( 14 )
The object of this diagram is to show that the best protected districts
suffer least from small-pox. Owing, however, to defective registration this is
not quite borne out in the illustration given, though it shows generally that
small-pox is most prevalent in the districts which are least protected. The
diagram is gradually becoming more reliable, and will in time prove the efficacy
of vaccination.
Animal Vaccination Depôts.
13. The following table shows the amount of work done at the two Animal
Vaccination Depôts during the year under review
as compared with 1895-96 :—
PERIOD.
1
1896-97 ... ...
1895-96 ...
...
Increase ...
...
Decrease ...
ANIMAL VACCINE DEPÔT,
CALCUTTA.
Number of
calves oper-
ated on.
2
391
318
73
...
Amount of
lanoline paste,
in grain, manu-
factured.
3
63,480
49,116
14,364
...
ANIMAL VACCINE DEPÔT, SEN¬
CHAL, DARJEELING.
Number of
calves oper-
ated on.
4
176
211
...
35
Amount of
lanoline paste,
in grain, manu-
factured.
5
50,536
51,230
...
694
The increase in Calcutta is satisfactory. The decrease in Darjeeling was
unavoidable, as great difficulty was experienced in obtaining calves, which is
never the case in Calcutta. In spite of this serious drawback in Darjeeling
the Inspector in charge managed to prepare and supply the usual quantity of
lymph required. There is an increasing demand for lanoline vaccine paste
manufactured at the Depôts and for vaccination direct from the calf, which I am
confident will soon entirely supersede the arm-to-arm method of vaccination in
Bengal which, as I have pointed out in previous reports, is objectionable.
Calf Vaccination.
14. The following statement shows the number of operations performed
direct from the calf in each district as compared
with the previous year :—
DISTRICTS.
1
Burdwan ...
Birbhum ...
Bankura
...
Midnapore ...
Hooghly ...
Howrah ...
24-Parganas ...
Calcutta ...
Nadia ... ...
Murshidabad
Jessore ... ...
Khulna ...
Rajshahi ...
Dinajpur
...
Jalpaiguri ...
Darjeeling ...
Bangpur ...
Bogra ... ...
Pabna ...
Dacca ... ...
Mymensingh ...
Faridpur ...
Backergunge ...
Tippera ...
Noakhali ...
Chittagong ...
Chittagong Hill
Tracts.
Patna ... ...
Gaya
...
...
Shahabad ...
Saran
...
...
Champaran ...
Muzaffarpur ...
Darbhanga ...
Monghyr ...
Bhagalpur ...
Purnea ...
Malda ... ...
Sonthal
Par¬
ganas.
PRIMARY VACCINATIONS.
Total.
1896-97.
2
6
...
... 6,746
102
212
4
9,039
11
409
286
3,410
9,388
39,964
7,668
...
... 426
294
47,417
2,999
... 2,272
...
...
...
...
104
... 46
... ...
... ...
4
36
2,424
Not re-
ceived.
...
1895-96.
3
12
...
... 6,365
137
180
177
7,465
7
100
574
2,561
1,381
31,486
11,600
...
... 456
78
20,276
280
... 1,954
...
...
...
...
43
...
...
... ... 14
...
... 95
... ...
...
Successful.
1896-97.
4
6
...
... 6,642
99
210
4
8,193
9
385
277
3,383
9,352
39,782
7,356
...
... 424
290
46,660
2,912
... 2,120
...
...
...
...
92
... 46
...
...
...
... 4
33
2,414
Not re¬
ceived.
...
1895-96.
5
10
...
...
6,319
134
179
167
6,357
7
88
571
2,556
1,370
31,358
11,291
...
... 456
77
20,147
254
... 1,898
...
...
...
...
42
...
...
...
... 14
...
... 80
...
...
...
Unsuccess-
ful.
1896-97.
6
...
...
... 104
3
2
... 301
2
23
8
27
28
1 96
236
...
... 1
3
642
58
... 96
...
...
...
...
12
...
...
...
...
...
...
... 3 10
Not re-
ceived.
......
1895-96.
7
2
...
... 46
3
1
10
714
... 12
3
5
11
73
256
...
...
... 1
127
19
... 52
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... 13
...
...
...
Unknown.
1896-67.
8
...
...
...
...
... ...
... 545
... 1
1
... 8
36
76
...
... 1
1
115
29
... 56
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... Not re-
------.
...
1895-96.
9
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
394
...
...
...
...
... 55
53
...
...
...
... 2
7
... 4
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
... 2
... ...
...
Percentage of
successful
cases.
1896-97.
10
100.
...
... 98.45
97.05
99.05
100.
96.45
81.81
94.36
97.19
99.20
99.70
99.50
96.89
...
... 99.76
98.84
98.64
98.04
... 97.42
...
...
...
...
88.46
...
100.
...
...
...
...
100.
91.67
99.58
Not re-
ceived.
...
1895-96.
11
83.33
...
... 99.27
97.81
99.44
94.35
89.90
100.
88.
99.47
99.80
99.20
99.76
99.78
...
...
100.
98.71
99.37
93.04
... 97.33
...
...
...
...
100.
...
...
...
...
100.
...
... 86.02
... ...
...
REVACCINATIONS.
Total.
1896-97.
12
...
20
... 287
91
1,913
... 6,551
... 71
16
151
4
14,014
107
...
...
... 33
176
124
... ...
...
...
...
...
46
... 1
...
...
...
... 6
33
... Not re-
ceived.
...
1895-96.
13
...
...
... 493
8
102
446
11,971
... 55
133
3
28
461
153
...
...
... 8
769
109
... 18
...
...
...
...
30
...
...
...
...
...
...
... 731
... ...
...
Successful.
1896-97.
14
...
6
... 225
27
774
...
640
... 34
15
49
4
11,830
87
...
...
... 11
24
86
... ...
...
...
...
...
11
...
...
... ...
...
... 3
12
... Not re-
ceived.
...
1895-96.
15
...
...
... 289
6
14
131
1,966
... 1
71
... 24
365
132
...
...
... 2
105
62
... 6
...
...
...
...
26
...
...
...
...
...
...
... 466
...
...
...
Unsuccess-
ful.
1896-97.
16
...
14
... 62
64
474
... 4,032
... 34
1
102
... 1,975
19
...
...
... 16
151
17
... ...
...
...
...
...
34
... 1
...
...
...
... 3
21
... Not re-
ceived.
...
1895-96.
17
...
...
... 204
2
78
307
5,466
... 54
62
3
4
54
20
...
...
... 6
591
44
... 12
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... 245
... ...
...
Unknown.
1896-97.
18
...
...
...
...
... 665
... 1,879
... 3
...
...
... 209
1
...
...
... 6
1
21
... ...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... Not re-
ceived.
...
1895-96.
19
...
...
...
...
... 10
8
4,539
...
...
...
...
... 42
1
...
...
...
... 73
3
... ...
...
...
...
...
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
... 20
... ...
...
Percentages
successful
cases.
1896-97.
20
...
30.
... 78.39
29.07
62.01
... 13.69
... 50.
93.75
32.45
100.
85.69
82.07
...
...
...
40.74
15.71
83.49
... ...
...
... ...
...
24.44
... ...
... ...
...
...
50.
36.36
...
Not re-
ceived.
...
1898-99
21
...
...
... 55
75 15
... 26
...
52 ...
...
...
86
...
...
...
25
15
58.
... ...
...
...
...
...
100.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
65.54
...
...