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very satisfactory. This Vaccinator has sent me a weekly supply of lymph in tubes
during the whole year. In Poona Havielly I examined the work and lymph of
General No. 40, who is a careful and efficient Vaccinator. On arrival at Poona I
examined the work and lymph of the Municipal Vaccinators. They are both very
attentive.
In July, Keshew Sedeshwur informed me that he had visited Lonee Kalvar, a
village about twelve miles from Poona, but on account of the aversion of the people to
vaccination, he could not get any subjects. I proceeded to the village, had the people
collected, explained the benefits of vaccination, and commenced the work myself. On
returning to ascertain the result of my work, I brought the Vaccinator with me, and
we had no difficulty in getting subjects. In the course of six weeks the Vaccinator
operated on 286 children in that village alone-
Leaving Poona on the 4th of October, I travelled through the talookas of Kheir
and Joonere, and inspected the work and lymph of General No. 13 and 277 ; every-
thing was satisfactory, but the work was small in amount. I was not much
surprised at this, as the inhabitants are very indifferent to vaccination, and often
refuse to allow lymph to be taken from the arms of their children. It was with the
greatest reluctance that a few children in each village were brought for my inspection.
As an instance, I may mention the village of Kheir, with a population of upwards of
6,000. Here only two vaccinated children were brought to me. On my complaining
to the Fouzdar, who was present, and who had rendered every possible assistance, he
said some of the people were anxious to know what authority I had for ordering them
to bring their children for my inspection. They also stated that they had no objec-
tions to show their children if I went to their houses.
Leaving Joonere I passed on to the Sungumnair Talooka, in the Ahmednuggur
Zillah, where I examined the work of Narayen Gopall (General No. 241). On calling
over the names of the children from this Vaccinator's register I found that many of
those entered had never been vaccinated ; that the names of several were entered
who had had small-pox previously, and these not only bore distinct traces, but their
names appeared in the village small-pox register ; two were not over twenty days old
at the time they were returned as vaccinated, and a few did not exist. In almost
every village, where I examined this Vaccinator's work, falsehoods were discovered.
"What appeared to me at first very wonderful, was that the village registers corresponded
in every particular with the Vaccinator's returns ; but on questioning the Coolkurnees,
most of them admitted they had not been present at the time the children were vacci-
nated, they had merely obtained a list from the Vaccinator, and entered the same in their
registers. The absence of Coolkurnees at the time the Vaccinator is operating is of too
frequent occurrence, and, I believe, is mainly due to their residing in another village
than that of which they have charge. I communicated the circumstances to Mr.
Keyser, the Assistant Collector in charge of the talooka, who investigated the matter,
and fined most of the Coolkurnees. The Vaccinator was dismissed the Service.
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