BOMBAY PRESIDENCY.
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Lymph supply.
37. Lymph was supplied by the Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Western
Registration District, to the Chief Civil Administrative
Medical Officer for Central India at Indore.
It was also supplied by the Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Central Regis-
tration District, to Medical Officers in charge Regiments, 4th Infantry, Horse
Cavalry, Ráichur, Poona Horse, Sirur, 3rd Regiment, Bombay Light Infantry,
Sátára; Medical Officer, Bolarum; Civil Surgeons, Mandala, Faizabad, Unao,
Sultánpur, Gonda, Partábgar, Hardoi, Barabanki and Baraich; Superintendent of
Vaccination, Lucknow, and Allahabad, and Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Circle
III, North-West Provinces, Almora.
In the Presidency Circle, there were 1,004 applications for bovine lymph
during the year. The number of tubes issued was 2,553. Of these tubes 1,648
were supplied locally to private parties, 393 to private persons in the mofussil,
and 512 were supplied free of charge to the Civil and Residency Surgeons, the
Deputy Sanitary Commissioners, and to Medical Officers in charge of Army
Hospitals, up-country.
The Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Gujarát Registration District, sent one
supply of lymph to the Superintendent of Vaccination, Nasirabad. Lymph
children were supplied to the Assistant Surgeons in charge Bulsár and Sádra
Dispensaries.
Quality of Lymph in use.
38. The quality of lymph in use throughout the
year was reported to be good.
Animal vaccination.
39. Animal vaccination is being gradually extended, and it is satisfactory
to note that this mode of vaccinating is appreciated,
the parents, as soon as it is known lymph will not be
taken from their infants' arms, not objecting. There is more expense, of course,
with this method, and there is also the danger in large towns of the supply of
calves failing, but in country districts if the method adopted by Dr. Street, the
Deputy Sanitary Commissioner of the Central Division, is carried out carefully
there will be no failure of calves or any great increase in expenditure. I append
some brief notes on the progress attained in the various divisions.
Animal vaccination in
Western Registration Dis-
trict.
In the Western Registration District animal lymph is used in the towns of
Igatpuri, Kurla, Kalyán and Bandora, and it is hoped
that soon other towns and large villages may be per-
suaded to use this method.
Bombay City.
In Bombay City animal lymph has been in use for many years past. There
has been some hinderance to the work owing to the
outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease twice during the
year. There is a great want of a proper Vaccine Depôt in a central situation
with good stabling for the animals. Such a depôt properly constructed and effi-
ciently supervised need not be a nuisance in any locality.
Central Registration Dis-
trict.
In the Central Registration District the Deputy Sanitary Commissioner
states that the practice of using animal lymph was
carried on continuously throughout the year in Poona
City, Poona Cantonment, Sholápur City, and the City
of Ahmednagar; and in these 8,979 children were vaccinated from calf lymph.
Of the minor municipalities of the Poona Zilla, Junnar, Alandi, Jejuri, Sásvad,
Sirúr, Talegaon (Dábháde) and Lonávala have voted the sums necessary to pro-
vide a calf every six months or annually. Animal lymph was also used in 219
villages; in these, and in 7 municipalities stated above, there were 8,315 children
vaccinated with this lymph. Last year the practice was confined to 3 municipalities
and 42 villages, and 2,887 children were vaccinated. Much credit is due to
Mr. Trimbak Anant, 1st Class Inspector of Sanitation and Vaccination, Poona
Zilla, for the interest and zeal he has shown in the work of extending this practice
in his district.
Animal lymph was, for the first time, introduced into the rural district of
Ahmednagar Zilla during the year. It met with much success and 1,873 children
were vaccinated from the calf in 81 villages. Mr. Laxumon Khanderao, Inspector
of Sanitation and Vaccination of this Zilla, did good work in the extension of the
practice in this district.