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vaccinations numbered 31,327, or 27.3 successful operations per mille of po-
pulation, and the success in primary vaccinations was 98.2 per cent., and in
re-vaccinations 77.7. There were only 79 re-vaccinations. Each vaccinator's
average number of vaccinations was 2,173. The progress in this zilhá is
very satisfactory. There were only 71 deaths from small-pox. I went through
this zilhá from east to west in February last.
Ratnágiri collectorate.
82. The collectorate of Ratnágiri has a population of 1,019,136, and an
area of 3,868 square miles. There are 11 local fund
vaccinators, so they have an average of 92,648 of po-
pulation, and 351 of square miles each; the former is a very high average, and
the latter a very fair one, but the vaccinators in the tálukás of Ratnágiri,
Dápuli and Deogad have respectively populations of 119,741, 143,137 and
118,921, all much too large for one man to protect thoroughly. There were
28,343 primary vaccinations, or 27.3 successful operations per mille of popu-
lation, and the percentage of success in primary vaccinations was 96.6. The
re-vaccinations reached 810, and the percentage of successful in them was
57.8. Each vaccinator averaged 2,550 vaccinations, which is the highest in the
circle. Although there is less work in this report than in the preceding
year, still the year's outturn must be considered satisfactory, and is probably
about as high as can be maintained for a series of years by the present
staff of vaccinators. I regret to notice 321 deaths from small-pox during the
year, which is more than occurred in the other four zilhás of the Central cir-
cle put together. I went through a portion of this zilhá in March.
Native states.
83. There are 5 native states in the Central
circle, viz. :—
Akalkot, population 81,068 area 498 square miles.
Bhor
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Jat
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Atpadi
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Phaltan
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136,075
70,665
68,335
59,124
415,267
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1,491
770
213
397
3,369
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There are 6 vaccinators. The primary vaccinations were 8,478, or 19.1
per mille of population. The percentage of success is 97.0, and the average
vaccinations for each vaccinator are only 1,358. There is room for much
extension here. I visited Akalkot and Jat in January.
Progress in Southern circle.
84. The Southern circle is superintended by Surgeon Raby; he has
5 assistant superintendents and 72 vaccinators.
The population is 4,762,457 and the area 25,569
square miles. Each vaccinator has a population of 66,145 and 355 square
miles. The primary vaccinations amounted to 109,741, including work done
at 15 dispensaries and 1 jail, and the success on the whole was 96.9. There were
only 21.7 per mille of population successfully vaccinated. The re-vaccinations
were only 2,810. Each vaccinator operated on 1,520 persons on an average,
which is 308 below the general average. The cost of each successful vaccina-
tion was 5 annas and 4 pies, or exactly the same as the general average. The
deaths from small-pox were 1,592, a number considerably greater than in any
other circle. Taken as a whole this circle is still behind the other circles in
British territory—but it is advancing with steady progress. I have given this
circle a good deal of attention, and I am very much pleased to see that Dr. Raby