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ern and Western Circles several Vaccinators were found working with bad
lymph. In the Presidency Circle there was a deficiency of lymph until
animal vaccination was begun. When on tour in the Northern Circle I saw
some very indifferent lymph. In all cases when lymph deteriorates it is
renewed, and Vaccinators should be encouraged to ask for now lymph when-
ever they have any suspicion of their lymph having degenerated. Any Vacci-
nator found carrying on work for a length of time with bad lymph should be
dismissed the Service, because to thus produce bad vaccination knowingly is
inexcusable. The Superintendents of Circles will take care to inform
Vaccinators that they must work only with good lymph. In most of the civil
stations the lymph was good throughout the year. In Sattara it deteriorated
in September, but renewed itself on the subsidence of the rainy season. In
Kaira it was renewed several times. When I was in Kaira I saw some very
indifferent vesicles and vaccine marks, which, I believe, were more owing to
the carelessness and want of skill on the part of the Vaccinator, than to the
state of the lymph. Dr. Wyllie says the vesicles were small, and that the
lymph should be renewed. In Larkhana, Rutnagherry, and Kurrachee, it
became bad, and was replaced by good lymph.

" Animal Vaccine."

20. When Dr. Blanc returned from Europe he brought with him some
cow-pox lymph in tubes and on ivory points
from London. He obtained his first supply
from M. Warlomont in Belgium, who had obtained his first supply from the
natural pox on the cow, and now propagates it by inoculating from one calf
to another. Dr. Blane when on leave practised the same method in London
for six months with perfect success, and it was from that stock that he
brought his "Animal Vaccine" to India. He expressed to me a wish to
establish " animal vaccination" in Bombay. I was delighted to give him
every assistance, and I have much pleasure in stating that the first inocu-
lation proved a success. This was in December last. He then instructed Mr.
Anunta Chandroba how to inoculate the calf and take the lymph from the
vesicles. Ever since then Mr. Anunta Chandroba has carried on animal
vaccination, and in his Report he speaks of it being a great boon to Bom-
bay, on account of its being a source of pure lymph, as well as being a
method of having abundance of it. He has had some difficulty in getting
supplies of heifers, and acknowledges the great assistance afforded him by
getting them from the Bombay Municipality for three months free of
expense. I would also beg to bring to the notice of Government this ready
and willing aid given to the Department by Mr. Crawford and Dr. Hewlett,
who have both interested themselves very much in " animal vaccination ;"