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5. With the exception of the 3 men dismissed, and the 5 who deserted, the
conduct of the establishment has been good. I personally examined portions of
the work of every Vaccinator, compared them with the register and village lists,
and found them correct, with some very slight and venial exceptions, as to the
number of perfect vesicles, &c. The Native Superintendents, who are constantly
moving about through their divisions, overlooking the work, make similar reports
from week to week, so that the returns submitted may be depended upon
as correct.
6. The weather in October was exceptionally hot, and no attempts to vac-
cinate were made before the 15th of that month. On that day the establishment
was present at Wurdah, and the 3 Native Superintendents commenced vac-
cinating with,—
a.—English lymph, received from Calcutta.
b.—Lymph preserved by myself from the preceding season.
c.—Fresh lymph sent to me by Dr. Pearson from the hills in the North-
West-Provinces.
7. On my arrival five days later to examine results, I found that all the opera-
tions had failed on account of the heat. On October 22nd, from a second sup-
ply of fresh hill lymph, I vaccinated a few children at Wurdah, and on 23rd
others at Pownar, a few miles distant ; and after waiting 4 days, finding there
was promise of successful results, I left to organize an establishment in the
Berars, vaccinating at the towns of Deolee and Boree on my way, and leaving
my Superintendents to collect lymph from the children I had operated upon.
8. Some of these cases failed, the vesicles rising naturally for four or five
days, then dying away before complete maturation. From others that were suc-
cessful, however, fresh lymph was taken, and the operation fairly started.
9. From the fresh lymph so obtained all my Vaccinators were supplied ;
and, on November 2nd, a fresh supply was sent to every district in the Central
Provinces, except Sumbulpore, to the Medical Officer of which station I had for-
warded English lymph on October 5th, and this had been used with success.
A second supply was forwarded to all the Civil Medical Officers on Novem-
ber 6th, and on the same day freshly charged tubes were sent to the Deputy
Inspector General of Hospitals at Saugor for distribution, and to the Civil Sur-
geon of Sehore. Subsequently three supplies were forwarded to eight stations in
the Central Provinces, and fresh vaccine was furnished to the Military medical
Officers at Hoshungabad and Raepore, and to the Deputy Bheel Agent on their
requisition.
10. All the vaccine so sent out was collected by my own establishment, but
for my own use I was obliged to depend in great measure upon the weekly sup-
plies kindly sent to me by Dr. Pearson from the Himalayahs, and to that Officer
my thanks are again due for keeping me abundantly provided throughout the
season. The quantity of vaccine I use myself is very great, and at present there
is extreme difficulty in getting it from the Central Provinces, the people, as a
rule, being indisposed to allow either fresh lymph or crusts to be collected. Suffi-
cient, however, is obtained to carry on the work to supply other districts, and to
furnish me periodically with samples of crusts from the several Vaccinators.
11. On obtaining lymph from Wurdah and Pownar, two parties under Na-
tive Superintendents left for the Tehseels of Arvee and Hingunghat, leaving
the third to work in Huzzoor Tehseel.