11
TABLE V .
N u m b e r .
Nature of vaccine.
Number of doses
of autogenous
vaccine.
Number of doses
of stock vaccine.
Total.
1 Staphylococcus . . .
276
729
1,005
2 Streptococcus . . .
228
493
721
3 Acne bacillus . . .
56
66
122
4 Pemphigus streptococcus . . .
12
302
314
5 Gonococcus . . .
3 4
7,636
7,670
6 Pneumococcus . . .
176
96
272
7 B. Influenzae . . .
22
. . .
22
8 M. Paratetragenus . . .
11
. . .
11
9 Compound catarrhal vaccine . . .
42
39
81
10 Diphtheroid bacilli . . .
18
. . .
18
11 Tuberculin . . .
. . .
641
641
12 B. Coli . . .
81
1 3 4
215
13 B. Dysenteriæ . . .
. . .
300
300
14 V. Cholerae . . .
. . .
18,430
18,430
15 B. Typhosus . . .
. . .
3,372
3,372
16
' T r i p l e ' v a c c i n e . . .
. . .
2,235
2,235
17 Other b a c i l l i . . .
23
. . .
23
Total . . .
979
34,473
35,452
Table V shows the different kinds of bacterial vaccines that have been issued,
and from it will be seen how remarkable has been the recent demand for anti
-
cholera vaccine. It was so great that the material had to be sent out in bottles of
12 to 100 c.c. capacity instead of in the usual sealed up ampoules as our supply
of glass tubing for making ampoules was threatening to run out and great delay
is experienced in getting things out from England. Large increases are also seen
under the headings Anti-typhoid (B. Typhosus) and Triple vaccine. The latter is
a vaccine made from the organisms of typhoid and the Paratyphoid A and B fevers.
The biggest relative increase is however seen under the heading of gonococcus
vaccine. Polyvalent anti-gonococcus vaccine has evidently come into great favour
with the authorities of the Cantonment hospitals at Bangalore, Wellington and
Poonamallee. It was with considerable regret that the supplies to these Institu
-
tions had to be limited to a certain number per week. The reasons for this were
the same as those noted under anti-cholera vaccine, with the additional one that
the medium to grow this organism requires to contain a certain amount of human
serum, the supply of which is strictly limited.
The supply of tuberculin was farther curtailed during the year and it was
made the rule not to supply private medical men and mufassal institutions with
this vaccine unless a full history of each case for which the doses were required
was supplied by the medical man concerned. Febrile cases and advanced cases
complicated with organic disease were denied the supply as being unsuited for the
treatment. There was also an increase in the number of autogenous vaccines
supplied during the year to the different hospitals, civil and military, and to
medical men. Details of these supplies can be seen in Tables V and VI.
TABLE VI.
(1) The General Hospital, Madras . . .
17
(2) The Royapetta Hospital, Madras . . .
3
(3) The Government Rayapuram Hospital, Madras . . .
5
(4) The Government Lunatic Asylum, Madras . . .
5
(5) The Government Maternity Hospital, Madras . . .
7
(6) The Government Ophthalmic Hospital, Madras . . .
6
(7) The Station Hospital, Fort St. George and other Military
Hospitals in Southern India . . .
10
(8) Private medical men and medical officers in their private
capacity in Madras City . . .
31
(9) Medical men and hospitals in mufassal . . .
51
Total . . .
135