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Changes among Vaccinators.
19. There have been but very few changes among the Vaccinators. In the Go-
vernment establishment, one man, Dossumia Abdulla,
Assistant Vaccinator (General No. 56) of Duscroe
died after a short illness. In the Native States' establishment, Jadevrai Mahadevrai,
Mahee Kanta Vaccinator, was dismissed about the close of the year. He was a very
good Vaccinator, but latterly he would neither obey the Political Agent nor myself.
His place has been filled up by a new hand, Govindrao Balajee, who promises to be
a good, hard working man. In the Pahlunpoor Superintendency, the dismissal of one
Vaccinator, Heerasing Ruttonsing, of Dhanera, was ordered in February 1869. This
man was of a most violent temper, and was constantly abusing, assaulting, and other-
wise ill treating people. He sent in a report in January 1869, regarding an assault
committed upon him by some shepherds. On the other hand, a complaint was pre-
ferred against him by the other party before the Dewan Sahib of Pahlunpoor, of his
having taken a shepherd woman from one village with her child for lymph purposes,
of having committed a criminal assault upon her on the way, and then permitted her
to return to her village. The case was investigated by the Durbar Vukeel, who, by the
desire of the Dewan Sahib, addressed a Yád to the Political Superintendent, urgently
requesting his dismissal. Both the Political Superintendent and I promptly
complied with the request, and Heerasing was virtually dismissed in March 1869.
Failing in his solicitations with me and the Political Superintendent for re-
employment, he seems to have gone and obtained permission of the Pahlunpoor
Durbar to go to work again, and did actually work till August 1869. The Durbar,
when an explanation was asked, put forth the plea that he was only temporarily
re-employed to put down a slight prevalence of small-pox. Whatever may have been
the case, it was a most irregular proceeding. Heerasrag, though dismissed in March,
continued to work till the end of August. It was after several repeated demands that
he was finally dismissed. For filling up the vacancy, I proposed, in the first instance,
that a respectable man should he selected either by the Durbar or the Political Supe-
rintendency, and I would undertake to teach him vaccination. After waiting for some
months, I offered to send a competent person at once. It is now more than a year,
and yet this place remains unfilled. The dismissal of a bad man was a difficulty, but
the filling up of the vacancy with a new man seems to be a greater difficulty. I have
related this instance in detail, in order to show the difficulty of superintendence in
Native States. In fairness, however, it must be stated here that such a difficulty has
only been met with in the Pahlunpoor State. In the Mahee Kanta territories, the
supervision is as perfect and uninterfered with as one could desire. Major Black, the
Political Agent, takes a great interest in vaccination, and exercises great supervision
over the Vaccinators. I can only here express my deep sense of obligation for the
ready help which he has always afforded me.
No case of transmitted Syphilis
seen.
20. From January 1867 up to the end of March 1870 I have inspected 49,571
vaccinated children, but I cannot call to mind a
single case in which there was even a suspicious look