15
(Compare above with paragraph 1, where we say " last year there was expended for Manipur
Rs. 63, this year the amount comes to Rs. 248. The amount so expended is not included in the
working expenses of the depôt.
10. During the year 491 calves were inoculated, of which 12 died in stalls, and lymph was not
taken from 17 others, as the vesicles were not up to our standard of excellence, and thus reduced the
number from which lymph was taken to 462. In 1892-93, 483 inoculated calves gave 15 deaths
in stalls and 29 failures, which reduced the number from which lymph was obtained to 439.
11. The number of tubes loaded was 238,282, or an average of 515.76 per calf. The number in
1892-93 was 224,403, or an average of 511.11 per calf.
Distribution.
12. During the year lymph was distributed to every Civil Surgeon in the province, including
Manipur and Lushai. The weekly supply forwarded to the various
Civil Surgeons was—
Dhubri ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Kámrúp ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Darrang ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Nowgong
...
...
... ... ... ...
Sibságar ... ... ... ... ... ...
Lakhimpur ... ... ... ... ... ...
Cachar ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Sylhet ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Nága Hills ... ... ... ... ... ...
Gáro „ ... ... ... ... ... ...
Lushai „
...
...
...
...
...
...
Manipur ...
...
... ... ... ... ...
Khási and Jaintia Hills, fortnightly
1,200
800
700
800
400
800
800
1,000
550
250
150
300
75 in slack season.
150„ working „
Besides this regular weekly supply, any special applications from the medical officers of various
regiments, Civil Surgeons outside the province, missionaries and medical officers in charge of
tea districts, were complied with. Vaccination is carried on throughout the year in the Khási
and Jaintia Hills, and lymph is supplied from the depôt to that district during the 12 months,
whereas in the plains and other districts it is only supplied from 1st October to 31st March.
The supply of lymph at the depôt was never exhausted. The lymph is taken according to the
season of the year from 100th to 120th hours after operation. Only the solid vesicle is taken. It
is mixed with equal parts of glycerine and water, that is, two-thirds glycerine and one-third
water, well pounded together in a pestle and mortar, then put in tubes and sealed. Humanised
lymph is mixed with animal lymph in vaccinating the calves. Seldom more than two days elapsing
without this mixture, The humanised lymph is obtained from the vaccinators employed in the va-
rious outlying portions of the Khási Hills only, and is supplied weekly or bi-weekly in accord ¬
ance with instructions obtained from the Civil Surgeon.
The lymph.
13. The quality of the lymph supplied from the depôt in the early part of the season was not
satisfactory. This has, I believe, usually been the case ever since the
depôt was started, though, I must admit, the unsatisfactory reports during
the season now past, continued longer than usual. As far as possible, the lymph is tested in the
depôt, and the results so obtained are carefully recorded in a register. Then, again, I made it a rule
from the time I took charge to try and send lymph obtained from the same calf to several
Civil Surgeons, so that in this way the results obtained in the different districts might be compared.
Each box, when ready for despatch, contains one hundred tubes of lymph, and has a number marked
on it, which corresponds with the number of the calf from which the lymph was taken. The Chief
Commissioner called for an explanation as to why the lymph had been inert for some time longer
than in previous years. My reply, letter No. 162D. of 6th January 1894, was submitted through
the office of the Principal Medical Officer, and need not be reproduced here. I might, however, state
here that the reports received from the Civil Surgeons of the different districts, clearly established
beyond a ooubt that the lymph which had failed in one district was reported on as excellent from
an adjoining district or districts, and that this was not the case regarding an isolated instance, but
was general. "Whilst unfavourable reports were coming in from other portions of the province,
Surgeon-Colonel Warburton, the late Principal Medical Officer, had the lymph tested in his presence
and verified the results as ' excellent,' and these cases were inspected again, together with others,
by Surgeon-Major-General W. Rice, the Sanitary Commissioner with the Government of India, and
he concurred in saying the results were excellent.