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who had to carry on the operations when the Assistant Surgeon was on tour. This he did not
do so sucessfully. The lymph was not so favourably reported on as that from Pachmarhi, and
in one instance it had been carelessly put up and packed and was useless. The total cost was
Rs. 169.
I consider that this experiment should be continued next year. It is not intended that
these depôts should supply lymph for the whole Province, but they are useful for starting and
supplementing supplies and facilitating the operations of Vaccinators. The system has now
been well established of vaccinating calves and buffaloes in the villages, and of thus obtaining
an unlimited supply of fresh and pure lymph which is superior in certainty and good results
to any form of the stored material.
Assistant Surgeon Surrendra Nath Barat has had special experience in the work and
conducted the operations with great care and skill at Pachmarhi.
The following is his statement of the operations during the cold weather :—
Notes on the cultivation of lanoline vaccine at Narsinghpur 1893.
"1.
"2.
"3.
The experiment lasted from the 1st February to the 22nd March 1893.
Total number of calves operated on (all buffaloe calves) ...
Total amount of " paste " prepared ... ...
43
Grains 9,320
" 4. Amount of " paste " obtained from a single calf equals :—
Maximum ...
Minimum ...
Average ...
720 grains, against 720 grains at Pachmarhi last year.
42
do.
50 do.
do.
218
do.
267 do.
do.
" 6. Number of incisions made on a calf equals:—
Maximum ...
Minimum ...
Average ...
64, against 64 at Pachmarhi.
20 do. 23
do.
32 do. 40
do.
" 6. Total expenditure was Rs. 169, as follows :—
Initial expenses.
Building shed ... ... ...
Railway freight for tables,apparatus, &c., from Pachmarhi ...
Lanoline pill-boxes from Bombay ... ...
Feeding and hire of 43 calves including wages of attendants, &c.
Contingencies ... ... ...
Total ...
Rs.
44
2
17
64
95
9
169
a.
0
4
13
1
6
8
0
p.
0
0
6
6
6
0
0
" 7. Excluding the charges for building the shed, each calf cost on an average Rs. 2-14-0,
against Rs. 3-3-5 at Pachmarhi last year. This decrease was chiefly due to the arrangements
made through the Tahsildar for purchasing calves in the local market and selling them off
after operation instead of getting them on hire at Rs. 2 each.
" 8. There was no difficulty about procuring calves.
" 9. 330 boxes of 30 grains each were distributed among the districts.
" 10. Remarks.—Of the total quantity of " paste " supplied to the different districts, a little
over half was prepared under my direct supervision and the rest by the Hospital Assistant
deputed on special duty. As no vaccination inspection was done by my predecessor, and the
season was far advanced, I had to make a prolonged tour in the district leaving things to
the charge of the Hospital Assistant. I instructed him in the details of the cultivation
for over three weeks before leaving for camp and hoped that he would be able to manage matters
in my absence. But from the results noticed in this district, I have reason to doubt that
much of the stuff prepared by him was of decidedly inferior quality, and not so thoroughly
and carefully made up as might be wished."
W. CENTER, M. B„
Offg. Sanitary Commissioner,
Central Provinces.