'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR, 1910-1911' [‎225v] (34/150)

Sanitation.
Vaccination.
Veterinary.
Education,
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„ The policy was continued of encouraging improvements in water.su ppl
• 57 '- il„ liheral mants-in-aid, and sums aggregating Rs. 5I Ukhs Were
contributed^by Government during the year in furtherance of projects ap proved
hv e Sanitary Board. A large number of new schemes are now under
by the banit y ^ tQtal amount S p e nt by municipalities on
measures of Sanitation increased from 19 to ^5 of rupees Indian silver coin also widely used in the Persian Gulf. , forming 2? P er cent .
S Thei net income. Local Boards, with their heavy recurring charges and the
ne e ity of distributing expenditure over wide areas, were able to devote to this
necessity C ent. of their revenues. There are now 300
T”! S.»to, Commi...... The For, He.l.l. Office,, a, Bombay,
Karbcbi and *L inspected a large number of ship, .,th therr passengers ,„ d
disinfected sixty vessels which were found to have earned contagious diseases.
Special arrangements were made with the object of inducing pilgrims sailing for
Teddah to be vaccinated against small-pox before leaving Bombay. It is estimated
that more than half the outgoing pilgrims were thus protectee.
eg The number of primary vaccinations performed during the year shows
a slight falling off, but re-vaccinations have increased by nearly 18 per cent. The
percentage orsuccessful operations out of the total number of ascertained results
in primary vaccination reached the high figure of 98 76. The gradual perfect,on
of alycerinated lymph has brought about a steady improvement in _ the case
success rate of operations, and results under the new method are now in no wise
inferior to those previously obtained with the use of human and animal lymph
exclusively Preserved vaccine manufactured at the Belgaum Institute has been
introduced into every dis net and many Native States 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. proper, and
its introduction into Sind is only delayed by the absence of adequate cold storage.
The triennial report on vaccination shows a definite progressive improvement
throughout the last decade. The average number of primary vaccinations was
tfkooointhetriennium 1902-1905 ; it rose to 599,000 in the next triennial period
andtheaverage for the years 1908-1911 was 666,000. The figures^ specially
satisfactory when allowance is made for the decrease in population m some parts
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. on account of plague and other calamities.
59. The reported loss from contagious diseases among horses and cattle
shows little variation from the previous year. Outbreaks of rinderpest were rather
more numerous. The number of Veterinary Dispensaries was increased by 5, and
a proportionately larger increase in the number of cases brought under treatment is
evidence of the widening range of usefulness of these institutions. A mar
advance in the number of anti-rinderpest inoculations performed by veterinary
assistants is a satisfact ry feature of the year, and shows that prejudice agams
this operation is gradually diminishing. The Bombay Veterinary College vas
transferred to the control of the Director of Agriculture during the year.
60. There was again a marked expansion in all branches of educational
work. The number of institutions both public and private rose by 4 per
a total of 16,186. The number of persons under instruction rose from 85 °T^
to 869,000, and more than seven-eighths of this increase occurred in institu^.o ^
under Government inspection. The total expenditure amounted to on g ^
29 Idkhs, showing an increase of 5^ lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees of which more than orie ’ a ^ ( ; a ]
devoted to primary instruction. The increase in expenditure nom P rc
funds alone was more than 2^ Idkhs, and provincial funds now bear 45 i
of the total cost of education including the cost of aided institutions. An e ^ ^
great importance to 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. was the inauguration in Bombay of a
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