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The subordinate Inspecting Staff inspected 35.90 per cent. of the total
operations as compared with 36.62 of the previous year. The District Inspectors
of Patna, Saran, Champaran and Angul districts inspected more than 42 per
cent. of the primary operations in their respective charges, while in 10 districts
Sub-Inspectors of Vaccination inspected more than 50 per cent. of the total
operations in primary cases.
The Health Officer of Muzaffarpur inspected 849 primary and 33 revac-
cination cases, respectively, and the Health Officer, Bhagalpur, 477 primary
cases. Health Officers of municipalities have been made inspecting officers
in the municipal areas.
The percentage of success reported by the vaccinators was 99.27 per cent.
in the primary and 64.82 in revaccination cases, whereas that recorded by the
Deputy Sanitary Commissioners and the Civil Surgeons was as given
below:—
Primary ... ...
Revaccination ...
Deputy Sanitary Commissioners.
98.89
—
Civil Surgeons.
99.34
65.26
8. SUPPLY OF VACCINE.
The Government Vaccine Depôt at Namkum was completed about the
middle of the year and the work of manufacturing lymph was started about
the middle of September. From September to 31st March 1915, 510 calves
were supplied to the Depôt, of which 3 died before operation. The remaining
507 which were vaccinated yielded 94,180 grains of crude lymph or about 185
grains per calf. During the season 749,205 capillary tubes containing about
half a grain of vaccine each were prepared and 541,522 were issued from the
Vaccine Depôt. But as the local vaccine depôt could not supply the whole
province, lymph had to be obtained from the Patwa Dangar Depôt also, to supply
the districts in Patna, Tirhut and Bhagalpur Divisions with the exception of
Santal Parganas which was supplied from Namkum Depôt.
The total cost of the Depôt excluding the cost of the building was
Rs. 19,367-7-9. The cost per tube or dose of lymph amounts to 4.9 pies.
As the institution was new, and the arrangements for the supply of calves
were not satisfactory the total lymph required for the province could not be
manufactured and the cost was necessarily high. But now in the light
of experience subsequently gained it is hoped that the Depôt will turn
out the full supply of lymph for the province at a considerably reduced
cost. The results of the lymph issued from the Depôt have been reported
to be good. Dr. Sebastian, Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Chota Nagpur
Circle, was the supervising officer and Assistant Surgeon Dhirendra Nath Mitra,
the officer in charge of the Depôt throughout the year.
9. COST OF THE DEPARTMENT.
The total cost of the Department during the year was Rs. 98,421 or
Rs. 5,048 in excess of the last year. The cost per successful operation was
Rs. 0-1-2 against Rs. 0-1-1 in the previous year.
10. FEMALE VACCINATION.
It was noted in last year's report that female vaccinators might with
advantage be appointed by the municipal bodies of the province and the
proposal was approved by Government. A reference on this subject has been
made to all the Municipal bodies.
11. GENERAL.
As stated in paragraph 15 of the Sanitary Report a proposal for the extension
of compulsory vaccination to the Patna and Phulwari thanas, including Digha,
has been submitted to Government. The extension of the act to the area
administered by the Mines Board of Health at Jherria, is also under the
consideration of Government.