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yielded 2,832.5 grammes of pulp or 11,822 c. c. of lymph, sufficient for 236,440 doses.
Of this, 161,700 doses were issued from the Depôt. The average yield per buffalo calf was
39.64 grammes. and bovine calves yielded an average of 32.84 grammes. Except for main-
taining the potency of stock lymph by carrying alternately a strain from bovine to buffalo calf
and vice versâ, bovine calves have been used almost exclusively in the latter half of the season
as lymph manufactured from these is not only of purer quality and lends itself better to the
process of chloroforming, but the selling prices of the animals after operation, against the
amounts paid for their purchase, are appreciably higher and they are easier to sell than buffalo
calves. The expense incurred in working the Depôt during the year was Rs. 11,449-11-7, of
which Rs. 4,348-6-6 was spent on salaries and the balance on items such as furniture, ice,
purchase and feed of calves, etc. A sum of Rs. 376-9-0 was realized from the sale of post-
operated animals and credited to Government. Almost a third of the amount allotted
for the year has lapsed to Government, as the manufacture of lymph for the whole
Province was not taken up as intended, owing to the very limited accommodation
where the Depôt is temporarily working. The training class for 4th grade vaccinators
began with the opening of the season, and one batch has already been trained and
passed out. In addition to these, the Assistant Superintendents of Vaccination of the
Nagpur Division were also given a short course of practical instruction before proceeding
on their tours of inspection. "
Owing to limited accommodation lymph could not be prepared on a large
scale for supply to all the districts in the Province. The supply was therefore
extended to three more districts in the Nagpur Division during the year. In all,
five districts received their supply from the Depôt and the quality is said to
be good. The improvement in technique, to say nothing of the quality of the
product, may be judged to some extent from the fact that 84 calves supplied
lymph to five districts, while the total number of animals required in 17 districts,
where local manufacture persisted, amounted to over 2,000. The special Depôt
buildings, for which Government gave a grant of Rs. 50,000, are in course of
construction and, when complete, the supply of lymph will be extended to the
whole Province. Till then the districts of the other Divisions will have to prepare
their own supply as heretofore.
Inspection of Vaccination.
9. In spite of the prevalence of plague and frequent changes among
Civil Surgeons a fair amount of inspection work was done.
Civil Surgeons inspected 55,875 primary and 7,140
re-vaccinations against 47,699 and 9,367 in the previous year, in 3,924 villages
in 591 days, but there is considerable room for improvement as in some districts
the work has been behind hand. The Sub-Divisional Medical Officers hardly
perform their share. The Civil Surgeon, Mandla, complains of the restriction
placed on tours, but with the permission of the Deputy Commissioner these
restrictions can be relaxed. The Civil Surgeon, Chanda, remarks that in his
tours he only came across successful cases ; if he paid surprise visits or went into
the villages and used the kotwar's book this would not be so. The Civil Surgeon
Nagpur, suggests an Assistant Surgeon being posted for this duty. I agree with
him, but in the present circumstances there is no man to spare. Sub-Divisional
Officers and Assistant Superintendents of Vaccination spent 4,891 days out on
tour and inspected 286,477 primary and 24,582 re-vaccinations in 20,955 villages.
Of the number inspected, the Civil Surgeons found 96.68 per cent successful
in primary and 45.18 per cent in re-vaccinations; the Assistant Superintendents
of Vaccination and others found 96.89 for the former and 37.96 for the latter
the results noted by the Vaccinators being 97.22 and 62.64. These figures show
that the staff generally do not falsify their returns.
Inspection by the Sanitary
Commissioner.
10. During my tours I inspected vaccination work in 14 Municipal towns
and saw 1,501 primary vaccinations, of which 85 per cent
were well protected, i. e., showed three or more good
insertions. In rural areas I inspected work done by 20 vaccinators in 206
villages of the Nagpur, Bhandara, Chanda, Balaghat and Seoni districts. The
actual number of children seen was 3,870 or 71 per cent of the number vacci-
nated ; of these, 87 per cent were well protected. Practically all this work was
done with standardised lymph and the improved lancet, the results being on the
whole excellent.
Vaccination in Municipal
Towns.
11. In the Resolution on the Triennial Report published last year, with
reference to the administration of the Vaccination Act
in towns, it is stated that the Chief Commissioner will
hold that slackness in this respect must indicate a
general want of vitality in the local Municipal organisation. It is therefore
gratifying to note (Appendix A) that the percentage of children vaccinated in