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Canara collectorate. Small-pox was epidemic in the Moondgode Petah of that
zillah, and though I sent Eshwant Ferrogojee, the Bankapore vaccinator there, at
my representation Mr. Elphinstone, as a special case, sanctioned the entertainment of
a vaccinator for this district. In parts of the Dharwar Collectorate still much oppo-
sition to the spread of vaccination exists—especially is this the case in the Roan,
Ranebednore, Dumbul, and Kurudjee Talookas. Frequent complaints are received of
the difficulty in procuring subjects for operation, and still greater difficulty in persuad-
ing the people to permit lymph to be taken from the vesicles. Unless a vaccinator is
allowed to take lymph freely, of course his work must be very much diminished, if
not altogether stopped. Regarding the Roan vaccinator, however, I have received so
many complaints of his laziness and irregular way of working that unless he speedily
improves I shall recommend his dismissal. I have also had occasion to reprimand
and fine, several times, the Karudjee and Ranebednore vaccinators; these men it will
also be necessary to replace unless they evince better conduct and pay more attention
to the orders given them. In the Kulladghee District also much apathy and indif-
ference prevails amongst the natives generally, and the Patels and Koolkurnees do
not give that assistance to the vaccinator which they are expected to give.
Inspection of Vaccina-
tions.
7. From the summary of my inspection of the villages' table the result of the
examination of the vaccinators' work will be seen. I have
met with one instance of false entry by a peon whom the
vaccinator sent to vaccinate for him, for which he has been
punished. There were two other questionable cases, one in the work of the Bagulkote
Municipal vaccinator, and the other in that of the Roan Local Fund vaccinator. I
could not satisfactorily prove the two latter cases, as the persons were alleged to have
gone to other places, and the statements of the village officers were so conflicting that
no reliance could be given them. As far, however, as successful cases go, the numbers,
I think, must be viewed with some qualification. They are I believe not so high as
the vaccinators as a body state them, and in some instances of late I have found that
the vaccinators admit their having written cases down as successful which they or
their peons had not seen after the operations. These men I have informed that, if
I again meet with such cases in their returns, more serious notice will be taken of
their misconduct than the infliction of fines. For such cases a column is provided, and
entering cases unseen elsewhere is inexcusable.
New form for Returns of
Vaccination.
8. Regarding the new form brought into use at the commencement of the year,
although printed, and although circulars have been issued
to the vaccinators explaining what re-vaccination is, many
of them seem to have a very indistinct idea of what is really
meant. Some have written a primary case operated on twice as a re-vaccination, and
much extra labour has been thrown on this office by having to return for correction so
many of the vaccinators' returns, and after all they have been found to have been erro-
neously altered. As far as numbers go, the returns are on the whole probably correct