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I experienced some difficulty in getting the Hospital Assistants to establish vaccina-
tion ; the majority of them are now doing some work, but there are a few still who
vaccinate two or three children per month only,showing that they take little or.no interest
in vaccination. During my tour of inspection I visited nine Dispensaries, in two of
which only was vaccination carried on, viz. in Gogo and Dholka; in seven others, viz.
Kuppurwunj, Dakore, Dhollera, Dhundooka, Neriad, Borsud, and Jumboosur, there
was no work. Some of the Hospital Assistants, I am sorry to observe, do not know
much of vaccination ; one Hospital Assistant, who got his Apprentice to carry on
vaccination at the Dispensary, says, in his annual report, that neither " he nor myself
had sufficient experience."
Population of Circle.
15. In last report the total population of this Circle was stated to be 2,715,765.
Under instructions from the Superintendent General
of Vaccination, fresh returns regarding the population
of each talooka have been obtained and incorporated in Statement No. I. The
total population of this Circle, as calculated from these returns, amounts to 2,671,228.
Taking the usual birth rate of 1 in 30, the annual births in such a population
should be 89,040 : but our annual work exceeds this number a great deal. The
annual vaccinations indicate that the population must be about 30 lakhs. The late
disastrous famine in Marwar, however, has caused a large influx of destitute Mar-
warees to Guzerat, and I observed that each family had a goodly number of children,
nearly all of whom come under vaccination. This circumstance, I believe, tended
much to increase the annual returns of 1868, as well as the present ones.
Tour.
16. The following is an account of my tour of inspection. In January 1869
I commenced the inspection of the Vaccinators of the
Native States of Pahlunpoor. I was encamped at
Toovud, from which place, and from Summee and Rhadunpoor, the work of the new
Vaccinator, Bulvuntrao Gopall, of Rhadunpoor, was examined. His lymph in Toovud
WAS good ; in other villages bad. He was found to be an untrustworthy man : he
had put one set of dates in his weekly reports, and another in his monthly returns,
clumsily attempting to hide the irregularity of his work; the entries of several
villages were also doubtful. Of him I have to state that he was selected, examined as
to his knowledge of vaccination, and appointed to the post, by the Political Superin-
tendent himself. What, I believe, was my proper work and duty, was done by him
without any reference to me. At Rhadunpoor I was encamped for about ten days,
during which time I had much to do in the way of giving medical relief to the
people. Ever since the introduction of vaccination into the Rhadunpoor territory,
the Vaccinators have experienced much difficulty. Among the village population
vaccination is availed of to some extent ; but in the Kusba itself great opposition is
met with, the Kusbatee Mahomedans and the Bunnya merchants not permitting it-
I therefore asked and obtained two interviews with His Excellency the Nawab,
during one of which, I begged of him to afford the Vaccinator the assistance
he was much in need of, and to promote vaccination in his territory. I had also