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During the month of October I examined the work done in three talookas,
Dhurrole, Nowanuggur, and Jallia, by General Nos. 186 and 307, and three Vacci-
nators in the employment of the Chiefs of the above mentioned talookas. The work
of General No. 307 was good; that done by General No. 186 was partly good, and
partly bad. Most of the work done by the Nowanuggur man was good; in three
or four villages it was bad. The greater part of the Nowanuggur talooka I travelled
through had been without a Vaccinator for more than a year. Dr. Blomfield had
discharged the man, because he did other work as well; this man had been located
at Balumba. With the greatest difficulty, after many years of persuasion on the part
of three Political Agents, a new man has been appointed, but has remained at the
capital (Jamnuggur) ever since. I was on my way to Jamnuggur, to try to induce
the Durbar to send him to his proper place, when I was ordered into Rajkote.
During the month of November I examined the work done in nine talookas,
viz.; Dhurrole, Gondul, Rajkote, Mangnee, Joonaghur, Porebunder, Bantwa, Kun-
dorna, Dhorajee, and inspected the work of General Nos. 141, 186, 305, and 307, and
the work done by the Rajkote, Gondul, Porebunder, Joonaghur and Bantwa Chiefs'
Vaccinators. The work of the two Gondul Vaccinators which I examined was bad,
they had vaccinated very few children, and the cicatrices were small; the work of the
others was good. In the month of December I examined the work done in the talookas
of Jaitpore, Mangrole, Joonaghur, and Bantwa, and inspected the children operated on
by seven Vaccinators belonging to the above-mentioned Chiefs. Two of the Joona-
ghur Vaccinators, the Bantwa, and Jaitpore, men's work was bad. The Joonaghur
Vaccinator's work was bad, from beng carelessly done ; some of the children had marks
inside, and some outside, the arm. Many of the children operated on by a third
Joonaghur man had no marks at all. The Mangrole man's work was good in some
villages, but bad in others, sheer carelessness from not propagating from good lymph,
as he is a very able man. All the Durbars I have visited during my tour have
treated me, individually, with the greatest kindness and courtesy, except that of
Porebunder, where the Rana showed me no attention whatever ; for one whole day I
could not get supplies of any kind, although I wrote twice, and sent four verbal mes-
sages by different messengers. Nowanuggur and Gondul will not assist their Vaccina-
tors as they ought to do ; they think as long as they pay them, they have done their duty.
I have had to make the same complaint every year about them. Some of the smaller
Durbars have given trouble, but it has generally been where four or more Chiefs con-
jointly entertain one Vaccinator, and therefore very difficult to arrive at the truth.
Joonaghur and Bhownuggur both employ a large staff of Vaccinators, and take much
interest in the work. Some of the smaller Chiefs also take great interest in vaccination,
but as there are upwards of 300 Chiefs, it is impossible to mention them all.
12. The percentage of success, as reported by the Vaccinators, is much too
high; the highest percentage by the most careful Vaccinators whose work I have
inspected might be put down at 92, and that done by some Vaccinators is as low as
75 per centum.