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graph 9 of the Resolution of Government on that Report. From my previous experience in
the Central Circle as well as in this, I immediately saw the numerous advantages such a plan
possessed, which may be summed up as follows:—
1stly.—That in proportion to the population, the amount of vaccination performed in the large
talooka towns is very much less than in the small villages. This I attribute to the fact that
in large communities, a perfectly gratuitous boon is rarely appreciated, but directly it is one
which the community collectively pay for, they are then anxious to obtain a return for their
money. To this must also be added the knowledge among the residents of these towns, that
should an epidemic of small-pox break out, they can obtain at once the aid of a vaccinator,—a
benefit which small villages under similar circumstances would be deprived of, owing to the
great inconvenience these changes in the regular tour of a vaccinator produce.
2ndly.—It would deprive the Government vaccinators of the excuse of always keeping in the
neighbourhood of the large towns, which they are too disposed to do, on the plea of having work
in them, and thus depriving the remoter villages of their services.
The proposal of His Excellency the Governor that permanent vaccinators might be kept by
the large Municipalities, I saw could hardly be made applicable to any of the Municipal
towns dependent on my establishment for vaccination, owing to the smallness of their popula-
tions, and the expense which a permanent vaccinator would of course entail. A modification
of this appeared advisable, and I suggested that the large Municipal towns should employ a
vaccinator for two or three months every year, at a cost of about Rs. 30. The vaccinator I
proposed to furnish from my list of candidates.
This scheme I laid before Mr. Chapman, the Collector of Sattara, soliciting his co-operation
in carrying it out. Mr. Chapman in doing so has materially improved upon my plan, by
making a more perfect organization of the system. He has grouped several Municipal towns
together, terming them divisions, of these he has established, as an experimental measure,
six, giving to each division one vaccinator, and retaining him permanently on a salary of
Rs. 15 a month. The size of these divisions will permit of all the towns in them being visited
once every three months. The plan thus carried out in Sattara I have recommended to the
consideration of the Collectors of the other Zillahs in this Circle, but, with the exception of
Rutnagherry, have received no reply. It appears that in the Zillah of Rutnagherry there are
no Municipal towns. Having once started the plan, I propose to leave the vaccinators entirely
under the control of the Municipal and Civil authorities. Every thing connected with the
system of verifying returns must be left to them, as the work of my office is already as
much as can be attended to by only one karkoon. The only way I shall interfere with them
will be to call for a monthly numerical return for statistical purposes, and as opportunity
occurs, to inspect the quality of the lymph they use.
From all I can gather it appears that prejudice is on the decline in this Circle, and as far
as my own experience extends, there seems little positive active opposition, but a great deal
of apathy and indifference existing, which requires either the presence of authority or the
scourge of an epidemic of small-pox to overcome. There is a marked contrast in this respect
between the population of the Deccan and that of the Konkun, as with the latter vaccination
may be regarded as popular.
The following will illustrate the description of apathy or prejudice existing, During my
recent visit in the territories of the Chief of Koorundwar, the vaccinator reported to me that
at a large village named Ahlus, near Koorundwar, he had never succeeded in obtaining a
single child for vaccination. I wrote to the chief karbaree (a superiorly educated man)