'ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1909-1910' [‎205r] (141/148)

VACCINATION—VETERINARY.
1909
1.1910*]
97
B esty elir -
9 Six hundred and sixty-fire thousand six hundred and twn
e ;nJd and 48 > 885 we ? e re - vaeci ? at ®. d a ? ai “ s | i ^2,252 and 52,362l„ the p^vio J'waT^There
L an increase in primary raceination m all districts except in Sind and Ad!l y mu 1 ,
TJtes 0P aiated 011 was 3s2 ’ (570 * tlle mimber °f tenaks, 331,817 4 lhe number
3. Of primary vaccinations 91-62 per cent, were successful. Six thousand four hundred
tfiK-i ■» »*• «• — ~n A S’±Ujt^ST, f*
tioa failed. ^
4 The details for the periods, viz,, under one year, between on<* anrl j i
six years are respectively 623,893 121,197, 20,512 for primary vaccinations. The n ratio 0 of
infantile protection afforded was /d'43 per cent. 0 ot
5 . The total expenditure was Rs. 3,47,974 against Rs. 3,27,370 last vear Th» ;„„™. .
van shared by all establishments except. Native States where there was a slight decrease
Increase in expenditnre under Provincial Rstab'bhment was due to increased ?ay drawn bv
Pepnty Sanitary Commissioners. Under Local Fund and Municipal Establishments the
WMse was duo to additional staff, grant of pony aliowanee to vaccinators in some districts
i of grain compensation. The average cost for eao.h o
Chap. VI.
VITAL STATIS
TICS AND MEDI
CAT, BELIEF.
Number of V&o
cinafcions.
Results.
Age.
Expenditure.
increase was — . - - -- — —. i
and payment of grain compensation.
,n an increase of 5 pies.
10 pies,
Belgaum Vaccina
DepOt.
rpv * , r , —-uw.o oyme uistriCLS
The average cost for each successful case was 8 annas
d. The output was 649,972. doses of vaccine, against 606,005 in the previous vear
Six hundred and thirteen, thousand eight hundred and ninety-two doses were sent to vaccinators of
the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. resulting m 520,4-41 operations and a loss of 14*4 per cent, of the vaccine
distributed.
7* Veterinary.
for details see the Annual Report of the Civil Veterinary Department in the Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. for
1909-J 910.
L . Outbreaks of contagious disease occurred in all the districts of the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. as well as Cattle diseases,
in the city of Bombay. Tbi number of 6 C[uiu 0 s roporfcod. to hstvo died from confetsj'ioris disostso
during the year amounts to 336 and the number cf bovines to 7,018 compared with 231 equines
and 8,395 bovines last year. There was a marked decrease in the number of cases of rinderpest
which accounted for 3,043 attacks and 1,520 deaths against 9,075 attacks and 4,825 deaths
last year. Rinderpest was most active in Dharwar where there were 1,375 attacks and
605 deaths. ^ Increases of attacks are most marked in surra 325 eases, anthrax 743 , black
quarter 1,345, septicaemia 4,511, foot and meuth disease 5,58G. In Sind there were
14 deaths Irom contagions disease amongst equines and 9So deaths amongst bovines of which
rinderpest claimed 745 victims (616 in Karachi and 129 in Sukkur). Last year there were
4 deaths amongst equines from contagious disease and 1,753 deaths amongst bovines. Cases
of surra increased from 2 to 13.
2. The number of dispensaries in the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. proper was 35, an increase of 3 . The Veterinary
total number of cases treated by Veterinary Assistants was / 7,921 against 72,535 last year. institutions.
^ Sind there are 6 dispensaries, the same number as last year. The number of cases treated
Veterinary Assistants was 11,832.
i? Aa J n Presidenc y proper the expenditure amounted to Rs. 1,50,796, an increase of Expenditure,
fc. 4b ; 9Q8. In Sind the expenditure was Rs. 54,028 against Rs. 65,868.
4. During.tbe year 67 horses were admitted into the Government lazaretto at Sewree Glanders and farcy,
agamst 12b admitted last year. Eight horses were destroyed for glanders, 43 for surra and
or lymphangitis. Eight horses were returned to their owners.
, 5. Tour thousand six hundred and forty-six horses, 8 donkeys and 2 mules were imported Imports.
? °, *g m bay against 4,597 horses, 34 donkeys and 149 mules in 1908. Amongst horses
u& ra lian imports numbered 1,853, Arab 2,005, and Persian 198. >