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proper assistance, but that Jafferabad will give him no help whatever. Three of the
Joonaghur Vaccinators, Hurrelal, Pranlal, and Kesoram Visvanath, deserve praise for
the quantity of work they have done ; but the two first-mentioned are very careless ;
some of the children have marks inside, and some out-side the arm; some of the
cicatrices are large and well defined, others small, and yet all from the same lymph.
Two other Vaccinators belonging to the Joonaghur Durbar are almost useless, viz.,
Mallia and Puttun. Dossoo Ramutalla, one of the Nowanuggur Vaccinators, and
the Limree Chief's Vaccinator, deserve mentioning; their work, as to quantity and
quality, is good. The work done by the Gondul men is small in quantity, and bad in
quality ; so I am inclined to think they are as much to blame as the Durbars. Toolsee
Geega of Bhownuggur has vaccinated the largest number of all the Chiefs' Vaccina-
tors ; but as I have not inspected his work, I cannot report on it. On my way to
join I passed through Bhownuggur, inspected the children in several villages, and
found the work well done. This does not appear in my report, because I had not
then taken over charge of my appointment.
I commenced my inspection tour on the 25th March, very soon after my return
from sick leave. I might have commenced a few days sooner, but was detained for want
of tents. As soon as I could purchase one I started, and first of all visited the talooka
of Gondul, one of the Vaccinators there having witten to say that the Durbar would
not give him proper assistance. I had an interview with the Karbarree, who promised
to do what was necessary, but from what I have since heard, I fear very little more
help has been given. In April I examined the work done in six talookas by General
Nos. 103 and 112, and four Chiefs' Vaccinators, viz., Wudwan, Seala, Luktur, and
Bujjana. The work done by General Nos. 103 and 112 was satisfactory, the work of
the Chiefs' Vaccinators done during the commencement of 1868 and end of 1867,
was very satisfactory. In May, during the fourteen days I was travelling, I examined
the work done in seven talookas, three of them being the same as I visited in April,
the remaining four, Wunode, Moolee, Choteyla, and Sunkulpore.
The work I inspected was all satisfactory (except that at Sunkulpore), and under
the charge of some of the Vaccinators I mentioned in my last month's report; the only
additional Vaccinators' work inspected was the Limree Chief's and the Rajkote Chief's ;
the former was not satisfactory, but he said he had been ill, and since the appointment of
the second Limree Vaccinator, there had been difficulties ; formerly there was only one
Limree Vaccinator, now there are two. Part of this and a few days of last month I
was detained at the Wudwan Government station Dispensary, operating, on several
cases, lithotomy, and others.
From the 20th May till 3rd October I was in Rajkote, performing my Civil
duties. On the 3rd I commenced my tour. After getting some forty miles from
that station, I got a letter from the Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals, requesting
me to be ready at a moment's notice to return to Rajkote, and take charge of that
station, Dr. Blomfield, who was performing that duty, being ordered off in charge of
the 17th Regiment Native Infantry. This order was eventually reversed, and I
marched with the Regiment.
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