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A proposal has been made to increase the staff of vaccinators during the
next year, Municipal vaccinators being retained at Hoshangabad, Seoni, and
Harda, an extra man appointed to Sohagpur and three vaccinators with a Superin-
tendent, paid for from Local Funds, to be entertained in addition for the
Hoshangabad Tahsil, the salaries of all to be raised and paid throughout the
year.
The vaccine circles have been reduced to 249 square miles with 34,000
inhabitants, more or less, and Dr. Cullen has given lists of the villages in the
three Circles in which operations have been performed. In the Hoshangabad Circle
31 09 per mille were vaccinated, in Harda 64.77, and in Seoni 45.28. From
these lists can be learnt in what villages assistance was given by the Malguzars
and headmen, and others in which this was evidently withheld. Thus, in Niharea,
a small village in the Harda Circle, 168.40 per mille were operated upon, and in
Sadulpur, a village of 1,500 inhabitants in the same Circle, only one was vaccina-
ted or .66 per mille. Dr. Cullen appears to have shown his usual zeal in carrying
out the work.
NIMAR.—There were two vaccinators in this district, one working at
Khandwa and within a circle of 12 miles radius from the Sadar station, under
the supervision of the Civil Surgeon, the other confined himself to Burhanpur
and the villages near, under the supervision of the Hospital Assistant, J. Samuel.
During the next season it is proposed to extend the operations. The total number
operated upon 2,498, with a percentage of 91.71 successes. Vaccination was
commenced in November, but owing to the unusual heat little progress was
made till the middle of December. The Civil Surgeon was able to make
frequent short runs to the principal villages, and was thus able to inspect the
work in 25. As a rule arm to arm vaccination was carried out, but in conveying
lymph from village to village glasses were used and fresh crusts taken. It would
have been better to have taken children, and with a litle tact this is not
very difficult to manage. The village authorities, with a few exceptions, have
cheerfully assisted, and Dr. Fleming has brought to favourable notice Hari
Karan Mandloe at Khandwa, Ganput Rao Seaha Nawis, Barkat Rao at
Chegaon, Hasan Bai at Jaswari, Sirdar Sing at Koladit, and Unkar Sing and
Hari Karan at Rustunpur. At Burhanpur regular vaccination appears to have
been attempted this year for the first time and with some success, though only 21
per mille of the inhabitants were operated upon.
MANDLA.—Two Vaccinators paid from Local Funds were employed, one
in a circle round the Sadar station under the supervision of the Civil Surgeon.
The other about Shahpur under the Hospital Assistant stationed there. The
earlier supplies of lymph failed and a successful case was not obtained till
November 22nd. From this, and two others ready a few days later, vaccina-
tion was carried on, but on January 3rd the Civil Surgeon found that the
vesicles then obtained were not good, and fresh lymph had to be procured
from Nagpur. Up to the end of March 806 had been operated upon in the
Mandla Circle and 654 in that of Shahapur. The Mandla Vaccinator absented
himself without leave and did bad work, the other was a new man and had to
be taught. The ratio of success was low, 75 73.
BALAGHAT.—There was an establishment of one Superintendent and three
Vaccinators, but the operations performed only numbered 1,069, of which 677
were successful, only 76.56 per cent, 169 per man. All were careless and negli-
gent and fined by the Deputy Commissioner. The Superintendent has since
been removed and reduced. The people generally object to vaccination, and one
Vaccinator was threatened and turned out from one village, but when opposition
has been offered assistance was given by the Tahsildars. The work performed
cannot be considered satisfactory, but a Medical Officer having been appointed to
the district more success is looked for in the ensuing season.
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