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they are really not, and an attack of small-pox causes them and their friends to
lose faith in vaccination.
DISTRICT VACCINATION.
67. The following is a rèsumè of the reports submitted by the Civil Sur-
geons.
68. Saugor.—The supply of lymph was kept up all through the non-work-
ing season. There was a slight decrease in the number of vaccine operations,
which is attributed to the number of children available for vaccination being
fewer; 2,743 more vaccinations were performed than there were it is calculated
children under 1 year old.
The proportion of successful cases is given by the Assistant Surgeon, who
in this district inspects in place of the Civil Surgeon, as 94.16, and by the Native
Superintendent as 90.99, the difference being accounted for by cases reported as
unsuccessful at the Native Superintendent's inspection having been operated on
a second time, and successfully before the Assistant Surgeon saw them.
The Assistant Surgeon was in camp 38 days, visited 239 villages, and saw
3,626 cases of vaccination. The Native Superintendent was 152 days on tour,
visited 699 villages, and saw 10,168 vaccinated persons.
The Native Superintendent and Vaccinators are well reported of.
The dispensary vaccination is said to be good.
Vaccination it is thought is becoming more acceptable to the people.
The following persons give decided help to the work:—
1.—Ramchund Rao of Killye.
2.—Gulab Sing of Bundree.
3.—Gobind Rao of Pursori.
4.—Tulewar Khan of Hirunkhera.
5.—Moji Lal Pundah of Buleh.
6,—Munna Lal Patwari of Dhana.
69. Damoh.—The supply of lymph failed at the end of June, and vaccina-
tion was not recommended till September, the supply of lymph (English) from
the Sanitary Commissioner's office removed all difficulty.
There was a decrease in the number of vaccinations which the Civil Surgeon
attributes to more of the people than last year having left the district for a time
to find work in other places.
The Native Superintendent and Vaccinators are well spoken of, but Native
Doctor Tajuddin, attached to the Jail and Police hospital, did very much less
work than last year. The Civil Surgeon thinks we cannot look for any increase
in the work among young - children.
He reports great passive dislike to
vaccination.
The Civil Surgeon was on tour 46 days, and saw the work in 262 villages.
70. Jubbulpore.—There was an increase in the number of vaccinations in
this district. The Native Superintendent is not quite satisfactory, but his con-
duct has been better and more satisfactory on the whole; he was in camp 156
days, saw 13,011 vaccinated persons, and returned 83 per cent as the rate of
success. The Assistant Surgeon was 75 days on tour, saw 3,999 cases of vacci-
nation with a success of 93 per cent. The Civil Surgeon thinks 85.5 about the
ratio usually most near the truth. Of the 2,417 villages, in 448 no vaccination
was performed: the Civil Surgeon thinks the circles too large, and that the staff
of Vaccinators should be increased from its present strength to 15.
There was a falling off in the numbers vaccinated in the City, Bijeragogarh,
and Murwara, due in the two first cases to fewer children being available, in the
last to the vaccinator being a new man.