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Major Westropp pointing out the desirability of issuing zahirnamas in each of the
States. I also sent him a copy of one in use in the Central Circle, and which will
shortly be issued in this Circle too. He approved of the suggestion, and gave the
necessary directions to the Kharbarees of Moodhol and Meeruj for their issue as soon
as practicable, and likewise addressed the different Chiefs respecting them. The
Superintendent of Vaccination of the Central Circle has lately forwarded to me a return
in use in that Circle of all the "unprotected" in villages. This may probably be of
some benefit to a vaccinator, and I purpose as soon as practicable requesting the Col-
lectors to have similar returns compiled for each talooka.
Tour.
16. I commenced this season's tour in November on my return from Bombay,
by inspecting the work of substitute Hurry Kapalaswer in
the Chundgurrh Petah of the Belgaum District, where
small-pox had been prevalent at the early part of the year under review. I found the
work satisfactory, and the Patel stated nearly all the children in the town had
been vaccinated. At Tamboolwaree I also inspected cases, and saw a candidate
vaccinate before me. I mention this for the following reason. On receiving the con-
firmation return from the Superintendent of Police for the month of November the
Patel and Koolkurnee of this village stated that the vaccinator had not vaccinated any
cases during that month, and similar statements were made by the officers of some
other villages. I actually personally saw, as I have stated, recently vaccinated cases
there on the 14th of the month, and witnessed a candidate operate in my presence.
I have duly represented this to the Collector, who is investigating the case, and I quote
this as an example of the carelessness of some village officers, and how little reliance
can be placed on their assertions with reference to the vaccinated cases in their
villages. Village officials have not yet, as a rule, been accustomed to regard the work
of vaccination as any duty of their own, nor have they been directed (as is the case in
some Circles of Vaccination) to attend the vaccinator in his rounds of a village on
his operating days. Mr. Grey, however, has very recently given orders to this effect,
and I have no doubt an improved state of affairs will henceforth be inaugurated. I am
sanguine that these returns of " unprotected" will enable a vaccinator to work much more
easily and smoothly than he hitherto could do. I then travelled to the Beedee
talooka, where I cannot say that vaccination is making as much progress as it should
do ; principally too I think this is attributable to the inactivity of the vaccinator and
indifference of the people. I met the Mamlutdar at the town of Beedee, where there has
always been much opposition to vaccination, and he promised his active aid in future.
The lymph in use was good. I next travelled viâ Kittoor to Hongul and Nurgoond.
At Hongul I found several false entries in the vaccinator's book. I had the parents
or relatives of the supposed vaccinated cases brought before me, and they stated that
the vaccinator or rather his peon had told them he had no lymph then, but would
return the following week, which he neglected to do. I had occasion to punish this
vaccinator, Satapa Govindapa, last year, but as these vaccinations were done previous
to that, and as it seems the vaccinator was told by a former Superintendent that he