REPORT OF THE KING INSTITUTE, GUINDY
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TABLE IV.
Statement showing the number of cases for which vaccine was despatched to different bodies—-private
bodies being excluded—during
the year 1917-18.
To whom supplied.
1. Government officers including jails ...
2. Agency Tracts
...
...
...
...
...
3. Military Department ... ... ... ... ...
4. District Boards ... ... ... ... ...
5. Municipalities ... ... ... ... ...
6. Superintendent of Vaccination, Secundera-
bad [Secunderabad Local (Abkári, etc.)
Fund]
...
...
...
...
...
7. Vaccinator, Bolarum
(Bolarum Canton-
ment Funds) ... ... ... ...
Total ...
Number of
cases for which
vaccine was
supplied.
(a) 24,309
28,455
44,655
1,653,635
248,590
9,560
1,030
2,010,234
Rate
per case.
4,41,766 pies.
Total amount
debitable.
RS.
* 523
† 611
940
‡35,703
§ 5,317
201
21
43,318
A.
11
2
0
6
12
3
10
15
P.
7
1
5
2
7
11
11
8
(a) Includes 100 cases to Civil Surgeon and Fort Health Officer, Negapatam.
N.B.—In calculating the cost per case of vaccine, Rs. 1,001-13-0 has been deducted from Rs. 43,318-15-8 as the
former represents registration charges, and it is charged to the bodies concerned.
* Includes Rs. 12 0 0 for registering vaccine packets.
+
‡ §
„
„
„
Total
„
„
„
„
12
892
84
1,001
2
15
12
13
0
0
0
0
„
„
„
„
„
„
7. An examination of Tables II, III and IV will show that there has been a
sharp rise of Rs. 4,357 or 11 per cent in the net charges incurred. This has
resulted in raising the price of vaccine from 3.744449 to 4.041766. The main
cause for this increase is the much larger number of calves used, half as
many again as in the previous year. The explanation of this is that it is partially
but only slightly due to the increased output of vaccine. The main cause
is probably traffic restrictions. During the cool weather of 1917 when work
should have been at high pressure in order to lay by a store of vaccine secured
under the best conditions possible, consignments of calves were delayed.
Vaccination had therefore to be carried on during the hot weather and this
probably led to the rejection of an increased number of calves. The yield per
calf selected was much the same as in the previous year. A considerable number
of calves were also used for experimental purposes. The extra number of calves
naturally involved extra charges for feeding but this was more than counter-
balanced by the credits under sale of calves remitted to the treasury.
Purchase of apparatus was the only contingency which showed any consider-
able reduction as compared with the amount expended last year. The amount
remitted to Government as the cost of vaccine supplied to private bodies showed
a slight rise.
TABLE V.
Returns recorded in the King Institute of Preventive Medicine, Guindy, from the whole of the Madras
Presidency according to the months of the year.
Serial
num-
ber.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Months.
April
1917 ... ... ...
May
„ ... ... ...
June
„ ... ... ...
July „ ... ... ...
August
„ ... ... ...
September
„ ... ... ...
October
„ ... ... ...
November
„ ... ... ...
December
„ ... ... ...
January
1918 ... ... ...
February
„ ... ... ...
March
„ ... ... ...
Total ...
Number
successful.
82,262
76,788
78,441
76,528
87,233
94,995
97,105
96,429
112,221
102,212
95,795
83,551
1,083,560
Number
unsuccessful.
20,816
25,199
26,986
31,691
23,340
18,619
12,895
16,127
9,859
10,563
11,910
13,381
221,386
Percentage
of success.
79.80
75.30
74.40
70.71
78.89
83.61
88.27
85.67
91.92
90.63
88.94
86.19
83.03 %
successful.
B