Triennial report on vaccination, Bihar and Orissa.

  • Bihar and Orissa (India)
Date:
[1917]
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Triennial report on vaccination, Bihar and Orissa. Source: Wellcome Collection.

    12/40 (page 8)
    glycerine vaccine at present issued in capillary tubes. Collapsible tin tubes are desirable but a less fluid preparation is required for issue in them. 13. Cost of the Department .—The cost of the Department during the three years under report has been as follows: — Year. 1914- 15 1915- 16 1916- 17 Total Cost, Rs. a. p. 98,421 3 6 ... 1,12,336 0 2 ... 1,09,664 10 5 The cost during the year 1916-17 is detailed in Statement II and shows a total expenditure of Rs. 1,09,664-10-5 or Rs. 2,671-5-9 less than the previous year. The cost per successful operation rose from Re. 0-1-2 in 1914-15 to Re. 0-1-5 in 1915-16 and to Re. 0-1-8 in 1916-17. In the first year the rise in cost per operation was due to the increase in establishment, viz., one Deputy Sanitary Commissioner and his office establishment and two Sub-Inspectors of Vacci¬ nation and in the last year under report it was due to the large decrease in the number of operations performed. 14. General.—I had expected better results than have been obtained during the last year under report; but I have found the inspecting staff slow to respond to the more stringent supervision and control which have been recently exercised over them. Other factors have also operated against good results during the last year. Owing to the lateness of the rains and the occur¬ rence of the Puja holidays in the first half of October work did not begin until nearly the end of October and when it began the results were at first bad owing to the issue of inert vaccine and apparently it proved to be too great a task to make up for the bad start which was thus obtained. I anticipate better general results next year and I propose to still further increase the issue of vaccine with a view to obtaining better results. In conclusion, I desire to bring to the notice of Government the large amount of useful work done by the three Deputy Sanitary Commissioners during the year in inspecting vaccination work and reporting on the efficiency of the staff and work in almost all the districts of the Province. W. C. ROSS, Major, i.m.s., Offg. Sanitary Commissioner. p. & O. G. P. (Sany.) So. 6-413- 25-6-1917—T. W. L.