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due to establishment having been distributed this season in equal ratio to population in
each district.
Establishment.
1
1
2
1
Native Superintendent.
Head Vaccinator.
First Class Vaccinators.
Second Class Vaccinator.
2
1
1
Third Class Vaccinators.
Apprentice.
Peon.
Raising of lymph.
2. Animal lymph in tubes was supplied from head-quarters in three instalments on
the 17th, 20th, and 24th September. The first and last
proved successful on the 22nd and 29th. From this both
humanized and animal lymph was raised, and a supply distributed to each vaccinator, and
by the 13th of October successful results had been obtained by all.
Season's work.
* The discrepancy between the
census and vaccination returns
is being inquired into.
3. Out of the 420 inhabited villages in the district work was carried on in 441*
and 10,287 operations were performed, against 7,557 last
year. Of these 10,269 were primary operations and 186
re-vaccinations, the percentage of success being 90.4 and 50.
respectively, as compared with 92.6 and 0 in the previous
year. The percentages of unsuccessful and unknown cases
in primary vaccination was 6 and 3.5, as against 4.7 and 2.7 respectively in the preceding
year.
The number of infants successfully vaccinated was 6,234, or 57.5 percent of annual
birth-rate estimated at 40 per 1,000 of population. The average number vaccinated by
each vaccinator was 1,714, or 635 in excess of last year. This is above the average for
the province, and comes third on the list as compared with the other districts. The
season's work compares favourably with last year, and is creditable to the Superintendent
and his staff.
Inspections.
4. Of the 441 villages in which work was performed, 31S were visited by the Super-
intendent, who verified 5,241 cases, or 63.3 per cent. of the
total number vaccinated in his district. The number of
miles travelled by Superintendent during the season was 1,241, or an average of 6.8 daily.
The Superintendent General inspected the work in Anjangnon and Assegaon circles, and
was much pleased with the quality of the vaccination of these circles.
Attitude of the people.
5. No opposition was met with from the people of the Ellichpur District, but the
Kurkus of the Melghat are much opposed to the operation,
and carry the children into jungles at the approach of a
vaccinator. in some instances they opposed the vaccinator by force. This is due chiefly
to ignorance and timidity, which, it is hoped, will be overcome in time. For some time past
the department has been endeavouring to secure the services of a Kurku as a vaccinator,
for these simple people would not be so likely to fear one of themselves as they would a
stranger unable to talk their language. One man did promise Major Mackenzie to take
service on certain conditions as regards food and raiment, which were readily agreed to.
When the time came, however, for him to join Mr. Ballantyne's camp and learn his work
under the vaccinator attached to this officer's camp, he made all sorts of excuses and
never came.
Small-pox.
6. Small-pox in a mild form appeared into the town
of Paratwada during the season, but vaccine operations
were pressed on, both in and around the affected locality.
Conduct of vaccination staff.
7. The conduct of the vaccinators as reported by Superintendent was good. One
man, however, was reduced during the season for careless
work in continuing to propagate indifferent lymph in some of
the villages of his circle.
Native Superintendent Mr. Trimbak Rao is fulfilling my expectations as expressed
in last year's Report. He has performed his duties with tact and intelligence, but there
is room for improvement in personal inspection of work. He submitted a very good and
interesting report.
Inspection of vital statistical
registers.
8. The Superintendent examined the vital statistical registers of 318 villages.
These, with a few exceptions, were generally found written
up to date. The principal mistakes were in the classification
of cause of death. All mistakes noticed were pointed out
to the village writers and explained, and also the object of
Government in requiring this information regarding the domestic occurrences of the
people.
The sanitary condition of villages visited was enquired into in the light of Resident's
Book Circular No. 16 of 1880. As a rule these circular instructions were not attended
to, and in many instances the village officials did not know of the existence of such rules,
though they were always to be found in the Patwari's " Dafter." The Superintendent,