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Kolábá collectorate.
96. The population of Kolábá is 350,405, and the area 1,482 square
miles. There are 5 vaccinators, so each has averages
of 70,081 and 296 population and square miles re¬
pectively—both moderate in extent. Primary vaccinations numbered
8,492, including work at 2 dispensaries; the percentage of success was 95.0,
and 22.7 per mille of population were successfully vaccinated. Re-vaccina-
tions amounted to 153 only. Each vaccinator, on an average, operated on
1,691 persons, or 137 below the general average. The deaths from small-pox
were 150. Progress here is satisfactory, and the increase of operations,
though actually small, is considerable in relation to the extent of population.
I went through this zilhá in March last.
Nasik collectorate.
97. The Nasik collectorate is a large one, having 7,180 square miles
for a population of 687,353. There are 10 local fund
vaccinators and 1 municipal, so each has an average
of 62,486 population and 652 square miles. Returns were received from 3
dispensaries. The primary vaccinations were 17,491, or about 2,000 more
than in the year preceding, and the percentage of success was 93.2, which is
rather low, but still 1.6 higher than in last report. There were 23.0 per mille
of population protected, and the re-vaccinations numbered 607. Each vacci-
nator operated on 1,585 persons on an average, or 243 less than the general
average. The deaths from small-pox were 47 only. Progress is satisfactory.
Khandesh collectorate.
98. The Khandesh collectorate is the largest in this presidency, its
area being given as 10,162, but it is supposed to be
really considerably larger; the population is 1,028,642.
There are 16 local fund vaccinators and 1 municipal. There is an area of
597 square miles to each vaccinator, and 60,508 of a population. Including
the work at 3 dispensaries, there were 29,341 primary vaccinations, or
nearly 3,000 more than in the preceding year, and the success was 97.1, or 1.3
higher than in last report. 27.1 per mille of population were successfully
vaccinated : this is the highest rate in the Western circle. Each vaccina-
tor operated on 1,691 persons. Re-vaccinations were only 62. The small-
pox deaths reached only 133. The progress is very satisfactory indeed.
All things considered, one could hardly find a fault with the vaccination
work in this zilhá.
Native states of the
Western circle.
Vaccination not yet in-
troduced into the Dangs.
99. There are 3 native states in the Western circle, viz., Jawar, Janjira
and Penth, in which vaccination has been practised.
Vaccination has not yet been introduced into the
Dangs. I requested Dr. Cody to see what could be
done about giving the people in the Dangs the benefit of vaccination, as
I knew that some years ago they had expressed a
wish for a vaccinator, but were unable to maintain
one themselves. Dr. Cody, in reply, says in his letter
No. 67, dated 4th May 1875 :—"I have the honour to inform you that I ad¬
" dressed a letter to the Collector of Khandesh, asking more particularly with
" regard to the Dang states, what steps he would advise taking with a view
" to introducing vaccination into them.
" 2. In his reply, No. 3028, dated 15th June 1874, he writes:—' An
' attempt at vaccination may be made in the Dang country, but great tact
' and patience will have to be exercised. The introduction will probably be
' very gradual. The inhabitants, though quiet and peaceable, are very wild
' and uneducated, so reforms must be introduced very gradually and slowly.'