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APPENDIX B.—Showing the number of vaccinations performed in the municipal
towns of the United Provinces on children under one year of age during
the year 1923-24—(concluded).
Number.
1
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
77
78
79
80
81
82
83
84
85
District.
2
Jhansi
..
Jalaun
..
Banda ..
Benares ..
Mirzapur ..
Jaunpur ..
Ghazipur ..
Ballia ..
Gorakhpur ..
Azamgarh ..
Naini Tal
..
Almora ..
Lucknow ..
Unao ..
Rae Bareli ..
Sitapur
..
Hardoi
..
Kheri ..
Fyzabad
..
Gonda
..
Bahraich ..
Sultanpur ..
Partabgarh ..
Bara Banki ..
Municipality.
3
Jhansi .. ..
Mau .. ..
Lalitpur .. ..
Orai .. ..
Kalpi .. ..
Konch .. ..
Banda .. ..
Benares .. ..
Mirzapur-Bindhachal
Jaunpur .. ..
Ghazipur .. ..
Ballia .. ..
Gorakhpur .. ..
Azamgarh .. ..
Naini Tal .. ..
Kashipur ..
Almora .. ..
Lucknow .. ..
Unao .. ..
Rae Bareli ..
Sitapur .. ..
Khairabad .. ..
Hardoi .. ..
Shahabad .. ..
Sandila .. ..
Lakhimpur ..
Fyzabad-Ajodhya ..
Tanda .. ..
Gonda .. ..
Balrampur ..
Bahraich ..
Sultanpur ..
Bela .. ..
Nawabganj ..
Total ..
Number
of births
during
1923.
4
2,528
662
579
400
492
754
618
9,695
2,579
1,137
696
495
2,208
437
335
557
240
10,222
501
742
939
581
473
872
813
116
1,623
896
435
737
872
391
159
401
133,415
Number
of
deaths
amongst
children
under
one year
during
1923.
5
748
244
120
87
155
197
167
2,890
602
200
105
75
456
73
55
119
40
2,949
125
224
295
129
123
156
243
39
498
196
66
154
158
98
32
106
35,623
Number of
successful
vaccinations
on children
under one
year during
the year
ending 31st
March, 1924.
6
1,576
447
339
231
333
592
379
3,055
1,567
1,076
566
263
l,393
124
139
390
152
4,416
266
266
480
296
319
562
570
193
1,025
330
278
523
583
232
104
249
69,579
Date of extension of
Vaccination Act to the
municipality.
7
1st July, 1891.
5th May, 1892.
24th May, 1894.
22nd July, 1891.
5th December, 1892.
14th May, 1891.
24 th March, 1893.
10th April, 1891.
9th October, 1891.
26th February, 1892.
4th May, 1893.
6th May, 1891.
18th January, 1893.
8th February, 1893.
1st June, 1891.
5th May, 1894.
9th March, 1893.
4th February, 1893.
13th March, 1890.
1st June, 1891.
27th July, 1891.
12th April, 1892.
26th March, 1891.
17th March, 1892.
2nd January, 1892.
1st June, 1891.
11th June, 1891.
18th July, 1891.
25th June, 1891.
Ditto.
5th December, 1892.
11th November, 1884.
1st June, 1891.
2nd December, 1889.
NOTES
ON
VACCINATION
IN THE
UNITED PROVINCES OF AGRA AND OUDH
For the year ending 31st March, 1925
BY
MAJOR W A MEARNS, M.B., D.P.H, I.M.S.,
Offg. Director of Public Health and
Superintendent-General of Vaccination,
United Provinces.
ALLAHABAD:
PRINTED
BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, GOVERNMENT PRESS, UNITED PROVINCES
1925
Price, Rs. 1-6-0.
Agents for the sale of United Provinces Government
publications.
IN ENGLAND.
Henry S. King & Co., 65, Cornhill, and 9
Pall, Mall, London.
Constable & Co., 10. Orange Street, Leicester
Square, London, W. C.
P. S. King & Son, 2 and 4, Great Smith
Street, Westminister, London, S. W.
Kegan Paul, Trench, Trübner & Co., 68—74
Carter Lane, E. C., and 25, Museum
Street, London, W. C.
Grindlay & Co., 54, Parliament Street,
London S. W.
Bernard Quaritch, 11, Grafton Street, New
Bond Street, London, W.
B. H. Blackwell, 50 and 51, Broad Street,
Oxford.
Deighton, Bell & Co., Limited, Cambridge.
T. Fisher Unwin, 1, Adelphi Terrace, London
W. C.
W. Thacker & Co., 2, Creed Lane, London,
E. C.
Luzac & Co , 46, Great Russell Street
London, W. C.
Wheldon & Wesley Limited, 2, 3 and 4
Arthur St., New Oxford Street, Lon-
don, W. C. 2.
Messrs. East and West, Ltd., 3, Victoria
Street, London, S. W. I.
ON THE CONTINENT.
Ernest Leroux, 28, Rue Bonaparte, Paris.
Martinus Nijhoff, The Hague, Holland.
IN INDIA
Thacker Spink & Co., Calcutta.
Newman & Co., Calcutta.
S. K. Lahiri & Co., Calcutta.
R. Cambray & Co., Calcutta.
Higginbotham & Co., Madras.
V. Kalyanarama Aiyar & Co., Madras.
G. A. Natesan & Co., Madras.
Thompson & Co., Mrdras.
S. Murthy & Co., Madras.
Temple and & Co., Madras.
Cambridge & Co., Madras.
Thacker & Co., Limited, Bombay.
Messrs. Butterworth & Co., Ld., Booksellers,
6, Hastings Street, Calcutta.
Messrs. Wheeler & Co., 15, Elgin Road,
Allahabad.
A. J. Cambridge, & Co., Bombay.
D. B. Taraporewalla,. Sons & Co., Bombay.
Radhabai Atmaram Sagoon, Bombay.
Sunder Pandurang, Bombay.
Rai Sahib M. Gulab Singh & Sons, Mufid-
i-am Press, Lahore
Superintendent, American Baptist Mission
Press, Rangoon.
A. M. and J. Ferguson, Ceylon.
N. B. Mathur, Superintendent, Nazair
Kanun Hind Press, Allahabad.
Proprietor, Newal Kishore Press, Lucknow.
Messrs. Students & Co., Cooch Bihar.
Ram Dayal Agarwala, Bookseller, 184, Katra
Road, Allahabad.
Messrs. Ram Krishna and Sons, Booksellers,
Anarkali Street, Lahore
The Secretary, North India Christian Tract
and Book Society, 18, Clive Road. Allah-
abad.
V. H. Damle, Esqr., Proprietor, New
Kitab
Khana,
Budhawar
Chauke.
Poona (city).
NOTES
ON
VACCINATION
IN THE
UNITED PROVINCES OF AGRA AND OUDH
For the year ending 31st March,
1925
BY
MAJOR W. A. MEARNS, M.B., D.P.H, I.M.S.,
Offg. Director of Public Health and
Superintendent-General of Vaccination,
United Provinces.
ALLAHABAD:
PRINTED BY THE SUPERINTEDENT, GOVERNMENT PRESS, UNITED PROVINCES
1925
1
[Prescribed maximum
length—6 pages
(foolscap size).]
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Area and population .. .. .. .. ..
Constitution and strength of the department .. .. .. ..
Revision of rules and the Vaccination Manual .. .. .. ..
Expenditure on vaccination .. .. .. ..
Average cost of each successful case of vaccination
..
..
..
..
General operations .. .. .. .. ..
Successful primary vaccinations in different districts .. .. .. ..
Successful vaccination and degree of protection afforded .. .. .. ..
Vaccination in proportion to births and according to age .. .. ..
Mortality from small-pox .. .. .. ..
Diagram .. .. ..
Dispensary vaccination .. .. .. .. ..
Vaccination in municipalities .. .. .. .. ..
Vaccination in cantonments .. .. .. .. .. ..
Vaccination in notified areas .. .. .. .. ..
Vaccination Act .. .. .. .. .. ..
General results of inspection .. .. .. .. ..
Provincial Bovine Lymph dépôt, Patwa Dangar (district Naini Tal)
District annual vaccination returns .. .. .. ..
STATISTICAL STATEMENTS AND APPENDICES.
STATEMENT No. I.—Showing the particulars of vaccination in the United
Provinces during the year 1924-25 .. .. .. ..
STATEMENT No. II.—Showing the cost of the department in the United
Provinces during the year 1924-25 .. .. .. ..
STATEMENT No. III.—Showing dispensary vaccination in the United Prov-
inces during the year 1924-25 .. .. .. ..
STATEMENT No. IV.—Showing the number of persons primarily vaccinated
and the number successfully vaccinated in the United Prov-
inces for a series of ten years .. .. .. ..
STATEMENT No. V.—Showing the particulars of vaccination verified by ins-
pecting officers in the United Provinces during the year 1924-25
APPENDIX A.—Showing the number and ratio of successful vaccination and
number and ratio of deaths from small-pox in each district of
the United Provinces for a series of ten years .. ..
APPENDIX B.—Showing the number of vaccinations performed in the muni-
cipal towns of the United Provinces on children under one year
of age during the year 1924-25 .. .. .. ..
1
ib.
ib.
2
ib.
2
3
ib.
ib.
4
ib.
ib.
ib.
4-5
5
ib.
5-6
6—10
10
ii—v
vi—ix
x
xi—xvi
xvii—xix
1A—4A
5A-6A
Erratum slip to the Notes on Vaccination in the United Provinces
for the year 1924-25.
Page
1 of table
of contents.
3
„
4
7
8
„
9
V
„
VI
„
„
VII
IX
XI
XII
XIII
1A
„
II
2A
„
„
„
„
„
„
„
„
3A
5A
„
For—
2
Garhwai
5962
were
86,332
otal
T
thls
74,943
vaccinated or
327
..
Assistant
13,288
29,038
68,553
12,989
18,049
36.01
29.33
33.54
37.49
.14
.23
25.09
23.54
22.60
20.50
344
.03
Shahjahanpur
1994
1984
Read—
2 and 3
Garhwal
59.62
was
86,332.50
Total
this
*74,943
vaccinator
..
327
Assistants
20,288
299,038
68,555
19,989
19,804
36.81
29.83
33.45
37.42
.15
.93
25.02
23.64
26.60
20.52
354
.04
Saharanpur
1894
1894
Remarks.
Against "General operations."
In the 4th line of paragraph 8.
In the 4th line from the bottom.
In the 1st line from the top.
In the 17th line from the bottom.
Under" October to March" in the table
" Re-vaccinations."
In the left hand corner of the table " Re-vacci-
nations."
In the 22nd line from the bottom.
In column 13 against Grand Total.
In the heading of 2nd column of Summary.
In column " Clerks," sub-column " Pay " against
Dehra Dun.
In column " Clerks," sub-column " Pay " against
Saharanpur.
In foot-note (a).
In column " Number of all successful vaccina-
tions and re-vaccinations performed by the
vaccination staff only " against serial 31 (Bara
Banki).
In column " Paid from—", sub-column " Local
funds" against Grand Total.
In column" Persons primarily vaccinated,"
sub-column 1915-16 (Total number) against
serial 1 (Government).
In column " Persons primarily vaccinated,"
sub column 1918-19 (number successfully
vaccinated) against serial 2 (Municipal).
In column " Persons primarily vaccinated, "
sub-column 1924-25 (Total number) against
serial 22 (Native States).
In column" 1915-16," sub-column " Persons
successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of popula-
tion " against Bijnor.
In column" 1916-17," sub-column " Persons
successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of popula-
tion " against Banda.
In column" 1916-17," sub-column " Persons
successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of popula-
tion " against Benares.
In column " 1917-18," sub-column "Persons
successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of popula-
tion " against Muzafftarnagar.
In column " 1918-19, " sub-column " Ratio of
deaths from small pox per 1,000 of population
in 1919" against Allahabad.
In column " 1918-19, " sub-column " Ratio of
deaths from small-pox per 1,000 of population
in 1919" against Rae Bareli.
In column " 1919-20," sub-column " Persons
successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of popula-
tion " against Moradabad.
In column " 1919-20 ," sub-column " Persons
successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of popula-
tion " against Unao.
In column " 1919-20 ," sub-column " Persons
successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of popula-
tion " against Fyzabad.
In column " 1919-20 ," sub-column " Persons
successfully vaccinated per 1,000 of popula-
tion " against Partabgarh.
In column " 1919-20 ," sub-column " Deaths
from small-pox in 1920" against Moradabad.
In column " 1919-20 ," sub-column " Ratio of
deaths from small-pox per 1,000 of population
in 1920 " against Sitapur.
In column " District " against serial 2.
In column 7 against Deoband.
In column 7 against Hapur.
NOTES ON VACCINATION IN THE UNITED PROVINCES
FOR THE YEAR 1924-25.
Area and population.
According to census of 1921 the area of the Province, excluding
the States of Rampur, Benares and Tehri-Garh-
wal, was 107,167 square miles and the population
45,375,787.
Constitution
and
strength of the depart-
ment.
(Statement II.)
2. The charge of the office of the Superintendent-General of Vaccina-
tion was held by Lieut.-Colonel C. L. Dunn,
D.P.H., I.M S., throughout the year. The follow-
ing officers were in charge of the several ranges
during the year under report :—
I RANGE.
Captain D. Clyde, M.B., D.P.H., I.M.S., throughout the year.
II RANGE.
Captain D. Clyde, M.B., D.P.H., I.M.S., from 1st April, 1924, to 1st
November, 1924. Major W. A. Mearns, M.B., D.P.H., I.M.S., from 2nd
November to the close of the year.
III RANGE.
Dr. A. Sousa, D.P.H., from 1st April, 1924, to 9th May, 1924 and
again from 9th November, 1924, to the end of the year. Dr. K. P. Mathur,
D.P.H., from 10th May, 1924, to 8th November, 1924.
IV RANGE.
Dr. K. P. Mathur, D.P.H., throughout the year.
The number of assistant superintendents of vaccination employed
during the year was the same (49) as in 1923-24, while that of vaccinators
was 881 against 905 in the preceding year.
Revision of rules
and the Vaccination
Manual.
3. Rules concerning the services of the vaccination staff and prescribing
the number of vaccinators and assistant superin-
tendents of vaccination to be maintained by district
boards were revised by Government during the year
under report for the guidance of district boards and published in the
Government Gazette under notification no. 101/IX—209 (14) 1923,dated
the 26th January, 1925.
The United Provinces Vaccination Manual was brought up to date by
Major T. D. Murison, I.M.S., late Assistant Director of Public Health,
2nd Range. Its English edition has been printed and distributed to officers
concerned and its Urdu and Hindi versions are in Press.
( 2 )
Expenditure on vacci-
nation.
(Statement II.)
4. There was an increase of Rs. 11,032 in the total expenditure,
excluding the charges on account of the Assistants
Directors of Public Health and their establishments
and a decrease of Rs. 1,096, including these charges
as compared with 1923-24, the total during the two
years being Rs. 3,98,376 and Rs. 3,87,344 and Rs. 4,61,492 and Rs. 4,62,588,
respectively. The increase is due to the increased expenditure under the
Government Bovine Lymph Dépôt, Patwa Dangar, and the vaccination
staff. The decrease in expenditure under Assistant Directors of Public
Health is due to the fact that the Assistant Directors of Public Health, 2nd
and 3rd Ranges, were on leave ex-India for about six months.
Average cost of each
successful
case of
vaccination.
(Statement II.)
5. The average cost of each successful case of vaccination in these
Provinces during the year under report was nearly
the same as in the preceding year. The figures for
the two years were annas four and pies nine and
annas four and pies ten, respectively. The follow-
ing table shows the average cost of each successful
case of vaccination in these Provinces during the year under report as
compared with other provinces : —
Province.
Burma .. .. .. ..
Delhi .. .. ..
United Provinces .. .. ..
Bihar and Orissa .. .. ..
North-West Frontier Province
Punjab .. .. ..
Madras .. .. ..
Bengal .. .. ..
Bombay .. .. ..
Central Provinces .. .. ..
Assam .. .. ..
Cost of each
successful case
of vaccination
during 1924-25.
Rs.
0
0
0
0
0
a.
9
5
4
2
2
p.
6
8
9
6
6
*
0 5 9
*
*
0
0
6
4
11
4
* Information not received.
General operations.
(Statement I.)
6. During the year under report 1,296,756 persons were vaccinated—
1,296,469 by the special (district staff) and 287
by the dispensary staff—as against 1,267,442 in the
preceding year, indicating an increase of 29,314.
The number of vaccination operations performed in 1924-25 also exhibited
an increase of 8,545 as compared with 1923-24, the actual numbers for the
two years being 1,318,693 (1,243,750 primary and 74,943 re-vaccina-
tion) and 1,310,148 (1,251,387 primary and 58,761 re-vaccination). The
number of secondary operations showed a falling off, the actual figures for
the two years being 21,937 and 42,706, respectively, which is satisfactory.
The number and percentage of successful primary vaccinations in which the
results were known in 1924-25 were, respectively, 1,169,868 and 95.21 as
against 1,127,602 and 91.53 in 1923-24, while in the case of re-vaccina-
tions they were 41,110 and 61.55 as compared with 33,220 and 63.70,
respectively,
( 3 )
Each vaccinator vaccinated on an average 1,472 persons during the
year under review as against 1,400 in the preceding year. The ratio of
persons successfully vaccinated by the district staff was 26.68 per mille of
the population as compared with 25.57 in 1923-24.
It is gratifying to note that, like the preceding year, there was an
increase under all heads during the year under report.
Successful primary
vaccinations in differ-
ent districts.
(Statement I.)
7. In 37 out of 48 districts the number of successful primary vaccina-
tions performed in 1924-25 was in excess of that
performed during the preceding year. Of these,
Gorakhpur stood first with an increase of 4,925,
followed by Azamgarh with 3,944, Farrukhabad
with 3,853, Meerut with 3,791, Garhwal with 3,711,
Bara Banki with 2,806, Allahabad with 2,739, Moradabad with 2,725, Agra
with 2,669 and Etah with 2,365. Of the eleven districts showing a
decrease the most conspicuous were Sultanpur (3,251), Jaunpur (2,611),
Sitapur (2,264), Kheri (1,203) and Basti (950). The causes of decrease in
these districts were—
Sultanpur—Slackness
of the vaccination staff and want of proper
help.
Jaunpur—Slackness
of the vaccination staff.
Sitapur—Reduction
in the number of vaccinators and prevalence of
plague in the district.
Kheri—Defective registration giving decrease in the number of births.
Reduction of four vaccinators, deputation of six vaccinators to
Chaiti fair and washing away of some villages owing to floods,
Basti.—Low birth-rate and prevalence of malaria.
Successful vaccina-
tion and degree of pro-
tection afforded.
(Statement I.)
8. During the year under review the number of persons successfully
vaccinated per mille of the population was 26.68
against 25.57 in the preceding year. Among the
best protected districts Almora, Garhwal and Ha¬
mirpur retained their positions of the last year as
first, second and third on the list with ratios of 52.35,
44.43 and 35.46, respectively. Then in order came Naini Tal, Jhansi and
Saharanpur giving ratios of 35.21, 35.17 and 35.01, respectively. The
districts showing the least protection were Rae Bareli (15.83), Ghazipur
(17.07), Partabgarh (19.53), Bara Banki (19.70), Gonda (20.45) and
Azamgarh (20.65).
Vaccination in pro-
portion to births and
according to age.
9. In 1924-25 the percentage of successful primary vaccinations in pro-
portion to births showed an increase under all heads
as compared with the preceding year, the ratios for
the two years being 51.66 and 49.57 in the case of
children under one year, 20.39 and 17.43 in the
case of children over one and under six years, and 74.26 and 68.95 for all
periods, respectively. An examination of the figures of the different
ranges shows that 57.58 children under one year of age were successfully
vaccinated per 100 births during the year under report in the first range,
45.09 in the second range, 59.62 in the third range and 43.52 in the fourth
range against 56.17, 41.15, 55.68 and 44.63, respectively, in the preceding
year. This year the third range shows the best protection in comparison
with the other ranges.
( 7 )
storing lymph of a strength of 1—3 which proved satisfactory last year is
being continued this year also.
Appended is a table showing the annual output of lymph, the number
of areas in which arm-to-arm vaccination has been replaced by calf lymph
vaccination, and the income and expenditure of the dépôt :—
Year.
1904-5 ..
1905-6 ..
1906-7 ..
1907-8 ..
1908-9 ..
1909-10 ..
1910-11 ..
1911-12 ..
1912-13 ..
1913-14 ..
1914-15 ..
1915-16 ..
1916-17 ..
1917-18 ..
1918-19 ..
1919-20 ..
1920-21 ..
1921-22 ..
1922-23 ..
1923-24 ..
1924-25 ..
Quantity of lymph issued.
Glycerinated lymph.
Tubes.
21,049
74,800
113,945
198,224
243,722
249,974
358,939
193,356
180,445
193,932
296,423
150,347
169,880
172,462
185,699
173,317
137,633
135,448
331,668
89,639
108,281
In bulk.
Grammes.
Grs.
Nil.
98
205
0
0
Nil.
3,806
9,147
9,392
41,460
58,427
72,296
94,547
83,110
82,960
86,658
91,658
94,354
89,609
87,093
69,436
86,993
66,332
3
0
0
12
13
10
13
7
0
12
0
10
4
12
12
12
8
Glycerine paste.
Grammes.
Grs.
Nil.
Nil.
1,367
668
749
414
45
44
83
79
382
66
36
0
12
0
0
0
0
3
7
0
0
7
Nil.
34
6
14
6
5
11
4
0
11
0
0
0
0
0
Lanoline paste.
Grammes.
Grs.
79
120
19
161
4
4
6
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Nil.
Nil.
Nil.
8 7
Nil.
Nil.
Nil.
Nil.
Nil.
4 0
Nil.
Nil.
Nil.
Nil.
Arm-to-arm vacci-
nation replaced by
calf lymph vacci-
nation in—
Districts.
..
..
..
..
4
8
13
22
35
37
41
47
47
48
48
48
48
48
48
48
48
Municipalities.
5
14
23
53
79
87
87
87
87
86
84
84
84
83
83
84
84
85
84
84
85
Notified areas.
..
..
..
5
19
32
37
45
45
46
48
47
45
44
45
44
43
41
39
40
41
Income.
Rs.
106
2,057
3,527
6,118
8,572
8,527
14,211
18,780
24,019
28,867
39,174
30,789
31,066
32,681
32,836
35,430
37,144
39,169
41,354
37,967
37,251
Expenditure.
Rs.
3,300
7,789
5,741
6,717
12,573
10,524
12,097
13,030
14,894
17,247
20,703
21,228
21,348
21,910
25,297
31,547
39,217
33,259
35,138
36,014
41,647
During the year under review 86,332 grammes in metal collapsible
tubes, 108,281 capillary tubes, and 4 grammes of glycerine paste sufficient
to vaccinate 2,266,693 persons were issued as against 86,993.75 grammes
in metal collapsible tubes, 89,639 capillary tubes and 11 grammes of
glycerine paste in 1923-24. Out of the total quantity of lymph issued,
233 capillary tubes and 75 grammes in bulk to the value of Rs. 59 were
supplied free to jails and missions as compared with 12 capillary tubes and
125.75 grammes in bulk costing Rs. 72 in the preceding year.
During the year under review 85 municipalities and 41 notified areas
were supplied with lymph on payment. The notified areas of Mainpuri
Civil Station, Aonla, Auraiya, Sheopur, Moghul Sarai, Chunar Settlement,
Badhshahpur, Madhoganj and Pauri did not purchase lymph from the
dépôt. Lymph worth Rs. 18,932 was purchased by district boards,
Rs. 6,985 by municipalities, Rs. 3,872 by Indian States, Rs. 1,430 by private
persons and value payable post Rs. 1,069 by notified areas and Rs. 703
by cantonments against Rs. 19,274, Rs. 6,244, Rs. 3,536, Rs. 1,631,
Rs. 959, and Rs. 572, respectively, in the preceding year. Lymph to the
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value of Rs. 1,215 was supplied to the Military department during 1924-25
as against 1,052 in 1923-24, on an annual contract of Rs. 1,300.
From 1st April, 1925, the Military department have agreed to pay for
the actual quantity of lymph supplied.
The total value of lymph sold for the year 1924-25 amounted to
Rs. 34,291 and that of miscellaneous articles Rs. 2,960 against Rs. 37,967
in 1923-24. The decrease is due to a smaller amount having been paid
by the Military department for 1924-25
The sale-proceeds of lymph for the year could not, as usual, be realised
in full before the close of the financial year. It is, however, hoped that
in future the introduction of the contract system sanctioned in G. O.
no. 4/XVI-143, dated the 3rd January, 1925, will result in prompt payments
being made by local bodies.
During the year under review the total expenditure of the dépôt
amounted to Rs. 41,647 as against Rs. 36,014 in the preceding year, indicat-
ing an increase of Rs. 5,633. The increase in expenditure is chiefly due
to breakdown in the cold storage plant and engines during the hot
weather as mentioned in a subsequent paragraph of this note. In addition
to the direct expenditure incurred on setting the engines right the break-
down was responsible for a large increase in the amount of ammonia used,
there being a continual leakage till the advent of the cold weather. The
engines also had to be run longer periods owing to the great loss in efficiency.
Now that the engines and the cold storage plant are in thorough
working order it is expected that the income for 1925-26 shall cover the
recurring expenditure.
The total number of vaccination operations performed with calf lymph
supplied from the dépôt in 1924-25 amounted to 1,318,684 (1,243,750 pri-
mary and 74,934 re-vaccinations) as compared with 1,309,636 in 1923-24.
The following table shows the results of vaccination performed during
the year under review as compared with the preceding year: —
April to September ..
October to March ..
Total ..
April to September ..
October to March ..
Total ..
Primary vaccinations.
Successful.
1924-25.
20,255
503,466
523,721
1923-24.
23,037
625,426
648,463
Unsuccessful.
1924-25.
6,465
28,442
34,907
1923-24.
11,367
68,481
79,848
Percentage.
1924-25.
75.80
94.65
93.75
1923-24
66.96
90.13
89.04
Re-vaccinations.
Successful.
1924-25.
1,882
8,726
10,608
1923-24.
3,103
17,509
20,612
Unsuccessful.
1924-25.
2,348
5,091
7,439
1923-24.
3,429
10,078
13,507
Percentage.
1924-25.
44.49
63.15
53.78
1923-24.
47.50
63.47
60.41
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months to undergo a course of instruction in the diseases of cattle. He is
therefore better equipped for the discharge of his duties in this respect.
19. District annual vaccination returns were again received late
District
annual from several districts and had to be returned for
vaccination returns. correction. The attention of the district superin-
tendents of vaccination concerned will be drawn to this.
W. A. MEARNS. M.B., D.P.H.,
MAJOR, I.M.S.,
Offg. Director of Public Health and
Superintendent
General of Vaccination, United Provinces.
NAINI TAL:
The 11th June, 1925.