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Gokák town the work was very backward and unsatisfactory for so large a place. The Dis-
pensary was inspected, and some little difference between the hospital assistant and the
vaccinator, regarding the town work, was settled.
The Parasgarh Táluká was next traversed, and much of the work seen had been done
by the former vaccinator, Satáppá Govindáppá, by no means so satisfactory as is desirable,
The present vaccinator, Rhaiman Abdullá, succeeded in June last, and his work since then
was creditable in quantity and quality. In this táluká the indifferenee of village officers
was most marked, and rather discouraging. These hindrances were pointed out to Mr. Grey,
the Collector, who most willingly looked into the matter. The village officers at fault were
personally seen by Mr. Stewart, the First Assistant Collector, who impressed upon these men
the great necessity for throwing aside all obstacles to the work, and of aiding the vaccinator
in carrying on his operations.
The chief work of the season lay in the Dhárwár Collectorate, eight tálukás of which were
more or less looked into, and the vaccinators seemed on the whole to be working fairly. Dattu
Báláppá, of Hublí Táluká, is a most expert operator, and the vaccinations performed by him
were very characteristic. At Hublí Dispensary, the work of Náráyan Báburáo, Municipal
vaccinator, was examined ; the recent operations were very fair, but in a large proportion of
the old work, the lymph used must have been bad, or the operations must have been care-
lessly performed. I was led to understand that the Hubli Dispensary was exempt from
the superintendence of the Vaccination Department, and for this reason it was not made
the subject of report like the others inspected. In Náigshetikop, of this táluká, no village
register had been kept for 1870. In Beldadi, an Inámí village in Dambal Táluká, there was the
greatest reluctance to submit to vaccination. There were only two names on the register,
and the Inámdár whom I saw, stated that all the villagers were perfectly well and healthy,
and that there was no need just then for interfering with their prosperous condition. This
was the meaning of his explanation when asked why there should be so much opposition to
a work so beneficial. Eshwant Firugojí, of Bankápur Táluká, is wanting, I think, in zeal and
energy. The results of his operations, however, are fairly satisfactory. He complains of
constant bad health in his táluká, regarding himself and his family, and I have recommended
his transfer to Parasgarh Táluká, of the Belgáon Zilhá, in connection with Dattu Báláppá's
promotion.
At the village of Gangihati no work had been done since 1869, owing, said this vaccina-
tor, to his inability to get children when he came to vaccinate. Luckily he had lymph with
him, and he accompanied me to this village, where I insisted upon having some children
vaccinated. Five were operated on on the 21st February. Promises were made by the
village officers that there would be no hindrance to the work, now that it had fairly been set
agoing. It was evident from the astonishment and curiosity exhibited by some of the
people witnessing the operations that the thing was a novelty in that quarter.
It is remarkable that in most of the táluká towns there was greater difficulty in carry-
ing on a successful inspection than in small and distant villages. In many, too, during the
time of the Jamábandi, it was sometimes difficult to get the assistance of village officers and
to examine their registers. They had gone with their village daftars to the camps of the
revenue officers and others.
The Lingáít caste of Hindús seem to me to have been the most difficult to deal with.
But they have now begun to make a move in the general progress of enlightenment, by
appreciating the advantages of education, and better things are to be hoped of them in
future in the spread of vaccination.