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25. Nimar comes next in the proportion of numbers vaccinated per 1,000
of the population. The proportion of infants vaccinated was also good. Vac-
cination was kept up in the Sadar Station by Dr. Fleming throughout the
year. Operations were carried on in the district by three vaccinators appointed
to three separate Circles. The number of operations exceeded that of the pre-
vious year by 15 per cent.
Dr. Fleming was able to inspect thoroughlythe work in the Khandwa
and Piplod Circles, and in all that part of the Dhangaon Circle lying along the
line of the Indore road and Holkar State Railway. At the same time he
furnished to the Deputy Commissioner notes of the sanitary condition of all
the villages that he was able to visit during the season.
26. Sironcha.—No special vaccinator is employed. The work is carried
on by the Hospital Assistant, and the majority of the operations returned were
performed when he was with the Deputy Commissioner's camp.
27. Bhandara.—The work in this district was very much extended dur-
ing 1873-74, At the beginning of the season six vaccinators were employed
and appointed, two to each Tahsil; but as small-pox became more prevalent,
four additional vaccinators were entertained in the month of February.
The number of operations performed in the year was 70 per cent in
excess of the number of the previous year.
Dr. Ffrench was 75 days on tour in the district, and in that time visited
all parts of the district, and inspected the work of all the vaccinators; he found
the work well done and honestly reported. 1st Class Hospital Assistant
Mirza Mogal Beg acted as Native Superintendent for two months, and inspected
the work in different parts of the district. Tubes and points were chiefly
used for conveying the lymph from village to village.
28. Nagpur.—The work was carried on, as in the previous three years,
under the supervision of 2nd Class Hospital Assistant Parthasarthy.
Early
in the season I made a short tour in the district, and saw that the work had
been well commenced in the Umrer and Ramtek Tahsils, but the results of
the season have not been good, the number of operations was much below
what it ought to have been, and is less than the number performed last year.
Dr. Law, when officiating as Sanitary Commissioner, inspected the work in a
number of villages, and found it generally good and honestly reported, and so
far as the relative prevalence of small-pox may be taken as test of vaccination,
Nagpur compares very favourably with the adjoining districts. Vaccination,
however, is not in favour with the people, especially the upper classes, and al-
though the Deputy Superintendent is active and takes an interest in his work,
he has not made that progress in overcoming the prejudices of the people,
which, considering the time he has held the appointment, he ought to have
made.
In the Umrer Tahsil some assistance was given, and the work got on
better there than elsewhere; but the Native Superintendent complains that
he received little or no assistance from the other Tahsildars,—in fact in Ramtek
he appears to have met with passive opposition rather than support; but as the
progress of vaccination depends so much on the Superintendent being able to
overcome obstacles of this kind, it will be necessary to appoint a man who will
make the work more acceptable to the people. The Superintendent mentions