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The Staff consists of 8 vaccinators and 1 Native Superintendent. Average
number of operations performed by each vaccinator 2,058.
19. Balaghat.—9,669 operations were performed in this district, being a
slight increase on the previous season's work; little or no supervision seems to
have been exercised over the work of vaccinators. The report of the Civil
Medical officer is of the most meagre description. He states that he could not
go out on tour owing to the Deputy Commissioner being unable to provide
for his duties in the jail. The Native Superintendent is described as a careful
and popular man.
Staff.—4 Vaccinators, 1 Native Superintendent. Average number of opera-
tions by each vaccinator 2,265.
20. Bhandara.—The report is drawn up by Assistant Surgeon Jadunath
Ghose, who acted as Civil Surgeon for a short time, pending the arrival of the
permanent incumbent. He only joined at the end of February. The work has
not been quite satisfactory in this district, the operations performed being 1,076
less than in the previous year. This is accounted for partly by one of the best vac-
cinators having been disabled by an accident which rendered him nearly useless
for a great part of the season. This man vaccinated 3,034 children in 1880-81,
and last year only 1,670. The Deputy Commissioner justly remarks that the
Civil Surgeon (Mr. Thipthorpe) should have made timely arrangements to fill up
his place. Another cause for the decrease may be insufficient inspection. It
appears that no list of the villages in each circle exists in the Civil Surgeon's
office. He could easily have obtained one had he chosen to ask for it. Indeed
such a list is essential for the proper check and distribution of the vaccinators'
work. When the new Census returns have been furnished every Civil Surgeon
should be furnished with a complete list of all the villages reporting to every
out-post in his district with the population of each. By a reference to this
he can distribute the work more evenly amongst the vaccinators ; some of the
present circles will probably have to be increased and others diminished.
Vaccination staff, 10 vaccinators, 1 Native Superintendent. Average number
of operations performed by each vaccinator 1,758.
The Native Superintendent is well reported on.
21. Nagpur.—This district was under the charge of a Deputy Superin-
tendent acting under the Sanitary Commissioner up to the close of the year.
Henceforward the vaccination arrangements will be under the direction of the
Civil Surgeon, as is the case in all the other districts of the Province.
There has been a considerable falling off in the amount of work done in
this district as compared with 1880-81 : the number of cases for the two years
being (for 1881-82)23,557/22,014 and for the previous year 27,269/25,912. The denomina-
tors in each case representing the succesful cases. Most of the reasons assigned
for this by the Deputy Superintendent are, I think, satisfactory :—
1st.— The presence of cholera in the district which necessitated the employ-
ment of several vaccinators on that duty up to the middle of November render-
ing the returns for that month unusually low.
2nd.— The illness of one of the most efficient vaccinators, 1st class vaccinator
Waman Ramchander, which lasted nearly the entire season; this man performed
3,181 operations in 1880-81, whereas the substitute appointed to act for him last
season returned 808 only.
3rd.—Syud Hussein Ali, one of the best vaccinators in the district, was
dismissed, and although his successor did good work, still it shows a decrease on
the previous year. This man sent in an application for leave to proceed on a
pilgrimage to Mecca: owing to the Sanitary Commissioner's absence at Pach-