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The Peons, who receive Rs. 7 per month, are now well satisfied, and the Vaccinators
also feel thankful to Government for their pay being restored to what they used to
receive when getting grain compensation.
New Weekly Return of Vaccination.
11. The Superintendent General of Vaccination introduced a new weekly vacci-
nation return, which was an improvement upon the
old one in many respects. Printed forms of this new
return were received and brought into general use in August last, the main object in its
introduction being to make the native officials take some interest in furthering the progress
of vaccination in their talookas. The Vaccinators now report in writing to the Mam.
lutdars of their talookas, mentioning the villages in which they are about to commence
operations. If they anticipate difficulty in any particular village, they request the
Mamlutdars to afford them assistance, and in their weekly returns mention whether they
got the required assistance. One copy of the return is sent to the Mamlutdar, and,
through him, to the Collector of the district. In some places an additional copy is sent
for the information of the Assistant Collector in charge of the talooka. The District
Revenue Officers are thus kept acquainted with the localities in which vaccination is
carried on, and also learn whether the necessary help to vaccination was given by the
Talooka Mamlutdar. In case they find that this was not given, an explanation is imme-
diately called for. Thus the Mamlutdars are now obliged to interest themselves
particularly in helping vaccination in their talookas.
Re-vaccination desirable
12. In my last report I pointed out the desirability of carrying on re-vaccina-
tion in these parts. About the close of the year,
instructions were received from the Superintendent
General of Vaccination to take measures for its introduction. A circular was issued
to all the Vaccinators in February last, explaining to them what re-vaccination means,
and desiring them to introduce it in their talookas from 1st April 1870. It was
necessary that the rural population should be informed of this. A zahirnama, ex-
plaining to the people the advantages of, and the desirability of permitting, re-vacci-
nation has, therefore, been published, and printed copies of it sent to each village
through the Collectors of the different zillahs. A circular note has also been sent
to all village Patels and Tulatees, enjoining them to use their influence and get all
the grown-up children of their villages re-vaccinated. As this is a new thing, diffi-
culties in some quarters are to be anticipated ; but I hope that the next annual return
will show not a small number of re-vaccinations.
13. All the Collectors and Political Officers have taken up this subject of
re-vaccination very warmly ; not only for this alone, but for the cordial assistance given
to me in all vaccination matters, I feel very thankful.
Vaccination at Dispensaries.
14. The last annual returns contained only the work of three Dispensaries,
viz. those of Dholka, Veerungaum, and Dakore.
There were then in this Circle nine other Dispensaries
already open, and ten new ones have been since opened, making altogether twenty-two
district Dispensaries, in nearly all of which vaccination is now carried on. At first
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