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number of persons primarily vaccinated was 29,250 or 26.2 per mille of
population. The success was 96.3 per cent. There were only 98 revaccina-
lions. The progress here is very satisfactory. The reason of Sátárá zilha
being so well vaccinated is that, in 1863 a number of municipal vaccinators
were appointed to supplement the weak staff of Government vaccinators.
The Honourable F. S. Chapman was then collector of the zilha and Mr.
Plumptre was the superintendent of the Southern circle. That was the
first step taken to have municipal vaccinators and the efforts of these two
officers has borne good fruit: but after the appointment of a local fund
vaccinator to each taluka it has been found unnecessary to keep up as many
municipal vaccinators as at first.
Ratnagiri Collectorate.
59. The Ratnágiri collectorate has a population of 1,019,136 and an
area of 3,789 square miles. There are 11
local fund vaccinators, and two dispensary
officers carry on vaccination. There were
33,067 primarily vaccinated persons or 32.4 per mille of population. There
were 1,465 revaccinations. For some years back the progress of vaccina-
tion in this zilhá has been markedly ahead of all others. Deputy Surgeon
General Johnstone was some years ago superintendent of vaccination in
the Koukan Division, and I thought he might be able to account for the
great progress of vaccination in this zilha, so I asked for his opinion.
He seems to think that the efforts of Mr. Coles, who was collector, has had
a considerable effect in bringing the practice of vaccination into esteem.
I think Dr. Johnstone's own exertions must also have had some influence in
the matter.
Native states in Central circle.
60. The five native states of Akalkot, Bhor, Jat, Atpadi, and Phaltan
have a population of 381,938 and an area
of 2,822 square miles. There are 5 vaccina-
tors, that is one for each of the states ; but
Bhor which is the largest is about to appoint a second, as one man is not
equal to the charge of 111,689 souls spread over 875 square miles. The
number of persons primarily vaccinated is 5,489 by the itinerant vaccinators
and 231 at the Akalkot dispensary—total 5,720 or 14.9 per mille of population.
The percentage of success was 95.7. There were only 3 revaccinations.
There is evidently plenty of room for progress in these states.
Progress of vaccination in the
Southern circle.
61. The Southern circle is superintended by Surgeon Raby. It con-
sists of the Collectorates of Belgáum, Dhár-
wád, Kaládgi, and Kánadá and of the native
states of Kolhápur, the Southern Marátha
Country and Sawantwadi There is a population
of 4,757,127 and an area of 28,104 square miles. There are 5 assistant super-
intendents and 68 vaccinators. There were 96,648 persons operated on.
Belgaum collectorate.
62. The Belgáum collectorate has a population of 933,420 and an area
of 4,589 square miles. It has had during the
past year 10 vaccinators—8 local fund and 2
municipal; and vaccination was practised to a
small extent at the dispensary of Athni. The number of primarily vaccinat-
ed persons is 14,824 or 15.8 per mille of population. The success is 92.0
per cent. There were 426 revaccinations. The progress of vaccination is