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Municipalities.
5. As in the previous year, there were only two men employed by Municipalities in
this Circle—one between Pánwel and Uran, and the
other by the Tháná city. In the former case the man
Máhádeo Bábáji worked both industriously and efficiently. In Tháná city the man who was
employed last year tendered his resignation to the chairman of the Municipality, which was
accepted, and thereby I was saved the trouble of having to recommend his dismissal. The
present man employed is so far an improvement on his predecessor, that his returns, &c., are
regularly despatched to this office, and also he appears to be making every exertion towards
extending his operations. I think, however, it is a question now as to whether or not this
man is required in Tháná, as the Hospital Assistant in charge of the Wádiá Charitable Dis-
pensary has been carrying on vaccination work during the year, and I do not consider the
available field sufficiently large to afford employment to both. I would prefer, however,
his being retained, and the entire work being left to him, rather than to the dispensary, and
my reason for this is that he will be able to carry vaccination from house to house, and
thereby be in a more favourable position for extending it than would the medical subordinate
in charge of the dispensary, whose many other calls may render it difficult to make such
rounds. One or other must come to a stand still soon ; and I think for many reasons, of which
the foregoing is but one, it would be better to entrust the carrying on of the work to the
itinerant rather than to the stationary vaccinator. The number of persons vaccinated by
both municipal vaccinators during the year amounted to 1,108, being some 953 less than they
treated in the year preceding.
Native States.
6. There are three vaccinators employed by Native States—one by Sáwant Wádí, one by
Janjírá, and one by Jawár. With regard to the first, there
has been no change or break of work during the year, and
the number of persons treated by him—6,528—are of themselves clear proof of the attention
he has paid to his work. He does not, however, perform all the operations himself, as he is
aided by the peons allowed him by the State, all of whom he has taught to operate, and who
now materially increase his returns. In Janjírá the man whom I placed there in February
1872, was removed at the expiration of a year, for which term His Excellency the Nawáb
had agreed to entertain a vaccinator from British territory, and his place was supplied by a
young man, native of Janjirá, who was instructed in the performance of the operation
during the year, and who, since the appointment, has been giving every satisfaction.
The
returns from this State have been greatly increased since he commenced work, and I have
every reason to predict that they will continue to be furnished at the same advanced
rate. The Jawár vaccinator was absent from his work, in consequence of ill health, for a
short time during the monsoon, his place being then supplied by a substitute ; but with this
exception he was steady at work throughout the year. The number of persons treated by
him was 1,081, being 656 more than in the year 1871-72.
Dispensaries.
7. The number of dispensaries from which returns have been supplied to this office,
has been increased during the past year by four, viz.
Kelví Máhim, Bassein, Sáwantwádí and Mátherán. The
two former were only established during the year, and, since the date of their being so, have
been carrying on vaccine operations with varying monthly results. Sáwantwádí dispensary
had not previous to this year carried on any operations in connection with it, but since the
Sub-Assistant Surgeon in charge began to do so, he has paid considerable attention to the
ubject, with results that have made his returns far in advance of those supplied by any of
the other dispensaries connected with this office. Mátherán, whence no return was supplied
last year, has this year furnished one, showing 10 persons to have been treated, all of whom
were operated on in the month of March. The total number of persons treated by the dis-
pensaries amounted to 2,151, being an increase of 759 over the year 1871-72, Though the