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6. The number of stud bulls kept by Government and local bodies
increased from 68 in the previous year to 104 in the year under review. Only
44 of these are the property of local bodies.
7. Four new dispensaries were recognised at Siliguri, Bankura, Satkhira
and Chuadanga during the year, thus bringing the total number of such
institutions to 31 as against 27 in the preceding year. The number of patients
treated during the year was 43,312 as against 34,889 in the previous year.
The Superintendent reports that the increase in the number of cases shows
that the usefulness of these institutions is being fully appreciated by the
public. The Governor in Council notices with satisfaction that arrangements
are being made by the District Boards of Noakhali. Tippera and Bakarganj
for the construction of veterinary dispensaries with quarters for veterinary
assistants at Feni. Brahmanbaria and Patuakhali, respectively. No provision
has, however, yet been made by the District Board of Murshidabad,
Rajshahi, Jessore or Midnapore for such buildings. His Excellency in
Council trusts that this omission will soon be remedied and that efforts will
also be made by District Boards generally to bring the numbers of veterinary
assistants in their district up to the sanctioned strength as soon as they can
be supplied from the College by the Principal.
8. Though the report is evidence of the fact that much good work is
being done by the department, the Governor in Council considers that, in
order to popularise the work of the veterinary assistants and to extend
their sphere of utility, each District Board should appoint a sub-committee
consisting of two or three members to deal with the veterinary work of the
Board.
9. The work of the Deputy Superintendent, Civil Veterinary Depart-
ment, inspectors and of the staff of the Bengal Veterinary College was
satisfactory. His Excellency in Council has much pleasure in acknowledg-
ing the valuable services of Colonel Smith and his zeal for the welfare of
both the college and the department.
By order of the Governor in Council,
M. C. McALPIN,
Secy. to the Govt. of Bengal.
No. 6744.
COPY forwarded to the Director of Agriculture, Bengal, for information.
No. 6745.
COPY, with a copy of the Report of the Civil Veterinary Department,
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PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF INDIA
KASAULI. FOUNDED 1893. INCORPORATED 1901.
THE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE ASSOCIATION
TOGETHER WITH THE
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE INSTITUTE
FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST DECEMBER 1914.
1914–1918 SIMLA: PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT MONOTYPE PRESS.
1915.
PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF INDIA
KASAULI.
FOUNDED 1893. INCORPORATED 1901.
THE
FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE ASSOCIATION
TOGETHER WITH THE
REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS OF THE INSTITUTE
FOR THE YEAR ENDING 31ST DECEMBER 1914.
[NLS note: a graphic appears here – see 74947992]
SIMLA:
PRINTED AT THE GOVERNMENT MONOTYPE PRESS.
1915.
THE ASSOCIATION OF THE PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF INDIA.
President :
The Hon'ble Surgeon-General Sir PARDEY LUKIS, K.C.S.I., M.D., F.R.C.S., K.H.S
THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Members :
Dr. E. HANKIN, M.A., Sc., D.
Khan Bahadur B. D. PATEL.
Colonel Sir ALFRED MACKENZIE, K.C.B.
The Hon'ble FAZALBHOY VISRAM, C.I.E.
Nawab MUHAMMAD ALI KHAN, Kazilbash.
Rai Sahib KUNJ BEHARI, Thapar.
Colonel C. J. BAMBER, M.V.O., I.M.S.
The Hon'ble Sir ARTHUR KER, M.V.O., C.I.E.
The Hon'ble Sir ROBERT CARLYLE, K.C.S.I., C.I.E.
B. BEVAN-PETMAN, Esq.
The Hon'ble Sir HARCOURT BUTLER, K.C.S.I., C.I.E.
The Hon'ble Mr. L. PORTER, C.I.E.
The Hon'ble Major J. C. ROBERTSON, C.I.E., I.M.S.
The Hon'ble Major-General W. R. BIRDWOOD, C.B., C.S.I., C.I.E., D.S.
O.
Major-General W. E. BUNBURY, C.B.
The Hon'ble Mr. J. P. THOMPSON, M.A., I.C.S.
Surgeon-General W. BABTIE, V.C., C.B., C.M.G.
Secretary.
Major F. NORMAN WHITE, M.D., I.M.S.
DIRECTORS OF THE PASTEUR INSTITUTE, KASAULI.
Major A. G. MCKENDRICK, M.B., F.R.S., E., I.M.S.
Captain C. J. Fox, I.S.M.D., Assistant Director.
FOURTEENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE CENTRAL COMMITTEE OF THE
PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF INDIA.
YEAR after year, with almost monotonous regularity, the Central Committee have
reported an increase in the number of patients treated in the Institute. The year
1914 was no exception to the rule: the number of cases treated rose from 3,984 in
1913 to 4,585 in the year under report.
The steady rise in popularity of the Institute since its inception in August
1900 to the present time is well shown in the following table :—
Year.
Number of
patients
treated.
Year.
Number of
patients
treated.
1901
321
1908
1,389
1902
543
1909
1,939
1903
584
1910
2,073
1904
612
1911
2,268
1905
877
1912
3,548
1906
1,145
1913
3,984
1907
1,349
1914
4,585
Were the ever-increasing attendance evidence of an increasing prevalence of
rabies in India these figures might well give rise to despondency. That this is
not the case, however, has been ably demonstrated in an interesting note contributed
by Major A. G. McKendrick, I.M.S., to the Indian Journal of Medical Research,
Volume 2, No. 4. One of the conclusions arrived at was that there is no evidence
that the conditions, under which rabies has existed in India, have varied during
the last fourteen years, and that the increased attendance at the Institute—an.
increase which chiefly concerns Indian patients—is directly due to an increased
dissemination of knowledge regarding the efficacy of Pasteurian treatment. This
subject is further elaborated in the Directors' report which is submitted herewith.
1PIK
2
Of the 4,585 persons treated in 1914, 4,124 were Indians and 461 Europeans.
In addition to the routine rabies work, some valuable research work has been
carried out in the Institute by Captains H. W. Acton and R. Knowles, notably an
investigation on the treatment of snake bite, and a research into the life-history
of the halteridium parasite of the pigeon.
During 1914 a fourth row of quarters for indigent patients was completed :
accommodation for this class of patient is still, however, insufficient and more wil
l
have to be provided in the near future. The Middle Class quarters were also com
-
pleted.
The Rabies Hospital is in course of construction and will be soon ready for
occupation. It will fill a long-felt want. The estimated cost of this building is
Rs. 10,815.
Three new rabbit houses have been built and a refrigerating plant has been
installed. Various other extensions and alterations have been effected. These
have been rendered possible by a grant of Rs. 19,700 generously given by the
Indian Research Fund Association.
Captain H. W. Acton, I.M.S., assisted by Captain R. Knowles, I.M.S., was in
charge of the Institute from the 1st January to the 7th September, when Major
A. G. McKendrick became Director. To all of these officers the thanks of the
Central Committee are due for the efficient management of the Institute.
A statement of accounts is appended.
F. NORMAN WHITE, M.D.,
Major, I.M.S.,
Secretary.
(3)
4
Statement of receipts and expenditure for
Receipts.
Amount.
Balance on 1st January 1914—
Rs. A. P.
Rs. A. P.
Fixed deposit with Alliance Bank of Simla, Limited . 15,000 0 0
Floating Account with Alliance Bank of Simla, Limited
75 0 0
Floating Account with Bank of Bengal, Simla .
.
955 11 1
Cash at Director's Office .
.
.
.
.
. 1,083 11 10
17,114 6 11
Grant in-aid .
. . . . . . . . . . .
8,700 0 0
Interest on investments .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
4,562 11 4
Donations from private individuals and miscellaneous receipts
.
.
.
4,838 14 3
Contributions by Local Governments, Municipalities and Local Funds.
United Provinces Government .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
2,000 0 0
United Provinces Local Bodies .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
5,021 0 0
Punjab Government
.
. . . . . . . . .
20,000 0 0
Punjab Local Bodies
.
.
.
.
. . . . . .
2,329 0 0
Bengal Government
. . . . . . . . . .
2,000 0 0
Bengal Local Bodies
.
.
.
. . . . .
730 0 0
Bombay Government
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
4,500 0 0
Bombay Local Bodies
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
130 0 0
Central Provinces Government .
.
.
.
.
.
. . .
1,000 0 0
Central Provinces Local Bodies .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
548 0 0
Behar and Orissa Government .
.
.
.
.
.
.
. .
. .
Behar and Orissa Local Bodies .
. . . . . . . .
797 0 0
Burma Government
.
.
.
.
.
.
. . . .
1,200 0 0
Burma Local Bodies
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. .
North-West Frontier Local Bodies .
.
.
. . .
230 0 0
Assam Government
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1,500 0 0
Assam Local Bodies
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
25 0 0
Central India Local Bodies
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
150 0 0
Receipts on account of patients during the year .
. . .
17,163 0 10
Receipts in Suspense Account during the year
.
.
.
.
.
. 15,405 2 4
Receipts in Special Maintenance Fund
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
7 4 0
Grants from Governing Body, Indian Research Fund Association, for certain
investigations.
4,500 0 0
Recoveries from clerical staff towards advances for house purchase
.
.
435 0 0
Total
. 1,14,886 7 8
In addition to the balance shown above the follow
4 per cent. Calcutta Port Trust Debentures
F. NORMAN WHITE, Major, I.M.S.,
Secretary.
5
the year ending 31st December 1914.
Expenditure.
Amount.
Rs. A. P.
General Laboratory expenses .
.
.
.
. . . .
9,001 7 5
Gas
.
.
.
.
.
. . . . . . . .
1,807 12 6
Drugs and Chemicals
. . . . . . . . . . .
1,589 11 8
Ice
. . . . . . . . . . . . .
588
1 8
Taxes .
.
.
.
.
. . . . . . .
816 3 6
Apparatus .
.
.
.
. . . . . . . .
2,513 13 4
Literature
.
.
.
. . . . . . . . .
527 14 0
Repairs
.
.
.
.
.
. . . . . . .
1,199 1 6
Stationery and Printing .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1,116 12 4
Furniture
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. . . .
1,083 5 0
New Buildings
.
.
. . . . . . . . .
8,648 15 1
Salaries (Assistant Director, Assistant Surgeon, and Sub-Assistant Surgeon) .
7,135 4 1
Establishment
.
. . . . . . . . . .
7,749 8 10
Contingent Charges
.
.
.
.
.
.
. . . .
3,974 3 0
Committee's contribution towards the Provident Fund for the clerical staff o
f the Institute.
221 2 0
Insurance
.
.
.
.
. . . . . . . .
482 6 0
Bank Charges
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
37 7 5
Compensation to Assistant Surgeon in lieu of quarters .
.
.
.
90 0 0
Auditor's fees
.
.
.
. . . . . . . .
50 0 0
Loans to clerical staff for purchase of houses for their residence
.
.
.
990 0 0
Payments from Special Maintenance Fund
. . . . . .
118 3 6
Refund of deposit to Executive Engineer, Provincial Division, Ambala . .
825 0 0
Payments to patients during the year
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
18,478 13 10
Payments from Suspense Account during the year
.
.
.
.
.
15,542 4 6
Secretary's Office.
Rs. A. P.
Pay of Secretary
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
348 6 2
Pay of clerk
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
414 13 4
Contingencies
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 4 8 7
5 0
1 , 2 5 0 8 6
Fixed deposit with Alliance Bank of Simla, Limited
. 15,000 0 0
Floating Account with Alliance Bank of Simla, Limited
75 0 0
Floating Account with Bank of Bengal, Simla .
. 11,539 6 10
Cash at Director's Office
.
.
.
.
.
2,434 1 2
2 9 , 0 4 8 8 0
1,14,886 7 8
ing investments are held —
R s . 1 , 0 3 , 0 0 0 .
H. C. O'BRIEN,
Auditor.
1 P I K
6
Report of the Directors for the year 1914.
During the period under review 4,585 persons received treatment, in compari
-
son with 3,980 in the previous year. Of these 4,124 were Indians as compared with
3,532 in 1913 and 461 were Europeans as compared with 448 in the previous year.
In the case of 297 persons treatment was not considered necessary, or was discon
-
tinued on the receipt of information that the biting animal had proved its inno
-
cuousness by living in health for 10 days after the bite had been inflicted. Of
these 86, 85, 53, and 73 occurred in the first, second, third, and fourth quarters of
the year respectively.
It will thus be seen that a considerable increase in the influx of patients has
occurred : and that this increase is principally due to the Indian element.
Of those who received treatment 53 (including 1 European) contracted the
disease. These may be classified as follows :—
Persons who died during the course of treatment which lasts 14 days
13
Persons who di ed wi t hi n 15 daysaft er t hei r di scharge
14
.
Persons who died more than 15 days after their discharge.
26
Thus the percentage of failures (calculated from the deaths in the last class)
is 0.57, as compared with 0.72 in the previous year.
The percentage of all deaths amongst the Indian patients was 1.26 as compared
with 1.3 in 1913. The average numbers of wounds amongst Indian patients in
fatal and non-fatal cases respectively were 6.19 and 3.73. When these numbers
are compared with those for the year 1910 (6.15 and 3.41) it will be evident that
no significant variation in the character of the treated population has occurred.
The value of cauterization, upon which stress was laid by Captains Acton
and Knowles in their report for 1913, is further borne out. In Table III it will be
seen that in the case of Indians wounded deeply and without the intervention of
clothing, the mortality amongst the uncauterized was 4.4 per cent. as compared
with 0.99 amongst those whose wounds were cauterized.
We propose in this report to deal with two questions of a statistical nature
which are intimately connected with the epidemiology of rabies and which are of
fundamental importance in the consideration of measures for controlling the
disease.
IS RABIES ON THE INCREASE IN INDIA ?
The first of these is the question as to whether rabies has in any way varied
in India of late years. Have we to face an increasing menace ? or is this menace
on the decrease, and going on to a natural obliteration ? or is the disease in
a steady condition ? The second question is, what is the chance of infection
occurring in a dog bitten by a rabid dog.
The first of these is difficult to answer. Statistics show that since the in
-
auguration of both Indian Pasteur Institutes the influx of Indian patients has steadily
increased. This is due in the main part to the rapid but steady spread of know-
ledge of the benefits of treatment, and this tendency must naturally veil the effects
of any perceptible variation in the prevalence of the disease. The European
population for obvious reasons is not affected to the same degree by this tendency;
but the influx of this class is subject to variations for which no counterpart exists
in the statistics for natives coming from the area concerned. These fluctuations
occur chiefly amongst those patients who have only been licked, and the control
of this class has been found by all Directors of Pasteur Institutes to be a most for
-
midable task.
From the statistics of this Institute, however, one set of figures can be extracted
which is free from both of these fallacies. This is composed of the number of
deaths from rabies which have occurred amongst Europeans who have presented
themselves for treatment, and who have died during, or within fifteen days from the
completion of, treatment. That is to say they comprise cases which are " non-
failures " according to Pasteur's definition of the term. A person who dies more
than 15 days after the completion of treatment was called a " failure " by Pasteur,
as he considered that the treatment had not arrived at its full effectiveness, until
this period had elapsed. The exact period of time fixed upon may be subject to
criticism, but for obvious reasons some such limit must be set so as to exclude
from the failures such cases as No. 12 (Table 18) of the present report, in which
case the patient had only received one dose of vaccine before symptoms set in.
The object of this selection then is to exclude, as far as is possible, the effects of
treatment.
8
The figures are as follows :—
August 1900 August 1901
. .
.
.
.
.
.
.
1
„
1901
„
1902
.
.
. .
.
.
.
. 1
„
1902 „
1903
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 1
„
1903
„
1904
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 0
„
1904
„
1905
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 0
„
1905
„
1906 .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1
„
1906
„
1907
.
.
. .
.
.
. .
. 1
„ 1 9 0 7
to December 1907 .
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 1
January to December 1908
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 2
„
„
1909
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 3
„
„
1910
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 0
„
„
1911
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 0
„
„
1912
. .
.
.
.
.
.
.
0
„ „
1913
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 2
„
„
1914
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 0
If the fraction of a year August to December 1907 be excluded we have Deaths.
Years with 0 .
.
.
. .
. .
.
.
. .
6
„ „
1
.
. .
.
.
.
. .
.
.
. 5
„ „
2
. .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 2
„ „
3
. .
.
.
.
.
. .
.
.
.
1
„ „
4 .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 0
The analysis of these and other figures has been dealt with in a paper "A Test
for Residual Epidemicity" in the Indian Journal of Medical Research, April 1915,
in which it is shown that on the assumption that conditions are similar in each year,
the expected distribution of deaths would be Deaths.
Years with 0 .
.
.
.
.
.
. .
. .
. 6
„ „
1 .
.
.
.
. . .
.
.
.
. 5·0838
„ „
2 .
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
. 2·1537
„ „
3 .
.
.
.
.
. .
.
.
.
. 0 6083
„ „
4 .
.
.
.
. .
.
.
.
.
. 0·1288
We may conclude then that so far as these figures show there is no evidence
that the conditions under which rabies has existed in India have varied since the
inauguration of the Institute in 1900.
9
THE SUSCEPTIBILITY OF DOGS TO SALIVA OF RABID ANIMALS.
The second question is, what is the chance of infection occurring in a dog bitten
by a rabid dog. The only information available on this point is to be found in
a paper by Cruickshank and Wright (Indian Journal of Medical Research, Volume
I, page 532). In experiments carried out with saliva of dogs actually suffering from
rabies, they found that the intra-muscular introduction of the saliva brought about
only one doubtful infection in 18 cases. It would seem then that dogs are relatively
difficult to infect by saliva.
THE PRACTICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THESE OBSERVATIONS.
We have then in these two observations an indication of what is essential for the
maintenance of the disease amongst any group of animals.
From the first it is obvious that for the disease to remain steady, the average
dog or jackal, as the case may be, must infect one other dog or jackal. For this t
o
occur we see from the second observation that a very considerable number of dogs
must be bitten by the average rabid dog. If the population of dogs in a locality
is so scattered that the average rabid dog cannot bite a number of other dogs
sufficient to carry on the infection, then the disease will die out, and this would
in itself be sufficient reason (other things being equal) why epidemics of rabies do not
occur in animals of solitary habits.
Two obvious measures for controlling the disease emerge from these considera
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tions :
(a) the reduction in the number of dogs, especially such as are free to roam at
large, and
(b) measures, which would make biting impossible.
These with measures to exclude the possibility of the introduction of infection
from outside the community must form the basis of any effective programme of
control.
But there are some points of detail to which attention may be directed.
(1) It is of primary importance that the presence of the disease should be
recognised as early as possible. The brain of every dog which has
died of symptoms which arouse a suspicion of rabies should be sent in
preservative (not glycerine) to a Pasteur Institute for examination,
irrespective of whether it has bitten a human being or not.