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the Superintendent General of Vaccination, but it has not been spread about much for
want of tubes. Animal lymph was also received from the Local Superintendent of
Vaccination, Bombay, but proved inert. Lymph has been supplied to the Civil
Surgeons of Carwar, Belgaum, Sattara, and the Superintendent of Vaccination, Central
Circle, and others.
Small-pox.
11. No returns are received, but reports have occasionally been made of its
prevalence in certain localities; and the nearest
Government Vaccinator has in such cases been directed
as soon as possible to proceed to the district indicated. At all times it is difficult,
and occasionally undesirable, to spare the services of a Vaccinator from a talooka, when
possibly there may be already isolated cases of variola appearing, and where it is then
necessary to carry on vaccination as speedily as possible. Government Vaccinators are
very few in a collectorate, and those are the only ones that can be transferred. Small-
pox has been very rife in parts of Dharwar and Canara, as also in the Chickodee
Talooka of the Belgaum Zillah.
Tour.
12. At the commencement of the year 1869 I was at Kolapoor, but since, in
the Report for 1868, I remarked on certain occur-
rences that I met with during the months of January,
February, and March 1869, it is unnecessary here repeating them. In April and
May I inspected the remainder of the Sattara Vaccinators, and some of the Kolapoor
Chief's Vaccinators. During the rains I was at head-quarters, and occasionally
inspected the work of General No. 57, whose lymph was not as good as it might be,
from carelessness on his part. In October I again commenced my tour, first visiting
the talookas of Gokak and Chickodee, and examining the work of the Government
Vaccinators there, with which I was satisfied. In November I inspected the
work of General No. 231, but, from circumstances connected with the post, I was
prevented seeing his lymph ; and as he was unacquainted with the manner of charging
tubes, I was obliged to take him with me to the nearest Vaccinator and show him.
He was extremely careless in his operations, vaccinating with blood or lymph indiffer-
ently. Some other Vaccinators whom I have visited are also addicted to this repre-
hensible manner of vaccinating, simply, I believe, by reason of the want of knowledge
of the injury they are likely to inflict. I cannot but think that it is expedient to
adopt some better system of instructing Vaccinators in their work, than merely permit-
ting candidates to receive instruction from some other Vaccinator. I also visited the
Chiefs Vaccinators of Ramdroog and Torgal. The Chief of the former gave me every
assistance in his power, and the vaccinated cases were better collected here than at any
place I have visited during my tour. The Vaccinator had been ill for some time, and
was out of lymph; and as he also was ignorant of the manner of filling tubes, it was
necessary that he also should accompany me to the nearest Vaccinator for instruction.
With this object I addressed the Chief, who at once acceded to my request, and was
apparently very anxious that his Vaccinator should be supplied with good lymph. I
subsequently visited the talookas of Dharwar, Hooblee, Bunkapoor, Hongul, Kamdgee,