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Small-pox after Vaccination.
13. I saw 97 cases of small-pox after vaccination, the cicatrices being most unmis-
takeable, and many other registered cases in which small-
pox had followed ; but, as 1 could not detect the vaccina¬
tion cicatrices, I do not acknowledge them, as in all probability they were unsuccessful cases
of vaccination. The number is not large, considering that I saw 23,736 cases of vaccina-
tion, being at the rate of 4 in every 1,000 cases vaccinated.
Assistant Superintendents.
14. I find the Assistant Superintendents of great assistance ; most particularly are
they useful in superintending the propagation of good
lymph.
It is impossible for the Superintendent to visit each vaccinator more than once
a year, but the Assistant Superintendents have the means of doing so twice a year, and as
they always carry good lymph with them, it is often the means of saving most valuable time.
2ndly.—In the case of false entries they have means and time at their disposal for
making a searching enquiry.
3rdly.—They are greatly instrumental in teaching the vaccinators how to fill in, and
forward new forms.
Assistant Superintendent Rancheddás Mangaldás has shown a great zeal on several
occasions ; he was the Assistant who helped me in carrying out the re-organization of vac-
cination at Mangarul, although Mangarul was not in his charge. I sent for him, because
Assistant Superintendent Kánojí Jayarám had sent in his resignation, and had reported
himself sick.
At Wadwán and Lakhtar, where some difficulty had been experienced by the vaccina-
tors in carrying on work, I sent Assistant Superintendent Ranchoddás Mangaldás to ar-
range matters, which he did by his tact, long knowledge of and connection with the people
of Káthiáwád. In reference to his activity, his yearly return speaks for itself. I know
very little about Assistant Superintendent Kánojí Jayarám. I have never seen him ; he
was in bad health in the rains, and when I was in his district in October, November and De-
cember he was away on leave. Last month he resigned the service ; but of this I am con-
fident, that he brought considerable pressure to bear on the vaccinators in his district,
causing them to do more work than they otherwise would have done, and was most instru-
mental in the preservation of good lymph.
Vaccinators.
15. Although in my remarks under the heading " tour " I have not mentioned the vac-
cinators favourably, still the average quantity of work done
by each is very fair, viz., 2,289. The largest number vac-
cinated by any one man is 3,300. This man Purnáshankur of Jaitpur I had to punish for
his laziness in November. It seems to have produced most excellent results, as since then
he has been forwarding larger returns.
Five vaccinators have been dismissed during the year, three by Dr. Blanc and one
by myself, for false entries, and the fifth by Dr. Sexton for being absent without leave.
It may not be out of place to mention here that three of the vaccinators now employed
are some of the men that Dr. Blanc alludes to in his report for 1871-72 as "amore un-
trustworthy and indolent set of men it would be difficult to find." The three men, above
alluded to, were dismissed, and then reinstated by Dr. Blanc, viz., Bhímjí Dewrám, Tulshí
Gígá and Gangárám Dayáljí.
During the year, besides those dismissed and the two mentioned below, the rest have
all been fined or reprimanded. There are only two men whom I can mention favourably
for the whole year, viz., Narottam Premjí of Wallá and Jíwáshankar of Pálitáná ; but I
have not seen the work of the last mentioned.