-13, abated in June 1920, but the check was only
temporary, for the disease lingered in endemic or mild epidemic form
in many districts and again broke out violently in Magwe early in
1923, and spread from there to the neighbouring districts of Minbu,
Myingvan and Pakôkku. Rangoon has maintained a steady record
of a rather high incidence since February 1923.
Previous reports have referred to three factors as stimulating
vaccination work in Burma.—
(1) Outbreaks of epidemic small-pox.
(2) Improved organization and supervision of the District Vacci-
nation Staffs.
(3) Increased interest shown in vaccination work by Deputy
Commissioners and their Subdivisional Officers and by
Presidents and Members of the Municipal Committees.
To these I would add a fourth factor which is gradually making
itself felt, namely, " increased appreciation by the people of the bene-
fits conferred by vaccination and increased belief in its real efficacy."
It can no longer be said that people in Burma as a whole are
actively antagonistic to vaccination. Opposition due to ignorance
and prejudice is much less common than formerly, while that due to
misdirected political activity, is being stoutly discountenanced by
the saner heads among political societies. The absence of epidemic
small-pox in a community is inimical to efficient vaccination under the
voluntary system, but it does not take long for people to bestir them-
selves and apply for protection at the threat of an epidemic. The lead
taken by the newly created District Councils of Tharrawaddy and
Thayetmyo in applying to Government for extension of the Vaccination
Acts to their districts is an evidence of this communal desire for pro-
tection and is worthy of imitation by others. Several Civil Surgeons
have remarked in their Annual Reports that the people of their
districts are prepared to accept compulsory vaccination.
The marked general improvement in vaccination work appears to
me to be due principally to greater appreciation of the measure by the
people, although the menace of small-pox and the interest taken by
district and village officials of all grades in educating and persuading
FOR THE YEARS 1920-21 TO 1922-23.
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Amherst (15,456) and Lower Chindwin districts (19,700). Of the
total of 566,063 successful vaccinations reported in 1922-23, 488,208
were primary and 77,855 were revaccinations; of these again 149,939
were performed in children under one year of age and 251,662 in
those between one and six years. The success rate of primary vacci-
nations was 98.10 per cent. and of revaccinations 53.80 against
98.08 and 58.44 respectively in 1921-22 and 97.48 and 55.67 in
1920-21.
On the whole, the protection afforded to the people of this
province stands well in comparison with that obtaining in the other
Indian Provinces, Burma heading the list with 40.82 per mille in 1921-
22 while Assam, Punjab and Bengal came next in order with 37.06,
34.80 and 32.40 respectively. In 1922-23 the ratio was still higher,
43.19. In 1921, the latest year for which information is available,
the rate of mortality from small-pox was also the lowest except for
the United Provinces. It is worth noting that in Lower Burma the
relatively higher rate of protection enjoyed by the community in the
period 1917-22 appears to have resulted in a pronounced fall in the
rate of mortality from small-pox. This is shown in the following
table:—
Quinquennium.
1907-12 ... ...
1912-17 ... ...
1917-22 ... ...
Ratio per 10,000 successfully
vaccinated.
315.70
369.04
444.68
Ratio per 10,000 of
mortality from small-pox.
3.81
1.85
1.66
4. Comparative Study of Vaccination work performed.—In order
to compare the extent of the progress of vaccination in areas where no
compulsion is adopted with that of those areas where the Vaccination
Acts of 1880 and 1909 have been enforced, I have, following the pre-
cedents of Bombay and Bengal, had statement I of the report prepared
this year in a more elaborate form, so as to furnish separate statistics
for rural and urban areas of each district with the totals. These
figures are analysed below, division by division.
Arakan.—The increase in operations over the previous triennium
was 81,093 of which more than half (54,914) were revaccinations.
Akyab district registered an enormous rise in revaccination (over
600 per cent.) there having been 46,598 operations in the current trien-
nium(chiefly in the last two years) as against 6,629 in the previous three
years while the increase in primary vaccination was only 10 percent.
Successful primary vaccinations in Akyab district numbered 52,308
against 46,345 in the preceding three years, and revaccinations27,414
against 1,484. Of these Akyab town accounted for 3,731 primary
and 12,594 revaccinations. Small-pox broke out severely both in
town and district in 1921-22, the outbreak being traced to a case
imported from Bombay; and in 1922-23 a continuation of the same
epidemic caused 544 attacks and 103 deaths in Akyab town, and 464
deaths in 77 villages of the district, Buthidaung township mainly
FOR THE YEARS 1920-21 TO
1922-23.
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performed were Rangoon, Tharrawaddy, Amherst and Magwe, and
the percentage of success 52.41, 70.04, 42.21 and 56.51 respectively
against 71.68 for Akyab.
7. Vaccination in Jails.—In 36 jails 31,098 persons were vacci-
nated in 1922-23 of whom 28,919 were revaccinations. The ratio of
success was 63 per cent. for primary and 45 per cent. for revacci-
nations. No primary operations were done in Insein, Myanauug, Man¬
dalay, Myingyan, Magwe, Pegu and Thatôn jails and no revaccination
was performed at Mawlaik.
8. Vaccination in Towns.—Of the 149,542 children under one year
successfully vaccinated in 1922-23, 123,450 were in rural areas and
26,092 in urban areas. The total number of persons receiving
primary vaccination was 42,341 and those revaccinated 51,307, the
percentage of success being 98.95 and 57.26 respectively. Cent per
cent. primary success was reported from Akyab, Insein, Nyaungiebin,
Shwegyin, Pyu, Thayetmyo, Myanaung, Kyangin, Kyaikto, Thatôn,
Mandalay, Maymyo, Kypuksè, Meiktila, Yamèthin, and in all the towns
of'the Tharrawaddy district, while low percentages were reported from
Wakèma, Pakôkku, Myingyan, Yandoon, Kyaiklat and Magwe.
Success in revaccinations varied from 12.99 in Pakôkku and 14.75 in
Insein to 97.30 in Kyauksè.
9 Infant Vaccination.—In the 61 towns in which vaccination is
compulsory there were registered in 1922-23, 30,875 births and 8,858
deaths under one year thus leaving 22,017 children available for vacci-
nation, but the number of operations reported to have been performed
on children under one year in these towns during the period was
25,777. This apparent excess is due to defective birth registration,
to deaths of vaccinated infants and also to immigration from rural
districts.
10. Vaccination. Establishment.—-The following table shows the
strength of the Vaccination establishment employed during the last
six years:—
Years.
1917-18 ...
1918-19 ...
1919-20 ...
1920-21 ...
1921-22 ...
1922-23 ...
District Sup-
erintendents.
42
42
42
41
41
41
Sub-Assistant
Surgeons.
26
28
29
29
35
31
Supervisors of
Vaccination.
38
39
41 46
46
43
Head-
Vacci-
nators.
3
3
3
3
3
1
Vacci-
nators.
308
321
325
347
337
336
During the year 1922-23 the cadre of Sub-Assistant Surgeons who
were receving vaccination allowance or who were otherwise
employed in the Vaccination Department decreased by 4.
Sanction to the increase of the permanent Vaccination establish-
ment by one Supervisor of Vaccination, and two Vaccinators in
Myingyan district and one Vaccinator in Magwe district was received
but effect was given during the year 1922-23 only in Magwe. The
FOR THE YEARS 1920-21 TO 1922-23.
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In Kyaukpyu success rates of 95.42 and 47.35 were claimed by
Vaccinators for primary and revaccinations respectively whereas of the
1,600 persons examined by Civil Surgeons for primary operations 70
per cent. were found successful and of 938 examined for revaccination
26 per cent. were found successful. In Hanthawaddy the Supervisor
reported 68 per cent. primary successes against 99 per cent. claimed
by Vaccinators and 97 per cent. calculated by the Civil Surgeon. Other
districts in which similar disparities in verification of primary opera-
tions prevailed are Prome, Myaungmya and Mergui.
13. Cost of the Department.—The total amount spent for the
department in 1922-23 was Rs. 3,24,782, of which Rs. 2,08,482 was
towards the pay of the establishment, Rs. 23,669 towards contingen-
cies, the balance being travelling allowance. Provincial funds bore
Rs. 1,30,963, local funds Rs. 1,50,618, municipal funds Rs. 37,402 and
Native States Rs. 5,800. The average cost per successful case was
Re. 0-9-2 against Re. 0-9-7 in 1921-22 and Re. 0-7-9 in 1920-21.
The average cost was doubled in Tavoy, Mergui, Myilkyina and
the Hill District of Arakan. In the Chin Hills, Bhamo, Pegu, Thatôn,
Katha, Insein, Toungoo, Prome, Upper Chindwin and Southern Shan
States the rate exceeded Re. 0-10-0. In view of the large number of
vaccinations performed in the Arakan division the average cost in each
district there was below the provincial average. Other districts in
which a low rate obtained were Tharrawaddy, Henzada, Sagaing,
Lower Chindwin, Kyauksè, Myingyan, Magwe and Minbu. The
relatively high cost per successful vaccination is attributed to the
drawing of arrears of pay due under the revised scale of pay of
Vaccinators in many districts during 1922-23.
14 Vaccine Depôt, Meiktila.—Captain
Aung Tun and Sub
Assistant Surgeon Man Singh continued to hold charge throughout the
year as Director and Assistant Director respectively. My thanks are
due to them for the efficient manner in which they have performed
their duties. It will be seen from the following table that although
the number of calves used was less than that in the preceding
triennium yet the average yield per calf and the number of doses
issued were the highest for several years:—
Year.
1914-15 ...
1915-16 ...
1916-17 ...
1917-18 ...
1918-19 ...
1919-20 ...
1920-21 ...
1921-22 ...
1923-23 ...
No. of calves
scraped.
282
345
358
435
523
484
370
305
321
Total yield
in oz.
969.8
256.6
279.0
340.0
471.5
410.6
373.0
284.7
328.23
Average yield
per calf
(grains).
46.58
351.9
365.5
342.2
423.5
407.2
476.1
446.95
491.3
Doses issued.
730,986
722,314
726,424
666,793
755,923
1,068,553
951,108
899,460
956,018
In 1922-23, 14 calves either failed to react or yielded lymph of
poor quantity as against 25 in the previous year and 43 in the year
before. Great difficulty was experienced in procuring a sufficient
12 TRIENNIAL REPORT ON VACCINATION IN BURMA FOR THE YEARS 1920-21 TO 1922-23.
number of calves, and the disparity between the supply and demand
naturally raised the price of calves. The purchase price in 1922-23
of 303 calves was Rs. 3,939, and the feeding charges amounted to
Rs. 2,630. The sum realized by the sale of 334 calves was Rs. 2,563.
The net expenditure of the Vaccination Department in 1922-23 was
Rs. 24,706, being Rs. 3,930 less than in 1921-22. The chief items of
decrease were the salary of the Assistant Director who is a com-
paratively junior officer, and the reduced cost of European Stores. A
sum of Rs. 289 was realized by sale of lymph and Rs. 735 have still
to be recovered on this account.
The sales were as follows:—
Railway Medical Officers ... ...
Industrial Companies
...
...
Private Medical Tractitioners ...
...
Têngyueh in China ...
...
...
Doses.
2,799
8,077
1,240
6,741
The Military Department was supplied with 8,730 doses free.
There was less wastage of lymph than in previous years, but the
loss is still serious. Over 50 per cent. of the lymph supply was wasted
by the Sub-Assistant Surgeons of Pyu,Loikaw, Kalaw, Haka, Namha-
sam and the Medical Officers at Falam and Tiddim, and between 40
and 50 per cent. by the Civil Surgeons of Pegu, Mergui, Myitlcyina, the
Superintendent of Prome Jail, the Officer-in-charge, British Station
Hospital, Mandalay, and the Assistant Superintendent, Mông Mai
State.
No Supervisor was detailed for training during the year, owing to
the anticipated early inauguration of a full course of training for
Public Health Inspectors for which it was considered desirable to
wait. A large number of Vaccinators totalling 78 were trained, as
it was found necessary to have an adequate reserve of men of this
class to replace casualties and to comply with urgent requisitions for
additional help from districts threatened with small-pox. Employment
has been found for most of the trained men. The quarters for the
Assistant Director have been completed. The rooms vacated by him
have been temporarily occupied by apprentice Vaccinators who have
hitherto had much difficulty in obtaining suitable lodgings in the town.
The only addition to the Depôt buildings was the provision of a small
water supply tank on trestles.
15. Rangoon Depôt.— An average of 516.92 grains of pulp per
calf was obtained from 52 calves, as against an average of 468.32
grains from 62 calves last year. Seed lymph to the extent of 5,200
grains was obtained from Meiktila
Vaccine paste manufactured amounted to 44,840 grains. Of this
32,945 grains were issued to Corporation Vaccinators, 9,110 to
private Practitioners, and 2,275 grains were destroyed.
The percentage of primary successful cases was 99.85 as compared
with 99.73 in the preceding year. The net expenditure of the depôt
was Rs. 3,517.
E. BISSET, Lieut.-Col., I.M.S.,
Offg. Superintendent-General oƒ Vaccination, Burma.
RANGOON, the 18th May
1923.