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the number of times he had been to each, and number of children vaccinated, which would
give a fair idea of his industry and the proportion of vaccination in his district.
"I may however observe, that so far as individual usefulness is concerned, and proportionate
reduction of the expense of vaccination, these charges are scarcely extensive enough, so I am
still of opinion that twelve (12) Vaccinators would be sufficient to meet their ordinary require-
ments, and the remaining three (3) might with more advantage be employed in the Central
Districts of Kattywar, or elsewhere in Native States in this Division.
"In reporting the results of operations by men under the Superintendent of Vaccination in
this Division, it has been usual to divide them into the Government and Native Chiefs'
Establishments.*
"The Government Establishment of Vaccinators consists of twenty-three (23) individuals
of different ranks, in which there are at present no vacancies. In the past year one Assistant
Vaccinator was discharged at his own request, one Assistant and one Apprentice were
discharged to make room for two Vaccinators who had been lent to the Guicowar, and
two Assistant Vaccinators were dismissed for misconduct, the vacancies have been filled,
and the Establishment is now at its full strength as sanctioned.
"The returns of work for this Establishment show thirty-six thousand five hundred and
sixty-seven (36,567) persons to have been vaccinated by its means in the year 1856; this
number exceeds the average of the last five years by over six thousand (6,000) ; but it is
less than the amount of work done in the preceding twelve months by eight thousand
five hundred and eighty-nine (8,589) operations.
"This I quite expected, and the causes of it may be satisfactorily explained as follows:—
1st—The withdrawal of one Vaccinator (a fourth of the whole Establishment) from the
Guicowar's populous districts when their work was abundant; 2nd—Time lost in transfer-
ring men to new charges, and the loss of the services of two men for about four months by
their not joining; 3rd—The crowding of Vaccinators in Government districts when vaccina-
tion has been extensively practised; and 4th—As a consequence of the latter circumstance,
a decrease in the number of subjects for vaccination."
Regarding the year 1857 Dr. Lord reports as follows:—
"In my last Annual Report on Vaccination in the Western Division, Guzerat, I brought
the history of transactions down to the 31st March 1857, as I had then entered on a new
charge, and expected soon to be relieved of the vaccinating duties; but the exigencies of the
Service caused this to be postponed till near the close of the year, before which time an
important change, greatly reducing the extent of the Division and number of operators in it,
had taken place.
"This was the transfer to the Civil Surgeon in Kattywar of the superintendence of vaccina-
tions in all districts, under control of that Political Agency, comprising an estimated area of
twenty thousand (20,000) square miles, with about a million and a half (1,500,000) of
inhabitants.
"The Western Division thus reduced in size now comprises—
Government districts under Ahmedabad Collector, including
Gogo Purgunna ..................................................
Mahee Kanta .......................................
Palhunpore, &c. ........................................
Total....
Square Miles.
4,437
4,000
6,041
14,478
Population.
561,557
311,046
365,362
1,237,965
"The Government Establishment of Vaccinators is also reduced from twenty-three (23) to
fifteen (15)—all (with the exception of an Assistant at Deesa) employed in the Government
districts. The Mahee Kanta and the Palhunpore villages are visited by men kept up by the
* A description of the Native Chiefs' Establishment will be found under its proper head hereafter.