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" list of callings endangering the safety of the public health for the prohibi¬
" tion of which the Penal Code provides is more than I can understand ! It
" appears to me to be the one calling against which the section could be en¬
" forced with most effect, for its danger is manifest; and it is entirely owing
" to the efficient way in which Kolábá is protected that such danger did not
" make itself a startling notoriety by imperilling the lives of thousands."
A false vaccinator in
Sindh.
65. Dr. Williams mentions in his report that a false vaccinator has been
detected in the practice of deceiving some villagers
by making them believe he was a vaccinator. This
is a most extraordinary testimony to the hold vaccina-
tion has acquired on the people of Sindh, and I note it accordingly and add
Dr. Williams' own words. He says :—" A man named Lálkhán went about
" representing himself to be a vaccinator and extorting money from the people
" for operating. This man made punctures with a lancet in the ordinary man¬
" ner but had no lymph 1 He was found guilty by a 2nd Class Magistrate and
" sentenced by Captain Crawford, the Political Superintendent, to two years'
" rigorous imprisonment and fifty rupees fine, or in default of paying the fine
" to six months' further rigorous imprisonment."
Vaccino-Syphilis.
66. Not a single instance has yet come to light of syphilis having been
communicated by vaccination to any person in this
presidency. And although this is only negative evi-
dence, still it is backed by the fact that the medical
officers of the department actually saw 74,605 vaccinated children last
year, and their assistants saw 267,239 without even hearing of or seeing a
suspicious case. The experience of the officers of this department is probably
not equalled anywhere in the world, and notwithstanding every effort to dis-
cover a case of vaccino-syphilis not one has been seen. The observations of
the officers of the department number over a million and a quarter in re-
spect to this subject.
My tour.
67. My tour has two distinct features—one as superintendent general
and the other as officiating superintendent of the
Central circle. In the former capacity I visited the
Sindh, Western, Southern and Presidency circles.
Although I was unable to go about as much in the districts of Sindh as I
could have wished, still I was quite satisfied that Dr. Williams had his circle
in first-rate order. I saw all his assistant superintendents, and I feel sure
that like their superior officer they are devoted to their duties. I visited
Dr. Cody in the Thana and Nasik collectorates, and at the end of the year
went through his district of Kolábá I have every reason to be satisfied with
his able and energetic superintendence of the Western circle. There is only
one point about it I should like to see improved a little, and that is in regard
to the cost of each successful case ; but even in this respect there is some
reduction, and I expect there will be a little more in the current year. I
went through the Kaladgi zilhá of the Southern circle with Dr. Raby, and
it afforded me very great pleasure to observe the improvements going on in
this our backward circle. I feel assured that Dr. Raby had spared no pains
to bring his circle forward, and if he continues his exertions, it will not be
long before the Southern circle stands in as good a position as the other
British circles do. I was also much pleased to find Dr. Raby's office in
much nicer and better order than I had ever before seen it. I have every
reason to be satisfied with Mr. Anantá Chandrobá in the Presidency circle.