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of the Tháná Collectorate, viz., Dhánu, Sholápur, Wádá and Murbád, and those who are unac¬
climatised, as it were, cannot with impunity visit either district till after Christmas. There
were no village registers kept, but I have communicated with the khárbkári on the subject,
pointing out their use, &c., and he has promised to make an effort to have them kept, though
I fear that will be matter of some difficulty, as there is only one taláthi entertained for each
Mahál.
Kolábá Collectorate.
19. In the Kolábá Collectorate there has been a falling off in the numbers treated
this year to the extent of 1,791, which decrease has been
extended over the tálukás of Rohá, Mahád and Mángáon.
In the tálukás of Rohá and Mángáon vaccination has, I think, reached its limit, as there are
little, if any, arrears to be cleared off. All such work in these two tálukás was got through
by the present active Assistant Superintendent for Kolábá, Mr. Bálu Chálká, who when a
vaccinator held charge of them, so that now the operations can scarcely exceed the birth
rate. An application of mine to the Mámlutdár of Rohá, in the course of the year, for a
return of unprotected children under 12 years, elicited the fact that there were but 150
such in the whole táluká ; and the fact that in this táluká, alone, of the whole Circle, the
number of the infantile operations exceeds that of childhood and adolescence, is, I think, strong
proof of the absence of any arrears. Thus under the heading " under one year " the persons
treated were 473 and " over one year " 405. Taking the whole Collectorate the figures under
these two headings approximate very closely indeed—in fact, much more so than in any
other district in this Circle; those under the former being as 40.9 per centum to the whole,
and under the latter as 59.1. There is room yet for some improvement in the Máhád
Táluká, in which there was a break of work in consequence of the vaccinator employed
there receiving a month's privilege leave, to which long service entitled him. He reported
to me, too, the presence of inoculation in his táluká, which was not, however, carried on
here to any considerable extent, as, on the matter being brought to the notice of the Collector,
steps were taken to prohibit it. The existence of a partial famine both in this and Mángáon
tálukás, for a portion of the year, considerably interfered with the progress of work.
Janjírá Native State.
20. The returns received from this State during the year fully, I think, justify the
predictions made in last year's report as to the progress
vaccination may be expected to make. 1,364 persons
have been treated, and were it not for some want of energy displayed for a few months of
the year by the vaccinator I sent into the State, and also a deficiency of tact, the returns
would show a little larger number. Some opposition was met with against the progress of
vaccination, but this was overcome by Mr. Larcom, the Assistant Political Agent, to whose
interest in the subject the present satisfactory state of things may be entirely attributed.
When I visited the State in February, I was unfortunately incapacitated for the performance
of any out-door work by a serious attack of illness, but what I did see, fully satisfied me as to
the interest awakened on behalf of vaccination, and gave me every reason to infer for it a
still greater progress and spread. Some attempts were, I was informed, made to carry on,
as heretofore, inoculation, but they were promptly stopped in accordance with a former pro-
hibitory mandate issued by His Excellency the Nawab.
Ratnágirí Collectorate.
21. In the Ratnágirí Collectorate a very large increase is shown in the number treated,
as compared with returns furnished for 1871-72. In that
year the total number was 32,934, while in this it is
37,182, giving an increase of 4,248. This increase is due to the presence of small-pox, not-
withstanding the large number vaccinated, in part, and also I think more immediately to
the energy of the men employed, interest in the spread of the prophylactic taken by all the
district subordinates, and a ready appreciation of its benefits, pretty general amongst the
people themselves. I was in the Collectorate for the greater part of the year 1872, and