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The past season has been bitterly cold, colder than the previous years the depôt has been in
existence, hence the greater mortality in November, December, and January as compared with the
previous year. The deaths in February and March on the other hand are loss, because the weather
was warm, the rain came soon, and there were no high west winds.
The same care as was shown in the previous year as regards housing , feeding, &c., was shown,
which tended to prevent excessive mortality. This was described in last year's report.
6. The net expenditure on calves is Rs. 2,023-8 compared with Rs 2,693-8 in the previous
year and Rs. 2,453-15 in 1890-91. This decrease is in part due to the large balance of calves
in hand on 1st April 1892, but chiefly to the smaller number of calves used for inoculation.
Cost of feeding
7. The cost of feeding was Rs. 398-6-3, compared with Rs. 453 in 1891-92. The
decrease is due to the smaller number of calves used during
the year.
Miscellaneous.
8. The expenditure under this head was Rs. 2,256-11-6 compared with Rs. 2,105-8-8
in the previous year. Of this sum vaccine tubes cost Rs. 1,783-11,
service stamps and telegrams Rs. 33, contingencies Rs. 440-0-6.
Establishment.
9. The establishment consists of one second-grade Hospital Assistant for 12 months
(and a supernumerary Hospital Assistant from 24th December),*
two coolies for 12 months, one coolie and one sweeper for 7 months.
The cost was—
Hospital Assistant ... ... ... ... ...
Other establishment
...
...
... ... ...
Total ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Rs
756
381
1,137
a
7
3
10
p.
2
5
7
Besides this establishment Manipur paid for one coolie for seven months, Rs. 63.
Vaccination.
10. During the year 482 calves were inoculated, of which 15 died in stalls, so that lymph was
taken from 467 calves.
11. The number of tubes loaded was 224,403, or an average of 480.52 per calf. The average
per calf in the previous year was 429.
Distribution.
12. During the year lymph was distributed over the province, Lushai and Manipur, also a few
tubes to the Medical Officer, 10th Bengal Infantry, at Barrackpur.
The number of tubes distributed was 213,867, compared with 223,185
in the previous year. The chief decrease was due to Sylhet, which only required 1,000 per week,
instead of 2,000 as in the previous year. The outbreak of small-pox in Manipur and Naga Hills called
for a larger supply in 1890-91 than this year.
The weekly supply forwarded to the various Civil Surgeons was—
Dhubri ... ... ... ... ... ...
Kámrúp ...
...
..
... ... ...
Darrang ...
...
...
...
... ...
Nowgong...
...
...
...
...
... ...
Sibságar ...
...
...
... ...
Lakhimpur
...
...
...
... ... ...
Cachar ...
...
... ... ... ...
Sylhet
...
...
...
...
...
Nága Hills ... ... ... ... ...
Gáro „ ... ... ... ... ... ...
Manipur ... ... ... ... ...
1,000
1,200
800
1,000
400
800
800
1,000
400
200
300 to 900
Besides this regular weekly supply, any special applications from the medical officers of
various regiments, missionaries, and medical officers in charge of tea districts were complied with
Vaccination is carried on throughout the year in the Khási Hills and lymph 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 never failed throughout the year.
Quality.
13. The past year has been a very unhealthy year, cattle disease having prevailed over the
district. This disease was so bad at one time that all work was
stopped from 16th July to 10th August, as every calf in the stalls
died. The lymph obtained from the depôt during the year was very good, with the exception
of some ten days about the middle of October, when it was not satisfactory, though I could not
say more than that. By unsatisfactory, I mean the vesicles were few and small. When Surgeon-
Colonel C. P. Costello inspected the depôt on 11th November 1892, I informed him that the
lymph was very good, and had been very good, except for about ten days, when I thought the
Pooja time had something to say to it, as the same amount of care had not been exercised in preparing
the lymph, as it is difficult to get all the subordinates to work properly then, and I myself had not
been so constantly present. After hearing this he sent round a circular to the Civil Surgeons, asking
for a report from them upon the results of the first three supplies they received (see appendix).
The following were the reults :
Nowgong
...
...
...
Sibságar ... ... ...
Manipur ... ... ...
Kámrúp
... ... ...
Darrang
...
...
...
Lakhimpur ... ... ...
Cachar ... ... ...
Sylhet ... ... ...
Goálpára ... ... ...
Gáro Hills ... ... ...
Nága „ ... ... ...
First supply.
Successful
70 per cent.
80 „
80 „
Good.
50 per cent.
50 „
Bad.
20 per cent.
20 „
Bad.
Second supply.
Successful.
70 per cent.
56 „
84 „
Good.
Over 75 per cent.
75 „
Good.
20 per cent.
41 „
Bad.
470 successful out of 691=68 per cent.
Third supply.
Successful
80 per cent.
95 „
92 „
Many complaints.
Over 50 per cent.
Excellent.
Bad.
20 per cent.
46 „
Bad.
* Note by Principal Medical Officer, Assam.—The pay of the supernumerary Hospital Assistant is not debited to the Depôt.—C. P. C.