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had dismissed them with a caution for the future. Vaccinator Gopal Balall informs
me he has experienced much less difficulty in procuring cases since Mr. Grey's visit
here of late. It seems Mr. Grey made some inquiries regarding vaccination, and if
more of the District Officers would do so too I am certain there would be very much
less trouble. I then travelled to Meeruz and examined the work of the Chief's
vaccinators in Meeruz and elsewhere. Mahadajee Juggonath has improved since I
saw him two years ago ; he is a slow, steady man, and can vaccinate well enough, but
he is somewhat indolent. His lymph was fair, but showed signs of deteriorating, so I
replaced it from tubes I had with me. I also inspected the work of Anna Sahib's
vaccinator, Khrishnajee Gunesh. His lymph and work were very indifferent, so I
directed him, should the tube supplied fail, to procure lymph from Trimbuck
Anunt, the Tasgaum vaccinator, near whom he was working. This man has
only vaccinated in seven villages throughout the year. I brought this to the notice
of the Chief's Kharbaree, as also to the Chief himself, who informed me personally that
he would cause him to be directed to do better in future. The Sanglee vaccinator,
Mahadajee Juggonath's lymph and work were very good. He is a careful, steady man
and successful operator. I next travelled to Korundwar and examined the Sherole
vaccinator's work in Sherole. In the town of Sherole his lymph and work were very
fair, but in the village of Takowlee his lymph and marks were very bad. In another
village however he had very good lymph, and it was only through great carelessness
and to save himself trouble that his work in the above-mentioned village was so
indifferent. He had vaccinated from glasses and propagated lymph from ill-formed
and irregular vesicles. In consideration of his lymph being good elsewhere and
having only recently fined him I merely cautioned him on his promising to amend. At
Korundwar the Chief was very attentive and rendered me every assistance. The
vaccinator was working in the Tekoteh district, where I had previously seen him. There
are two vaccinators entertained by the Chief of this State, but their pay, Rs. 8 and 10
per mensem, is scarcely sufficient to induce them to work efficiently. They work very
irregularly and receive their pay in the same manner, which makes them careless.
At Echulkurrunjee I examined the work of the substitute appointed in the place
of the late vaccinator, Gunesh Balajee, deceased. He has only recently commenced
work but promises to turn out a good vaccinator. The Kharbarree speaks well of
him. This concludes my tour for the year, during which I have travelled 2,197
miles, examined 186 villages, and inspected 6,579 vaccinated persons.
Aid from Civil and Poli-
tical Officers acknowledged.
17. To the Civil authorities I have to tender my best acknowledgments for the
willing assistance they have at all times rendered me ;
especially are my thanks due to the Collector of Kulladghee
and the Assistant Political Agent of the Southern Maratha States. On my entering the
Kulladghee district, or rather sometime previously, I wrote to the Collector requesting
he would be so good as to direct the Mamlutdars of the talookas I intended to visit,
to inform the Patels and Koolkurnees of villages that they would be expected to collect
the vaccinated cases for my inspection at my request, and from the way in which in