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Gorakhpur stood first with a total of 38,227 inspections. Then
came, in order, Almora (26,814), Basti (19,353), Garhwal (19,273) and
Bareilly (17,873). Among the districts showing the smallest number
of inspections the most conspicuous were Aligarh (5,564), Dehra Dun
(6,076), Naini Tal (6,774), Jalaun (7,232) and Bara Banki (7,609).
Comparing the figures for the preceding year the districts of Gorakh-
pur, Basti, Garhwal, Dehra Dun, Jalaun and Bara Banki show increases,
while Almora, Bareilly, Aligarh and Naini Tal show decreases. The
district superintendents of vaccination will be addressed in the
matter.
As stated above the provincial average of inspections of primary
vaccinations to total number vaccinated by these agencies during the
year was 41.88 against 43.36 in the preceding year. The districts
showing the largest percentages of inspections of primary vaccinations
were Banda (77.84), Garhwal (71.08), Almora (69.63) and Etawah
(67.05). The lowest percentages of inspections were recorded in
Aligarh (15.81), Meerut (21.24), Moradabad (25.84), Sultanpur (26.06).
(c) Verification
of the percentage of successful
vaccinations.—
According to the reports of vaccinators, the percentages of successful
operations for the province were 94.14 and 49.36, respectively, for
primary vaccinations and re-vaccinations. On inspection by the
assistant superintendents of vaccination these percentages were found
to be 92.76 and 50.51, respectively, in the cases inspected by them,
while the assistant directors of public health and district superinten-
dents of vaccination on inspection found them to be 91.86 and 21.76,
respectively, out of the cases inspected by these officers.
Occurrence of cases of
encephalitis following
vaccination.
20. As in the previous year, all the district superintendents of
vaccination and municipal medical officers of
health were asked to report the occurrence of
cases of encephalitis following vaccination. The
replies received show that no such cases were noticed by any of the
inspecting officers during the year under report.
Provincial
Bovine
Lymph Dépôt, Patwa
Dangar (district Naini
Tal).
21. I held the supervising charge of the
dépôt throughout the year under report in my
capacity of the medical officer in charge of the
institution.
(a) Supply of calves—The contract for the supply of calves was
given to a new butcher of Bareilly and was carried out very satisfac-
torily. He supplied each calf for Rs. 15-8, but allowed a rebate of
Rs. 5 per calf returned to him after vaccination. The special arrange-
ment made with the railway authorities for the railing of calves from
Bareilly which had been introduced to avoid the calves passing-
through areas infected with rinderpest, etc., continued during the
year under report and proved successful.
(b) Quantity of lymph obtained and manufactured.
— An epidemic
of rinderpest and other contagious diseases in the whole of the
Bareilly district and the Tarai and Bhabar area rendered it necessary
to stop the vaccination of calves. Owing to this fact the total number
of calves vaccinated during the year was 318 against 499 in 1926-27.
Of these 318 calves, 81 were cow and 237 buffalo calves. 267 of these
were obtained from the calf contractor and 51 were obtained locally