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Inspection Work of the
Deputy Sanitary Commis-
sioner.
11. The Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Western Registration District,
visited 15 tálukas and 189 towns and villages, inspected
4,640 vaccinated persons or 3.46 per cent. of those
vaccinated and travelled 2,767 miles. The Deputy
Sanitary Commissioner, Central Registration District,
visited 13 tálukas, 124 towns and villages, inspected 3,291 vaccinated persons or
2.13 per cent. of those vaccinated and travelled 6,441 miles. The Deputy
Sanitary Commissioner, Southern Registration District, visited 4 tálukas and 8
towns and villages, inspected 882 vaccinated persons or .57 per cent. of those
vaccinated and travelled 3,925 miles. The Deputy Sanitary Commissioner,
Gujarát Registration District, visited 11 tálukas and 150 towns and villages,
inspected 7,203 vaccinated persons or 5.93 per cent. of those vaccinated and
travelled 3,009 miles. The Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Sind Registration
District, visited 16 tálukas and 102 towns and villages, inspected 4,725 vaccinated
persons or 5.38 per cent. of those vaccinated and travelled 4,183 miles.
The Diagram.
12. The Diagram showing the proportion of population protected during
seven years and the death-rate from small-pox during
1908-09 is given in Appendix IV.
Expenditure.
13. The total expenditure on account of vacci-
nation as compared with the preceding year is given
in the following table :—
Establishment.
Provincial ... ...
Municipal and Canton-
ment
...
...
Local Fund ... ...
Native States
...
...
Total ...
1907-08.
Rs.
1,01,890
42,208
1,22,555
27,285
2,93,940
a.
0
12
14
13
8
p.
11
5
3
2
9
1908-09.
Rs.
1,14,344
50,817
1,33,947
28,260
3,27,369
a.
5
7
12
3
12
p.
1
10
5
6
10
Increase.
Rs.
12,454
8,608
11,391
974
33,429
a.
4
11
14
6
4
p.
2
5
2
4
1
Decrease.
Rs. a. p.
...
...
...
...
...
For the Presidency the total cost including all charges was Rs. 327,369-12-10,
whilst the successful cases excluding dispensaries were 620,825, the average cost
for each successful case being annas 8 and pies 5 against annas 8 and pies 6 for
the previous year. The increase under Provincial Funds is due to the differ-
ence in pay drawn by the Deputy Sanitary Commissioners. The increase under
Local Fund and Municipal Establishments is due to the payment of grain com-
pensation allowance and to the entertainment of new vaccinators.
Belgaum Vaccine Depôt.
14. The new buildings are under construction and it is hoped will be ready
for occupation by the beginning of the next cold
season, when the use of preserved lymph will be
extended to the whole of the Presidency including Sind.
The year's output of the Depôt amounted to 606,005 doses, of which
586,511 doses were distributed to Vaccinators of the Presidency and 19,494 to
various medical officers; the cost of each dose issued being 6.93 pies.
As regards the vaccine issued to Vaccinators in the Presidency the results
show case and insertion success rates of 97.72 and 94.78 per cent. respectively,
while if the months of April and May are excluded a success rate nearly
approaching cent per cent. is shown.
In April and May the results were bad, mainly owing to the difficulty
experienced in maintaining a lymph of high potency during the hot weather.
With the use of cold storage this difficulty will disappear, as it will then be