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The Gondal Assistant Vaccinator Maganlál showed signs of having been ill. His work
was indifferent, but the principal faults I had to find with him, were his not vaccinating
his outlying gaums, and not vaccinating the Dheds. This is a continual cause of fining
against one and all of the vaccinators, and apparently hitherto with very little benefit
to these low-caste people.
After visiting Gondal I continued on in a southerly direction to Jaitpur. Here Pur¬
náshankar's work, if any thing, was worse than Maganlál's; but Purnáshankar looked well
and was, therefore, sent off to work under pain of immediate dismissal.
From Jaitpur I went south-west to Mánikwádá, where, upon the whole, Piánlál's
work was good, but the quantity somewhat short. From Mánikwádá I went to Dhoráj í
an outlying part of the Gondal Táluká.
In the month of November I visited another part of the Gondal Táluká and Sirdár, the'
extreme eastern part of the Rájkot Táluká, in charge of Khushál ; here the work was
good, but there were a great many unprotected cases, due to the reason that it is some
distance from the vaccinator's home. They, none of them, will travel far till they are
driven. From. Sirdár I visited the extreme eastern part of Nawánagar, viz., A'dkot, in charge
of Tulshí Rájárám ; the work was pretty good upon the whole. Continuing east, I arrived
at Petrá Kotrá, and examined the work of Apprentice Vaccinator Bhimjí Dewram.
His work was not satisfactory, the proportion of unsuccessful cases being very large.
From this district I continued farther east and somewhat southerly to the Bháwa¬
nagar Táluká, and examined the work of the Vaccinator Tulshí Gigá ; his work was on the
whole good. But in one gaum, Amlá, that I visited, only four koss from the vaccinator's
home, I found small-pox raging, and there had been several deaths; the vaccinator had
not visited the gaum for one and a half years.
In the month of December, after seeing Tulshí Gigás work, I went north-east to Wallá,
another part of the Bháwanagar Táluká, in charge of Assistant Vaccinator Narottam Premjí.
His work was good, though he might have done more, for he had not visited all his out-
lying gaums, or vaccinated all the Dheds.
From Wallá Táluká I went north and north-west to Botál, Bhádlí and Jasdan, and
visited the work of Bhímjí Dewrán ; his work was bad in every way, many unvaccinated
and the percentage of success small in comparison to the other stations visited. Besides
which the Darbár sent in charges against him for laziness. I, therefore, sent him to Vilá¬
wal, where there was a vacancy, and sent another man to Botál. The Jasdan man's work
(Tulshí Rajárám) was pretty good. I also visited the Sáelá Táluká, and saw Rámshankar's
work. His work is the best I have seen throughout the year. At the latter end of the
month I visited the two Rajkot Taluka vaccinators' work. Early in January 1 travelled
north and visited more of the two last-mentioned vaccinators' work. I was much dis-
satisfied with both—so much so with Motilál that I reported him for false names and
laziness to the Superintendent General. Khushál's work was good, but I found that he
seldom visited his outlying gaums ; consequently he had a great number of children
unprotected.
After going as far as Chotilá I turned round and went south-west to Dráphá, where
the work was simply disgraceful ; no new work to be seen, and half the children were un-
protected. The vaccinator had been dismissed before my arrival, and the new man was
bringing along his lymph from another táluká. From Dráphá I went south-east to Juná¬
gad, passing through the large Gondal Táluká, enroute examining a few outlying gaums
of Nawánagar, Bhánwad and Bántwá.
In February I thoroughly examined the work done in Junágad by Harilál. This man
was a candidate to succeed Mr. Kánojí Jayaiám ; his work was fair in quantity, but the
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