3
Berar.
17. In Berar the total expenditure amounted to Rs. 17,325-3-9 against
Rs. 18,036-11 -10 in the previous year. The average cost
of each successful operation was-2 annas and 9 pies against
2 annas and 5 pies in the previous year.
Dispensary Vaccination
Statement No. III.
18. As compared with 1902-03 there was a decrease of 2,656 in the number
of Dispensary vaccinations in the Khalsa. Both primary
and re-vaccination cases show decreases of 2,387 and 269,
respectively. The total number of children under one year successfully vacci-
nated was 8,415, or 2,191 less than in the previous year. In Narsinghpur, where
Dispensary vaccination was in abeyance for some years, 66 primary vaccinations
were performed during the year under report by the Hospital Assistant of
Tendukhera. In the districts of Narsinghpur, Hoshangabad, Nimar and Chhind-
wara no re-vaccination was done. The decrease in Dispensary vaccination is
presumably the result of the fall in attendance at Dispensaries owing to plague.
No Dispensary vaccination is done in Berar
Statement No. V
19. In the Central Provinces Civil Surgeons and Native Superintendents
were on tour for 705 and 3,053 days as against 533 and
3,026 days, respectively, in 1902-03, and this is satisfactory
considering that the Province was infected with plague almost throughout the
year. The Civil Surgeons inspected 5,488 primary and 2,094 re-vaccinations less
and the Native Superintendents of Vaccination 20,147 primary vaccinations and
2,200 re-vaccinations less than in the previous year. The plague was the chief cause
of the falling-off in inspections in the districts of Nagpur, Chanda, Betul, Mandla,
Hoshangabad, Saugor and Chhindwara. I regret to remark that vaccination inspec-
tion has been neglected in the Feudatory States of Khairagarh, Sakti, Kawardha,
Rehrakhol and Sonepur, whilst in the others there has apparently been much
improvement. In Berar Civil Surgeons inspected 1,905 primary more and 10
re-vaccination cases less, and Superintendents of Vaccination 22,461 primary and
451 re-vaccination cases less than in the previous year. The result of inspections
by Native Superintendents of Vaccination in Basim (22.07) and Buldana (46.91)
is unsatisfactory, and is due in the former district to inefficiency on the part of
the Native Superintendent. Many of the Civil Surgeons complain of the new
rule introduced last year to inspect children at the people's own villages instead
of collecting them at a fixed centre. They allege that it hampers their work,
and makes efficient inspection impossible with the limited time at their disposal
I cannot think that Colonel Moriarty intended that the rule should be enforced
literally. The practice, if it existed, of causing people to travel long distances is
to be deprecated, but I consider it no hardship to collect people within a limited
radius and would prefer to leave it to the discretion of Civil Surgeons not to
unduly harass the people.
Lymph cultivation in the
Central Provinces.
20. Eight thousand six hundred and forty calves were vaccinated during
the year, of which 7,806 were successful, 719 proved
unsuccessful, and 115 were rejected for suppuration or
excessive inflammation. The expenditure incurred was Rs. 260-2-8 against
Rs. 190-3-3.
Operations performed with
different kinds of lymph in
the Central Provinces.
21. The following statement gives the different
kinds of lymph used, the number vaccinated with each
kind and the percentage of success obtained in each
case:—
Kind of lymph used
Fresh calf lymph ... ... ... ...
Glycerinated calf lymph
...
...
...
Human lymph
...
...
...
Lanolinated lymph
...
...
...
Number
vaccinated.
160,190
209,929
32,669
1,076
Percentage
successful.
95.5
95.5
96.7
92.6
The results obtained from glycerinated lymph during the past two years are
very encouraging. The practice followed at Betul of preparing the lymph at
head-quarters will be introduced. Colonel Moriarty saw the process in opera-
tion and found it most satisfactory. It was found that the quality of the lymph