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ascertain and I have spared no pains) an accident of any kind whatsoever, not
even a swelling, certainly no ulcers. All Burmans were asked as a favour to
report anything to me personally or to Township Officers, but no reports or
complaints were received. I was equally successful with the " Simultaneous
method;" only the people did not willingly accept it. The serum was excellent,
clear, free from flocculi, etc. I used Nos. VII and VIII, and every bottle was
good. ... I do not know anything of what has been done in India, but though
I say so, the results with regard to the operation at any rate cannot be better.
The serum was efficient in checking outbreaks. I think I can now get several
thousand, in fact I have been promised them on condition I come out and do
the inoculation or supervise the same. All my inoculations were carried out
in the field under conditions such as the Assistants will have to do."
32. As regards the application of the researches carried out with a view to
determine whether the samples of sera Nos. VII and VIII deposited, res-
pectively, in Jacobabad, Madras and Rangoon, have in any way deteriorated in
protective value, when exposed to the maximum shade temperatures recorded
at each of the above-mentioned stations, I may here mention that serum
deposited at depôts in the plains will materially lose in protective power, if
allowed to be exposed to the ordinarily recorded maximum shade tempera-
tures.
33. During the month of January last, 40,000 c. c. of anti-rinderpest
serum was deposited equally at four depôts in the plains, viz., Lahore,
Calcutta, Ajmere and Ahmednagar. The following table shows the maximum
shade temperature recorded at each station during the past two years, 1900
and 1901.
1900 .
1901 .
Years.
. . .
.
.
.
Ahmednagar.
°F
106.4
108.0
Calcutta.
°F
103.4
108.2
Lahore.
°F
118.6
118.1
Ajmere.
°F
114.4
114.4
Madras.
°F
110.0
108.5
Rangoon.
°F
105.1
104.1
According to the results of Jacobabad experiments, it would appear that
Lahore and Ajmere, respectively, with temperatures of 118.6 and 114.4°F. are
two of the worst possible stations for storing sera of any kind, but the other
stations with their recorded high temperatures are in no way more suitable
when compared with the Madras results. It is, therefore, imperative that if
depôts are to be maintained in the plains where sera may be stored, suitable
receptacles (Refrigerators) must be provided for the purpose and be supplied
daily with sufficient ice during the months when the thermometer records 90°
and upwards.
34. Anthrax.—The total amount of anti-anthrax serum manufactured
during the year was 11,891 c. c., of which 5,117 c. c. were distributed as
shown in Appendix II.
35. With regard to the result of serum inoculation, the Superintendent of
Government Cattle Farm, Hissar, writes :—
"The result of the inoculation has been most satisfactory, as, although
the animals have been and are in the portion of the Bir where the disease
broke out, they have remained healthy." On the 28th August 1901, the above-
mentioned officer inoculated 31 animals with serum 20 c. c. per 600 lbs., and
on the 2nd September 1901, 28 animals were inoculated with 10 c c. per 400
lbs. body weight. " One animal out of the last inoculated was found dead the
following morning; the autopsy revealed Anthrax. This animal to all appear-
ances was healthy when inoculated." The last-mentioned animal must have
contracted the disease four to five days previous to the injection of the serum.
36. The results of inoculations carried out by other officers are not forth-
coming, and will most probably be noted in their respective reports.
37. Other diseases.—The chief diseases under observation during 1901-
1902 were Rinderpest and Anthrax, but during tours in the plains, whenever
opportunities occurred, other diseases mentioned in Section I were investigated,
as far as time would allow of, in order that in due course observations may