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vaccinators in other years, who had vaccinated many of the people. As the season advanced
this party threw out vaccinators into Kashmar thana, and in December I found Petabar, the
outpost of Kashmar, exercised in its mind about the operation.
Here the higher caste inhabitants—Brahmins—had several interviews with me, and
I brought every influence to bear in order to induce them to have vaccination, but in vain.
Some Sonthals and others had been done, and the Kurnus agreed to be vaccinated whether the
Brahmins agreed or not Petabar has since been visited by small-pox.
9. Kashmar thana has not been fully vaccinated yet. It consists of very wild and
woody country, and the villages are scattered. Many of the people are Sonthals. Work was
done in 36 villages of this thana, and in 110 villages of Ramgurh. In all 6,726 cases were
got, and 6,063 were successsful, or 95.6 per cent.
Each man did on an average 960.8 cases. In addition to this, six apprentices did 1,884
cases, of which 1,689 were successful, or 98.87 per cent.
Under a better man than Mukhun Lall, who has often failed me, more work and better
work could doubtless have been done.
Goomea party.
10. In Goomea thana, also of Hazareebagh district, where small-pox outbreaks occurred
during the non-working season, these often artificial epidemics continued through the cold
weather. The people here and there favoured inoculation, but a considerable amount of work
was got by native superintendent Mahomed Ishak and his party, who undertook this thana
and the neighbouring part of Bagodhar. The native superintendent was particularly active
in hunting up inoculators, and one man was detected in Sorhi and arrested in Goomea
through his exertions alone, at the time of my visit in January. He was sent in by the police
to Hazareebagh for trial. But this comes properly under the head of inoculation.
11. One of the vaccinators was caught taking money as fees from the ryots, and was
made to refund the whole. Each person was paid back in my presence the money given. I
do not think that this is a common practice among vaccinators in this circle, but it is perhaps
worth noting.
There was not any unusual opposition to this party. In December a wandering
vaccinator, with a perwannah from the Magistrate, tried to make some difficulty by claiming
the sole right to work in certain villages, but matters were explained to him, and then went
smoothly.
Work done by the
party
12. This party of six vaccinators had 12,719 cases, 10,529 successful cases, or 96.55
per cent., and each man did on an average 2,119.8 cases: 247 villages were operated in. Four
apprentices and 11 Sindoorias did 3,903 cases, with 3,537, or 99.06 per cent. successful.
Vaccination in Hazareebagh district during 1873-74 amounted to 30.5 per mille.
Vaccination by
ex-inoculators.
13. Vaccination by inoculators and others.—Sixteen inoculators, chiefly from Manbhoom
district, were employed in all the thanas except one, Sillee, of Lohardugga proper during
the year. In the beginning of the season they began to come to Ranchee from their homes;
and as they arrived they were placed under instruction or posted to the different thanas,
according to the state of their knowledge of vaccine work. One or several men were posted
to each thana, and at the end of the year they had vaccinated to the extent of 12,845 cases,
but their returns do not show how many were successful. Their work was superintended and
inspected in Tamar thana alone.
From the civil surgeon's returns I learn that in Manbhoom and Singbhoom, the
home of most of our ex-inoculators, more work than ever has been done this year.
There were six Hindustani vaccinators and 23 " Thikaits," or ex-inoculators, employed in
Manbhoom, and 15,150 cases were done in 295 villages, and 12,213 of these were " verified: "
2,937 were " unverified." The verified cases showed 9,775 to be successful, or 87.85 per
cent. The increase from last year is noted to be 6,692.
In Singbhoom 15 ex-inoculators were employed. They worked in 291 villages, and did
17,155 cases, of which 16,700 are entered "successful" in the forms, and 455 unsuccessful.
None are marked unknown. The amount of supervision of the Singbhoom cases is not
noted, so the amount of success is in so far untrustworthy: 97.35 was attained.
In 1872-73 Manbhoom had 8,458 cases done by 32 inoculators, and Singbhoom
had 8,358 cases. Comparing these figures with those given above for the past season,
Manbhoom has had an addition of 6,692 cases, and Singbhoom of 8,797 cases.
14. Although it does not always appear in the yearly reports, the work of inoculators
and other vaccinators not upon the Government establishment was and is always looked to
both by myself and by the native superintendents, when such supervision does not interfere
with the attention due to the work of vaccinators on the staff.
Three Christians did good service among the Kolhs of Lohardugga, but of their 2,307
cases the number successful was not recorded. There were five other Christian vaccinators
on this district, but they have sent in no returns. I am indebted to the Rev. J. C. Whitley
for his interest and help in vaccination.
Apprentices.
15. Apprentices.—Besides the Christians and instructed inoculators, there were other
men under instruction or attached to parties, and most creditably have they laboured. There
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