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VACCINATION REPORT,
There was only one consignment of 130 tubes, 90 of humanized and 40
of bovine lymph for the Bombay District and 4 consignments for Aden, where
English lymph is sent direct.
Quality of lymph in use.
The quality of lymph in use was reported generally to be good, but the
results do not appear to be satisfactory, as there were
577 insertions of which the resulting vesicles were
125 (61 good, 28 large, 30 middling and 6 small) and the remaining 452
totally failed.
Lymph supplied.
36. During the year lymph was supplied to the Medical Officer, Her
Majesty's Indian Marine Steamer " Dalhousie," Bom-
bay Harbour; to the Staff Surgeon, Neemuch ; Station
Hospital, Aden; to His Highness Mahárajá Scindia, Gwalior ; to the Deputy Sur-
geon General, Central Provinces, Nágpur ; to the Civil Surgeon, Barabanki; to the
Medical Officers, Bombay Rifles, Neemuch; 2nd Bombay Lancers, Bombay,
Kashmir; 3rd Battalion Bombay Rifles, Indore, Mhow, and Deesa, by the Super-
intendent of Vaccination, Presidency Circle, Bombay.
Lymph was also supplied to the Station Hospital, Belgaum, and to the
Medical Officer, 30th Regiment, Native Infantry, from the Deputy Sanitary
Commissioner, Southern Registration District: also to the Medical Officers in
charge Regiments at Hingola, Aurangabad, Mominabad, Jalna, Bolaram and
Raichur ; to the Civil Surgeons of Unao, Barabanki and Harda; to the Super-
intendents of Vaccination at Lucknow and Lalitpur, and Superintendent of
Pánchgani, by the Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Central Registration District.
A supply of lymph was sent to the Medical Officers in charge Her Majesty's
14th Regiment, Bombay Infantry, Bhúj; Bombay Rifles, Neemuch; Western
Rájputána States, Jodhpur ; to the Medical Clerk, Ajmere; to the Assistant
Surgeons, Sádra, by the Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Eastern Gujarát Regis-
tration District.
Animal vaccination.
37. Efforts are being made to introduce animal vaccination, as far as
practicable, throughout the Presidency. Several vacci-
nators and candidates of this department, as well
as medical students, were trained under Dr. Kantak, the Superintendent of
Vaccination, Bombay. Amongst those who received practical instruction in
animal vaccination are—the Superintendent of Vaccination, Karáchi, one vaccina-
tor from the Western Registration District, 2 Licentiates of Medicine and Surgery,
and 2 female medical students. Animal vaccination was carried on in Bombay
and Poona (City and Cantonment) all the year round, and for two months in the
cold weather in Junágad Town in Western Gujarát, where 12 heifers were
successfully inoculated, and the lymph distributed among the vaccinators. At
Karáchi several calves were inoculated but without success. The following
table shows the number of heifers inoculated and the monthly result of the
operations in Bombay and Poona :—
Months.
April
1889
...
...
May
„
...
...
June
„
...
...
July
„
...
...
August
„
...
...
September „ ... ...
October
„
...
...
November „ ... ...
December
„
...
...
January 1890
...
...
February
„
...
...
March
„
...
...
Total ...
POONA CITY.
Heifers inoculated.
7
7
7
6
7
7
7
7
6
7
6
7
81
Successful.
7
7
7
6
7
7
7
7
6
7
6
7 81
Unsuccessful.
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ... ...
...
...
...
...
POONA CANTONMENT.
Heifers inoculated.
4
4
5
5
7
6
4
5
5
5
5
6
61
Successful.
4
4
5
5
7
6
4
5
5
5
5
6
61
Unsuccessful.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
BOMBAY CITY.
Heifers inoculated.
61
70
60
52
45
43
52
47
50
53
56
87
676
Successful.
61
66
60
52
44
43
50
47
50
53
55
84
665
Unsuccessful.
...
4
...
...
1
...
2
...
...
...
1
3
11
TOTAL.
Heifers inoculated.
72
81
72
63
59
56
63
59
61
65
67
100
818
Successful.
72
77
72
63
58
56
61
59
61
65
66
97
807
Unsuccessful.
...
4
...
...
1
...
2
...
...
...
1
3
11