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habits would very naturally decline to take their children to a distance from their homes to
be vaccinated, nor would they be more disposed to send them, especially those of tender age,
in charge of their male relations; to hunt these people or their children out with chupprasies
would raise a storm of indignation and hatred not easily allayed, and as we could not without
coercion bring their children to us we adopted the other alternative and went to them, vaccin-
ating the children under their mothers' eyes at their own doors. This system Captain Brooke
and I determined to continue, and although the out-turn of work may perhaps be small, as
much time is lost going from village to village, yet a few thousand children added by coercion
to the total would be but a poor equivalent for the angry feelings and discontent that such a
course would be certain to ensure ; on these gronnds therefore 1 decided to leave well alone and
work during the present season from village to village as during the previous year. The Chief
Commissioner's views, as expressed the latter part of paragraph 6 of his review on vaccination
for 1870-71, received afterwards, decided the question definitely.
7. The establishment consisted of a Superintendent and ten men ; of these, six were
ready to commenced work directly the season opened, and four arrived later.
8. On the 24th of October 1871 the first cases were operated on in the town of Seoni
with lymph received from the Sanitary Commissioner. The vesicles resulting were at first
unsuccessful; a second supply was received shortly after wards, which was successful; the opera-
tions were continued and on the 8th of November tubes were filled with good lymph and
and the first two men despatched, the remainder of the men were despatched soon afterwards,
and by the 26th of November all bad left for their respective Circles.
9. I am also indebted to the Superintendent General of Vaccination, North-West Pro-
vinces for several supplies of lymph which were of much use for distribution.
10. I decided to commence operations in the Katangi Tahsil first, leaving the Seoni
Tahsil for the latter part of the season, because being above the ghats, and consequently
somewhat cooler, successful vesicles could be produced later in April than in the low country.
11. Each man was allotted a Circle, as during the previous year; and his orders were to
be very patient with the people in case opposition should be met with, to spare neither time
nor trouble in endeavouring to bring the people round by gentle means, and if these failed to
report to me.
12. I anticipate d little opposition in those parts of the district where operations were
conducted last year but a large strip of the south-east portion of Katangi, all Durrasi, and
Dongertal were left untouched last year, and here some difficulty may have been expected.
13. Towards the middle of December I made a rapid tour thought each man's Circle for
the purpose of seeing how they were working, ascertaining the quality of the vesicles, enquiring
into some difficulties reported, with a view to smoothing them over, and generally to push on
work vigorously.
14. At Korai I found the Vaccinator, Sadat Allie, by no means inclined to exert himself,
he had vaccinated 24 children only in exactly the same number of days, and with admitting
that a large number of children there had either small-pox or had been previously vaccinated
yet this result was so miserable that I recommended his removal; he was a low class of
of man and not quite fit for the post; he however a few days after struck work, and returned
to Nagpur. I was thus left for the remainder of the season with nine men only as the
Sanitary Commissioner was unable to fill his place with an efficient man ; this Vaccinator's
work was not only bad in quantity, but in quality, in fact it may be said he did nothing, and
his returns have been altogether struck out.
15. A long strip of country east of Korai under charge of Shaikh Munnoo was next
examined ; this man was a new hand, and not very expert at talking the people over, and as;
nothing had been done there during the previous year, and the people unacquainted with
the operation some opposition was experienced ; this, however, I was able to some extent to
remedy, he was unfortunately laid up with fever for a month during the first part of the year.
16. Near Katangi, Abdul Wahab's work was excellent in every way; he is a good
steady Vaccinator
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