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having received assistance from several Patels and Malguzars, particularly Go-
vind Sing, Honorary Magistrate, and his brother Seeta Ram Sing. Malguzar
of Dhapewara. Dr. Law also brings to notice the good work that was done
owing to the support given by these landowners.
29. Raipur.—Six vaccinators were employed this year, against four in the
previous year, and Hospital Assistant Mahomed Abdul Karim acted as
Superintendent during the season. The work was commenced in the Sadar Station
in the second week of November, but until the end of the year it was confined to
the villages in the immediate neighbourhood of the Sadar. In the beginning of
January a large portion of the southern part of the district was marked off
on the map, and this was sub-divided into three Circles, to each of which two vac-
cinators were appointed; it does not, however, appear that these Circles have
been made to correspond with the Registration Circles, and it will therefore be
difficult when the epidemic that has been prevalent over Raipur during! the
last two years has ceased, to ascertain to what extent its prevalence has been
mitigated by the work of vaccination. The Tahsildars were instructed to
watch the conduct of the vaccinators; they appear to have rendered very
good assistance, and Dr. Trimnell states that the vaccinators met with less
opposition from the people than in former years.
10,153 operations were performed in 330 villages, the number is nearly
2,000 less than in the previous year ; but Dr. Trimnell states that the work was
more carefully supervised and the returns verified. Of the 10,153 operations
performed 6,408 were done arm to arm, 2,380 by lymph conveyed in tubes, 423
by crusts. The percentage of successful cases was 91 per cent. Dr. Trimnell in-
spected some villages in the neighbourhood of Dhamtari and Arung, and he found
that the lists containing the names of the children vaccinated, which are left with
the Malguzars of villages, had been carefully made and correctly showed the
amount of work done.
30. Chanda.—Vaccination was successfully commenced on the 5th
November. In the previous year the work had been very much interfered with
by sickness among the vaccinators. In the year under review 3 vaccinators
were employed, 1 in the Chanda or Haveli Circle, the 2nd in the Mul Circle,
the 3rd in Warora. A fourth vaccinator was subsequently employed for the
town and station.
Each vaccinator was furnished with a map of his circle and a list of the vil-
lages in which the population of each village was given, also the names of the
bazar villages, and the days on which bazars are held.
The Tahsildars of Warora and Mul were held responsible for the progress
of the work in these circles and for the correctness of the returns.
Operations were conducted as much as possible on the plan laid down in the
Chief Commissioner's Circular No. 66a of 1870, viz. to practice arm to arm
vaccination, and fixing bazar days for the operations. Mr. Craggs, the Civil
Medical Officer, visited Mul Circle in February, and inspected a large number of
the villages in which vaccination had been carried on. He found most of the
children had been successfully vaccinated, the people were not opposed to vacci-
nation, except in a few cases where some slight resistance was shown, but even
this gave way to a little tact and persuasion. On inspecting the work of the
vaccinator in the Warora Circle, Mr. Craggs found that though a fair number
of children had been vaccinated, the proportion of successful cases was not good ;
in a large number of instances the vesicles had been broken and the success of the
cases rendered doubtful. The people in this Circle were more opposed to the
work than the inhabitants of Mul Circle, but great assistance had been rendered