10
Assuming that this number is approximately correct for the official year,
Dr. Evers has still 5,823 children under 1 year old whom his vaccinators might
have practised on. His explanation of the decrease does not appear to me
satisfactory.
The lymph supplied from England in October proved a complete failure, but
supplies from Arvi and Nagpur proved successful in every case, and by the third
week in October some of the vaccinators had commenced work. As tubes were
collected each man was despatched to his own circle, there to raise a supply for
himself. The operations were spread over the whole district, which was divided
into 7 circles.
Owing to sickness in the station the Civil Surgeon was unable to go out in
the early part of the season.
The Native Superintendent is well reported on. Doctor Evers remarks that
he devoted more time to inspection, whereas in former years he did a good deal
of work that he considers should have been done by the vaccinators ; a reference
to the returns of the two last years does not bear him out in this opinion. I find
that in 1880-81, he inspected 8,056 children and vaccinated 2,461, whereas in
1881-82 he inspected 7,752 and vaccinated 1,257. Still the amount of work
performed by him is very creditable. I have adduced these figures chiefly for
the purpose of showing that a large amount of inspection work is quite compati-
ble with the actual work of vaccination. Doctor Evers appears to think that the
latter should be chiefly confined to the vaccinators, an opinion apparently shared
by most Civil Surgeons, judging from the amount of vaccination performed by
their Native Superintendents.
Staff.—7 Vaccinators, 1 Native Superintendent. Average number performed
by each vaccinator 1,970.
23. Chanda.—A supply of lymph was kept up during the non-working
season, and the vaccinators were enabled to commence work in October. The
total number of operations performed in this district, including 268 by the Native
Superintendent, was 18,019 against 20,667 in the previous year. This decrease
is attributed by the Civil Surgeon to various causes :—
1st.— The laziness of two of the vaccinators, one of whom absented himself
without leave for 18 days. I find on looking at the report for 1880-81 that these
men did less work than any of the others in that year also.
2nd.—A new man was appointed in room of 1st class vaccinator Ramchun-
dra, the best worker in the district. The latter performed 4,166 operations in
1880-81, whereas his successor performed only 1,353. He was, however, debarred
from vaccinating for a month, pending an enquiry into a disturbance in his circle
(in which the vaccinator was assaulted), owing to the unwillingness of the
parents of a child to have it vaccinated. The Civil Surgeon's report is rather
meagre, probably owing to his want of acquaintance with the district.
Staff.—9 Vaccinators, 1 Native Superintendent. Average number of ope-
rations performed by each vaccinator 1,972. The Native Superintendent is
stated to be efficient and trustworthy.
24. Raipur.—Vaccination was carried on in Raipur town to a limited extent
during the hot weather, was then stopped for a time, and recommenced in Sep-
tember from lymph collected at Nagpur and English lymph from the Sanitary
Commissioner's office; 5 out of 7 tubes of the latter proved successful; by the end
of October the vaccination staff were ready to commence operations. The total
number performed was 33,425 against 13,440 in the previous year. The vaccin-
ators, however, only worked for two months in the cold weather of 1881, as they
were drawn away from their posts for other duties. The actual number vaccin-