REPORT OF THE KING INSTITUTE, GUINDY
9
TABLE IV.
Statement showing the number of cases for which vaccine was despatched to different bodies and their
cost—-private bodies being excluded—during the year 1918-19.
To whom supplied.
1. Government officers including jails ... ...
2. Agency Tracts
...
...
...
...
...
3. Military Department ... ... ... ...
4. District Boards
...
...
...
...
6. Municipalities ... ... ... ...
6. Superintendent of Vaccination, Seconder a¬
bad [ Secunderabad Local (Abkāri, etc.)
Fund]
...
...
...
...
7. Vaccinator, Bolarnm (Bolarum Canton
ment Funds)
...
...
...
...
Total ...
Number of
cases for which
vaccine was
supplied.
27,375
28,275
90,375
1,657,695
235,310
10,160
1,050
2,050,240
Rate
per case.
5.189423 pies per case.
Total amount
debitable.
RS.
753
770
2,442
45,183
6,436
274
28
55,889
A.
8
15
10
0
12
9
6
15
P.
5(a)
7(b)
10
5(c)
3(d)
8
1
3
N.B.—In calculating the cost per case of vaccine, Rs. 475-9-0 has been deducted from Rs. 55,889-15-3 as the
former represents registration fees which are chargred to the bodies concerned.
(a) Includes Rs.
(b)
„ „
(c)
„
„
(d)
„ „
Total „
13
6
378
76
475
10
12
7
12
9
0 for
0
0
0
0
registering vaccine packets.
„
„
„ „
„
„
6. Tables IT, III and IV show the expenditure incurred by the section
during the year. There has been an increase of Rs. 12,571 or 29 per cent in the
net charges incurred. This has resulted in raising the price of vaccine from
4.041766 to 5.189423 pies per case. This rise is chiefly due to the payment during
the year of over three years' arrears of salary to the acting Assistant Director. The
prevailing high prices have also played their part and have caused increases under
the headings of purchase of apparatus, cost of calves, house rent and pay of
menials.
The amount realized under the sale of calves and cost of vaccine supplied to
private bodies during the year shows a slight increase.
TABLE V.
Returns recorded in the King Institute of Preventive Medicine, Guindy, from the whole of the Madras
Presidency according to the month of the year.
Serial
num
ber.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Months.
April
1918 ... ... ...
May
„ ... ... ...
June
„ ... ... ...
July
„ ... ... ...
August
„ ... ... ...
September „ ... ... ...
October
„ ... ... ...
November
„ ... ... ...
December
„ ... ... ...
January
1919 ... ... ...
February
„
...
...
March
„ ... ... ...
Total ...
Number
successful.
67,697
79,927
84,541
98,909
89,049
77,328
52,402
61,754
76,528
84,468
91,343
83,923
947,869
Number
unsuccessful.
23,841
30,874
44,829
49,740
25,280
28,087
26,397
10,456
12,600
14,613
10,788
11,925
289,430
Percentage
of success.
73.95
72.13
65.34
68.53
77.88
73.35
66.50
85.52
85.86
85.25
89.43
87.55
76.60
7. Table V shows the monthwar success rate reported for the whole of the
Madras Presidency excluding Madras City. The percentage of successful vacci
nations has fallen to 76.6 per cent, a proportion which is less by 6.43 than that
obtained in the previous year. This constitutes the lowest rate recorded since the
Institute has been connected with the preparation of vaccine lymph. A set back
of this nature, after the introduction of a new scheme from which better results
were anticipated, is regrettable and requires careful investigation to see if any
cause can be found for the apparent want of success. Three important factors
will be considered from this point of view—(1) adverse climatic conditions, (2) the
c