'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR, 1910-1911' [‎280r] (143/150)

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sin 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. amounted altogether to Rs 5 , 54,884 against grants of Rs. 3 , 67,000 in
revious year Projects under investigation during the year included water-supply for
- L Keiva Mahim, Poona, Ahmednagar, Malegaon, Nandurbar, Dhulia, Uran ShihanAHa
^geigaum, and drainage schemes for Surat, Poona, Nasik, Dhulia, Malegaon Rander
vl durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). and Belgaum Boring experiments with the object of discovering waterbearing strata
vere carried out at Godhra and Belgaum, and four new boring machines were ordered.^
At the port of Bombay 1,012 vessels of all sorts with 176,025 passengers and crew .
were 5 exan,ined, against 954 vessels with 177,870 passengers and crew in the preceding year. [XTy* Ve,SelS
The clothing, bedding and other articles of 100,727 seamen and passengers were disinfected
„f whom 80,776 were eavmg .he port and 19,951 had entered the port in infected vessels’,
fifty-six vessels of al sorts were disinfected. Out of m in-com,ng vessels inspected,
H were found to be infected, the inspection showing that 119 cases of small-pox, 15 of plague
8 of feg er > 6 meas C and one eacl1 01 chicken-pox and scarlatina had occurred during the
Lag? or in port Four hundred and fifty-nine persons suspected of small-pox infection
J K vaccinated. At Karachi 676 out-going vessels including country boats and 72 in-coming
ve ssels were inspected, the crews and passengers of these boats numbered ^78 of
whom 35.377 had their k>ts disinfected. Four vessels were fumigated with the Clayton
apparatus. Three cases of plague, 9 of small-pox, 2 of chicken-pox and 1 of measles were
dealt with. At Aden 2,599 vessels of all kinds were granted bills of health after inspection.
Thirty cases of small-pox, 5 o plague, 2 of chicken-pox, 2 of measles and 5 cases of fever which
were under observation for plague were landed from 21 ships.
6 . Twenty-three vessels sailed for Jeddah from Bombay carrying 18,014 pilgrims Of Pihrrta
these, 1,389 Pi'gnf. came from 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. , 3,671 from Astern BengH fnd Assam
2,837 from the United Provinces and Oudh, 2,658 from the Punjab and the North-West
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Provinces, 1,348 from Native States of British India and 1,059 from Afghanistan In Bombav
8,278 pilgrims were vaccinated by a special staff placed under the Police Commissioner by the
Municipality. Taking into consideration the number of pilgrims who had been vaccinated
before reaching Bombay it is estimated that altogether more than half of the out-<r 0 in<r pilgrims
were thus protected. One hundred and six deaths occurred on the voyage between Bombay and
ih. but no cases of plagfue or cholera were reoorted. Dm-ino- :i y c
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Jeddah, but no cases of plague or cholera were reported. During the ye^r 16,900 pilgrimrof The
previous year’s Haj arrived from Jeddah m 21 vessels. In 14 of these vessels 1 case of placme
115 of small-pox and 1 of chicken-pox had occurred during the voyage. The total number of
deaths among the returning pilgrims was 363. At Aden 57 pilgrim ships carrying 4^604
pilgrims were passed through the port. There were 17 cases of small-pox on board these
vessels, but none of cholera or plague. The number of deaths reported was 191.
7 . Vaccination.
For details see Triennial Report on Vaccination 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 the years iqo8-iqoq
1910 - 1911 , and tables under Vaccination printed in Part V of the Statistics of British India.
1909 - 1910 ,
,, , L The re o„ W 0 ere 66l ’ 6 37 ,P ersons Primarily vaccinated and 59,403 re-vaccinated against Number of
005,002 and 48,885 respectively in the previous year, showing a decrease of -6o per cent, in the vaccinations *
case of primary vaccination and an increase of 1771 per cent, in the case of re-vaccination,
uutot 51,865 villages 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. 42,542 were visited by vaccinators.
2. Of the primary vaccinations 601,350 or 90-89 per cent, were successful. Excluding Result,.
53)837 cases m which the results remained unknown, the percentage of success was 9876
against 96-96 in the previous year. Of re-vaccinations 19,065 or 32-09 per cent, were successful.
precedin^ un k nown cases the percentage of success was 61-32 against 70-86 in the
ts year.
Rs. 8 3 8 n 6 Ku ex P en diture was Rs. 3,56,870 against Rs. 3,47,974, showing an increase of Expenditure. ^
Commi' 1 mcrease was due to the difference in pay drawn by the Deputy Sanitary
additionaTTfp’ Tk P a ^ ment of P on y allowance to vaccinators and the entertainment of
s art. The average cost of each successful case was annas 9 and pies 3.
’ n 1900 0U ^P U ^°^ ^he Institute during the year was 635,282 doses against 649,972 doses Belgaum Vaccine.
newh^;u^ I0, t°t a I cost was Rs. 22,860 against Rs. 23,539 in the previous year. The Instl tute.
mgs of the Institute were occupied during the year.
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8. Veterinary.
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<?<? 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 1910 - 1911 .
conta tP 0lls 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. proper Cattle diseases
?°us di Sea ? Bombay. The number of equines reported to have died from conta-
336 eq 68 Unn ff y ear amounts to 420 and the number of bovines to 7,148, compared
ijfddes the 'f 68 ^ ,01 ^ bovines in the previous year. Rinderpest appeared in 13 districts
fr e total nu 01 }^ ^ 0m bay, the worst affected district being West Khandesh with 719 deaths.
I ' 52 o death^ attac ^ s re P ort ed was 4,388 and of deaths 2,249 against 3,043 attacks and
H3 and r 2Q m i 9 ° 9 -; i 9 i c>- Anthrax accounted for 1,114 attacks and 752 deaths against
3 respectively; black quarter for 733 attacks and 623 deaths ; haemorrhagic