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gives promise of bringing his circle to the front before very long. I met Dr.
Raby in Kaladgi zilhá in January last.
Belgaum zilhá.
85. The population of Belgaum zilhá is 938,750 and the area is 4,592.
There are 8 local fund and 2 municipal vaccinators,
and returns are received from the dispensary of
Athni. Each vaccinator has an area of 459 square miles and a population of
93,875—both these averages are much too large, but 3 additional local fund
vaccinators have been appointed since the beginning of the current year. It is
however probable that the municipality of Gokak will be unable to keep up
their vaccinator, so the total number of vaccinators is likely to be 12, and if
that be the number then each will have an average population of 78,229 and
383 square miles : the average population for each vaccinator will even then
be high. The primary vaccinations numbered 16,146, and there were only
16.4 per mille of population successfully vaccinated. This is only 0.6 more
than in the preceding year, and is very low—probably about half of what
might be vaccinated if there were sufficient vaccinators to cover the popula-
tion properly. This zilhá is by far the most backward in this presidency.
It is so much so, that I think the subject demands the attention of the col-
lector, and I have pointedly drawn his attention to it. The average work of
each vaccinator is actually 96 above the average for the whole of the Sou-
thern circle, and although Dr. Raby expected more work from the vaccinators
of this zilhá, yet I think more than 12 men are required for a population
which is close on a million. The percentage, of success was 97.6 in primary
and 69.3 in re-vaccinations. Each vaccinator vaccinated on an average 1,616.
There were 537 deaths from small-pox, which is the highest number record-
ed in any zilhá, so that the deaths from small-pox is greatest where vaccina-
tion has least extended. The progress of vaccination in this zilhá is slow and
unsatisfactory.
Dharwad collectorate.
86. The Dharwad collectorate has a population of 988,037 and an area of
4,565 square miles. There are 11 local fund and 3
municipal vaccinators, so the 14 have an average
area of 326 square miles and a population of 70,574—these are fair averages.
The primary vaccinations reached 21,281, or nearly five thousand more than
in the preceding year. There were only 20.2 per mille of the population
successfully vaccinated, which is about two-thirds of what we may hope to
reach when vaccination is generally accepted in this zilhá. The percentage
of success in primary vaccinations was 96.1. The re-vaccinations
only numbered 703, and the success was 38.9 per cent. Each vaccinator's
work only reached 1,565, which is considerably below the average for the
whole presidency. There were 485 deaths from small-pox. In this respect
Dharwad stands next to Belgaum as also in the co-relation of the limited
extension of vaccination. In this zilhá there are several tálukás where vacci-
nation has never yet been freely accepted, and where opposition to it has
been markedly displayed by the Lingayats. I do not think it would be wise
to unduly press the extension of vaccination ; it will be better to trust to
time and the quiet but gentle pressure that each vaccinator can make in his
own táluká ; more might arouse a spirit of opposition which could not be
allayed in a lifetime. I feel certain that here we may safely trust to time and
vaccination's own merits carrying the people with us at no very distant day.
Kaladgi collectorate.
87. The area of Kaladgi zilhá is 5,695 square miles and the popula-
tion is 816,037. There were 8 local funds and 3 mu-
nicipal vaccinators; but one of the latter only worked