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classes of educated people in this country will also learn the same before they
are taught it by the same means through which the Arab has gained his
knowledge; as, although vaccination has made great progress in this Presidency
with satisfactory results and I trust will continue to do so, we cannot expect to
be as yet free from the danger of the occurrence of severe epidemics of the
disease; and it would be well if those who oppose vaccination were more aware
of the fact, and also knew that it is believed that the death-rate among those of
the unvaccinated who are attacked by the disease has greatly increased—in
England it is believed that it is double what it was at the commencement of the
century—among populations in which small-pox has been greatly reduced by
vaccination; the unvaccinated, therefore, although from there being less small-
pox, they are less liable to contract the disease, are much more likely to die if
they do contract it, and in this country, where any day there may be a wide-
spread epidemic that would almost to a certainty bring nearly all of them in
contact with the infection of the disease, there is the greatest probability that a
large majority of those living in infected areas would contract it.
For the information regarding Aden and Southern Arabia I am indebted
to Major J. W. T. Anderson, I.M.S., Civil Surgeon, Aden.
Diagrams showing the death-rate
from small-pox, and the proportion of
population protected against the disease
by vaccination.
51. The two usual diagrams are given.
Tour of the Deputy Sani-
tary Commissioner, Western
Registration District.
52. After returning from Plague duty on the 1st June 1898, the Deputy
Sanitary Commissioner, Western Registration District,
visited the tálukas of Niphád and Chandvad, and
returned to Head-quarters. After the rains he
inspected the tálukas of Niphád, Chándor and Má¬
legaon of the Násik District, and was proceeding to the Dhulia Táluka when
on the 16th November he had to abandon his tour and proceed on Plague duty
to the Dhárwár District.
Tour of the Deputy Sani-
tary Commissioner, Central
Registration District.
53. The Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Central Registration District,
visited the tálukas of Junnar, Khed, Bhimthadi,
Háveli and Sirúr of the Poona Zilla; Nagar and
Jámkhed of the Ahmednager Zilla ; Sholápur and
Pandharpur of the Sholápnr Zilla ; and Sátára, Karád
and Pátan of the Sátára Zilla. During the latter three months of the touring
season the Deputy Sanitary Commissioner was appointed to act as Sanitary
Commissioner, Bombay, and as no substitute was appointed to the former post,
district work was necessarily suspended.
Tour of the Deputy Sani-
tary Commissioner, Southern
Registration District.
54. The Civil Surgeon, Belgaum, acted as Deputy
Sanitary Commissioner throughout the year, and
there was practically no touring done, as this officer is
supposed only to carry on the office work.
Tour of the Deputy Sani-
tary Commissioner, Gujarát
Registration District.
55. At the beginning of the year, Major T. E. Dyson, I. M. S., was on plague
duty in Baroda territory. In April and May 1S9S
he travelled to Ánand and Bulsár at intervals for
plague work. On the 20th May, after office hours.
Lieut.-Colonel K. S. Nariman, I. M. S., took charge
of the office from Major T. E. Dyson, who went on privilege leave; after his
return he was appointed Ophthalmic Surgeon, Jamshedji Jijibhai Hospital,
Bombay, and the charge of the office remained with Lieut.-Colonel K. S. Nariman,
who visited Bulsár and Chorási Tálukas, Surat Zilla, on plague duty, and made
inspections in Surat and Ahmedabad Towns. He also inspected work in Olpád,
Chorási, Bulsár and Jalálpor Tálukas of the Surat Zilla, and in the tálukas of
Sánand, Viramgám and Parántij in the Ahmedabad Zilla.
Tour of the Deputy Sani-
tary
Commissioner,
Sind
Registration District.
56. Up to May the Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, Sind Registration
District, was on plague duty. From June to Novem-
ber he visited the tálukas of Gorabári, Larkhána,
Mehar. Labdarya, Kotri, Sehwan. He returned from
privilege leave in March, was on plague duty in