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Annual Report of the Vaccine Operations in the Agra and Meerut Divisions during the
season 1871-72, by SURGEON R. PRINGLE, M.D., Superintendent of Vaccine, Agra
and Meerut Divisions.—Dated Camp Dehra, the 6th April, 1872.
Establishment.
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Superintendent.
Native Superintendents.
Vaccinators.
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2
Writer.
Chuprassees.
THE establishment of the Agra and Meerut Divisions during the season of
1871-72, was as
per margin, being
the same as that
for the previous
year, but from the 1st April, 1872, a separate Vaccinator has been appointed to Joun¬
sar Bawur, who has well qualified himself for the post by his work during the past
season.
Collection of vaccine lymph under
the snowy range for the plains opera-
tions of the season under report.
2. This, as in previous years, was commenced in May, under my own superin-
tendence, from vaccine lymph obtained through the
Medical Officer to the Privy Council, from the
National Vaccine Institution, London. The supply
consisted of 50 tubes, of which 21 contained good lymph, which proved eminently
successful; in 21 the vaccine lymph was either dried up entirely, contained impurities,
or, from want of care in closing the tubes, was too near the ends to escape injury by
the heat necessary to close the tube, three arrived broken, and five containing what
seems good vaccine lymph remain in hand.
The quantity of vaccine lymph collected from the above 21 tubes in the hands
of one Native Superintendent, and an average of two Vaccinators from the establish-
ment of the vesicle to the 20th October, 1871, amounted to 1,020 tubes and 765
crusts; of the former, nearly 90 per cent. were well filled, containing good vaccine
lymph, free from impurities, and in sufficiently small quantuity to admit of its all
being confined to the middle third of the tube. The crusts were of a superior quality,
and, with the exception of the few collected in the early months of the season, proved
most effective. I regret to say that all the Terree vaccine establishment suffered
severely from fever while collecting the above lymph, but the past cold season has
restored them all to health.
Despatch of Vaccine Lymph from this Office.
1870-71.
Residency Surgeon, Bhopal.
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Bhurtpore.
Civil Surgeon, Saharunpore.
Medical Officer, 6th Regiment, Rawul
Pindee.
Residency Surgeon, Indore.
Surgoon Hadow, Lucknow.
Medical Officer, Royal Artillery, Agra.
Civil Surgeon, Agra.
Medical Officer, Deolee Irregular Force.
Medical Officer, Oodeypore.
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Landour.
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Sappers and Miners,
Roorkee.
Dr. Whittal, Mussoorie, 1871-72.
„ Moir, Simla.
Medical Officer, Landour.
Assistant Apothecary, Landour.
1870-71.
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Royal Artillery, Meerut.
Civil Surgeon, Mussoorie.
Medical Officer, Royal Artillery, Morar.
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Ulwur.
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Bhurtpore.
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Irregular Force, Deolee.
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Bhopal.
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Royal Artillery, Meerut.
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Royal Artillery, Agra.
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6th Regiment, Peshwur.
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4th Hussars.
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East Indian Railway,
Toondla.
Civil Surgeon, Etah.
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Moozuffernuggur.
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Meerut.
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Saharunpore.
3. The supply of vaccine lymph alluded to in the previous paragraph, proved
more than suffi-
cient for the wants
of my large staff
(upwards of 90)
Vaccinators, and
for comparison, I
have noted in the
margin the offi-
cers supplied with
vaccine lymph
during 1870-71,
and 1871-72.
Among those mar-
ginally noted no mention is made of the fresh vaccine lymph furnished to the Medical
Officers in the Agra and Meerut Divisions by the Vaccinators at work in the
sudder stations and the districts who have a standing order to comply with all
demands for fresh vaccine lymph, without any previous reference to this office. The
remarks made last year regarding the quality of the vaccine lymph despatched
from this office are applicable in this, with the exception of one Medical Officer, who
required three supplies of vaccine lymph before he established the vesicle, but I have
not received a report of any other failure, though, when despatching the vaccine
lymph it was particularly requested that, in the event of a failure, it be reported