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Progress of animal vaccina-
tion.
15. Animal vaccination was carried on in the
following places of the Bombay Presidency during
the year.
16. In the Western Registration District, vaccination with animal lymph
was performed in 5 villages of the Khándesh and in 1 of the Násik, Thána and
Kolába Collectorates.
17. In the City of Bombay vaccination with animal lymph exclusively
was carried on throughout the year.
To check the waste of animal lymph the Superintendent has used the lymph
mixed with glycerine, as advocated by Dr. Copeman in a certain number of
cases. He finds that the insertional success varies with the age of the emulsion
used. The results are encouraging, but as yet the success is not equal to that
obtained by using lymph direct from the calf.
18. In the Central Registration District animal vaccination was carried
on throughout the year in the Poona City, Poona Cantonment and Kirkee Can-
tonment, and in the towns of Ahmednagar, Sholápur and Sátára. Of the minor
Municipalities, Junnar, Álandi, Jejuri, Sásvad, Sirúr, Talegaon Dábháda,
Lonávla, Bárámati, Sangamner, Vámbori, Bhingár,. Karád, Wái, Rahimatpur,
Mhasvad and Chiplun have provided sums for a calf every six months; the
Bársi and Pandharpur Municipalities have provided a calf every four months.
The practice of calf lymph has been introduced in the chief towns of Bhor,
Phaltan, Aundh, and Akalkot Native States.
19. In the Southern Registration District animal vaccination was con-
tinued in Belgaum, Dhárwár, Hubli and Gadag Towns and in the States of
Kolhápur, Sángli and Savanúr.
20. In the Gujarát Registration District animal vaccination was carried
on till October 1900, and it was then discontinued owing to heifers being not
available.
21. In the Sind Registration District animal vaccination was carried on
in the town of Karáchi, without any opposition, throughout the year.
Lymph.
22. The quality of lymph in use throughout the year was good. No con-
signments of English lymph were received during the
year. Lymph is supplied to mofussil applicants by
the Deputy Sanitary Commissioners and the Superintendent of Vaccination,
Presidency Circle, Bombay. No other lymph except animal and human was
used in this Presidency during the year. The comparative results of the differ-
ent kinds of lymph used are not shown this year as the Government Resolution
was received towards the end of the year under report.
23. No inoculation was reported to have been practised anywhere in the
Presidency except in the towns of Karáchi and Hyderabad.
24. No instances were reported of any disease having been communicated
through vaccination.
25. The table showing the number of children under one year of age in
towns available for vaccination, &c., is put in as Appendix V.
In the majority of towns, the numbers under one year vaccinated exceed
the number available. Practically all the towns showing this excess are in
famine-stricken districts and to large centres there was a large influx of people
and the children they brought with them were vaccinated and a camp or
poor-house in the neighbourhood of a town would increase the numbers operated
upon. It is probable that all were not under one year of age, but as there
were no registers from which the age could be judged, errors in this matter
are excusable.
J. W. CLARKSON, Lieut.-Colonel, I.M.S.,
Sanitary Commissioner for the Government of Bombay.
Bombay, 23rd July 1901.