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No. I.
SUPERINTENDENTS.
Superintendents; the Number of Vaccinators employed; the Total Vaccinations performed,
Age, and Result; the Ratio of Successful to Total Vaccinated; and the Average Number of
Vaccinator, for the Year 1861.
Total Number Vaccinated, arranged according to—
Sex.
Males.
5,107
22,142
13,439
22,535
28,034
3,258
94,515
Females.
3,754
20,376
11,952
18,814
21,127
2,842
78,805
Caste.
Hindoos.
5,688
38,505
23,197
35,024
6,374
5,354
114,142
Mussulmans.
1,602
1,498
1,574
4,071
41,314
659
50,718
Christians.
967
1,050
104
4
..
..
2,125
Parsees.
535
..
..
67
..
..
602
Other Castes.
69
1,465
516
2,183
1,473
87
5,793
Age.
Under one
Year.
4,080
5,665
5,541
22,524
13,977
2,911
54,698
Above one
Year.
4,781
36,853
19,850
18,825
35,184
3,189
118,682
Result.
Successful.
7,185
29,799
23,758
36,948
48,602
5,677
161,969
Unsuccessful
891
1,331
949
2,783
225
205
6,384
Doubtful.
785
1,388
684
1,618
334
218
5,027
Ratio per Cent. of Suc-
cessful to Number
Vaccinated.
81.0
93.6
93.5
893
98.8
93.0
93.4
Average Number of
Persons Vaccinated
by each Vaccinator.
2,953
1,417
1,058
1,292
3,277
762
1,548
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TABLE
VACCINATION UNDER
Table of Vaccination under Civil Surgeons and others, arranged according
Number.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
DIVISIONS OF DEPUTY
INSPECTOR GENERAL
OF HOSPITALS.
PRESIDENCY ....
POONA ..........
NORTHERN ......
SOUTHERN . . . . .
SIND ............
ADEN ............
PERSIAN GULF ....
CIVIL STATIONS.
Tanna ................
Alibaugh ..............
Bandora ..............
Coorla ................
Total..
Poona ................
Ahmednuggur ..........
Sattara ................
Sholapore ..............
Dhoolia ................
Nassick ................
Mahableshwur ..........
Total..
Ahmedabad ............
Kaira ..................
Rajcote ................
Surat ..................
Broach ................
Total..
Belgaum ..............
Dharwar
..............
Kolapoor ..............
Rutnagherry ..........
Vingorla
..............
Total..
Kurrachee ..............
Hydrabad ..............
Shikarpoor ............
Civil and Dispensary Hos¬
pitals ................
Total..
Aden ..................
Bushire ................
Grand Total..
Number of Native Vac-
cinators attached.
1
..
..
..
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
..
6
1
1
1
1
1
5
1
1
1
1
..
4
1
1
1
..
3
1
..
20
Total Number Vacci¬
nated.
256
66
90
..
412
1,753
1,119
1,811
1,434
802
1,656
119
8,694
2,820
520
1,123
1,871
1,541
7,875
624
1,087
2,877
522
144
5,254
795
1,675
1,445
689
4,604
945
481
28,265
Compared with last Year.
1860.
221
282
60
22
585
1,889
932
1,803
1,457
899
1,797
84
8,861
2,647
110
966
1,382
1,904
7,009
449
1,052
3,017
544
19
5,081
1,100
1,577
1,423
1,063
5,163
1,150
559
28,408
Increase.
35
..
30
..
..
..
187
8
..
..
..
35
..
173
410
157
489
..
866
175
35
..
..
125
173
..
98
22
..
..
..
..
..
Decrease.
..
216
.. 22
173
136
..
.. 23
97
141
..
167
..
..
..
..
363
..
..
..
140
22
..
..
305
..
..
374
559
205
78
143
Sex.
Males.
143
38
57
..
238
1,055
605
978
679
417
862
60
4,656
1,436
307
600
1,060
991
4,394
369
588
1,455
292
87
2,791
481
860
739
431
2,511
618
263
15,471
Females.
113
28
33
..
174
698
514
833
755
385
794
59
4,038
1,384
213
523
811
550
3,481
255
499
1,422
230
57
2,463
314
815
706
258
2,093
327
218
12,794
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No. II.
CIVIL SURGEONS AND OTHERS.
to Divisions, and showing the Details as in Table No. I. for the Year 1861.
Total Number Vaccinated, arranged according to—
Caste.
Hindoos.
208
49
13
..
270
1,466
959
3,622
769
566
1,355
68
6,805
2,311
311
909
1,363
1,130
6,024
487
878
2,857
444
140
4,806
240
634
817
214
1,905
40
..
19,850
Mussulmans
16
8
11
..
35
256
146
110
378
107
96
42
1,141
497
41
174
368
363
1,443
128
202
20
70
2
428
433
1,025
619
449
2,526
043
457
6,673
Christians.
26
1
43
..
70
29
12
8
1
5
10
8
73
7
..
..
7
3
17
9
5
..
2
2
18
42
16
7
..
65
10
1
254
Parsees.
4
..
21
..
25
2
2
..
..
1
..
1
6
5
1
2
72
45
125
..
..
..
..
..
..
33
..
2
..
35
..
..
191
Other Castes.
2
8
2
..
12
..
..
65
286
123
195
..
669
..
167
38
61
..
266
..
2
..
..
..
2
47
..
..
26
73
252
23
1,297
Age.
Under One
Year.
58
23
18
..
99
636
236
918
532
600
1,016
20
3,964
1,794
363
516
911
856
4,440
295
275
462
79
28
1,139
350
1,027
1,318
213
2,908
117
204
12,871
Above One
Year.
198
43
72
..
313
1,117
883
893
902
202
640
93
4,730
1,026
157
607
960
685
3,435
329
812
2,415
443
116
4,115
445
648
127
476
1,696
828
277
15,394
Result.
Successful.
221
59
76
..
356
1,487
870
1,630
995
800
1,333
89
7,204
2,666
447
972
1,624
1,323
7,032
604
857
2,058
456
141
4,716
709
1,249
1,444
526
3,928
686
481
24,403
Unsuccessful
35
3
10
..
48
118
122
98
236
..
14
20
608
88
55
95
202
107
547
20
204
97
51
3
375
42
184
1
95
322
178
..
2,078
Doubtful.
..
4
4
..
8
148
127
83
203
2
309
10
882
66
18
56
45
111
293
..
26
122
15
..
163
44
242
..
68
354
81
..
1,784
Ratio per Cent. of Suc-
cessful to Number
Vaccinated.
86.3
89.3
84.4
..
80.4
84.8
77.7
90.0
69.3
99.7
80.4
74.7
82.8
94.5
85.9
86.5
86.7
85.8
89.2
96.7
78.8
92.3
87.3
97.9
89.7
89.1
74.5
99.9
76.3
85.3
72.5
100.0
86.3
Average Number of
persons Vaccinated
by each Vaccinator.
256
..
..
..
256
1,753
1,119
1,811
l,434
802
1,056
..
1,429
2,820
520
1,123
1,871
1,541
1,575
624
1,087
2,877
522
..
1,277
795
1,675
1,445
..
1,305
945
..
1,334
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TABLE
VACCINATION UNDER
Table of Vaccination through the Agency of the Native Chiefs, arranged according
for the
Number.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Divisions.
SOUTHERN CIRCLE
..
NORTHERN CIRCLE ..
CENTRAL CIRCLE ....
SOUTHERN CIRCLE ..
KATTYWAR ..........
NORTHERN CIRCLE ..
SOUTHERN CIRCLE ..
STATIONS.
Kolapoor, &c. ..
Mahee and Rewa
Kanta.
Peint (Nassick)..
Sawunt Waree ..
Rajcote ........
Bhooj ........
Hooblee ......
MEDICAL OFFICERS.
Asst. Surg. W. Peach ....
„ Rustomjee Byramjee .
Sub-Asst.Surg. R.Spencer.
Asst. Surgeon W. Peach..
„
R.G. Lord.
Mr. Suddashew Hemraj,
G. M. C.
Sub-Asst. Surgeon Wamon
Wassoodeo.
Total..
Number of Native Vac-
cinators attached.
18
23
1
1
21
4
1
69
Total Number Vacci¬
nated.
11,971
24,216
122
4,645
16,122
26
921
58,023
Compared with last Year.
1860.
9,351
22,888
590
4,585
13,234
104
141
50,893
Increase.
2,620
1,328
..
60
2,888
..
780
7,130
Decrease.
..
..
472
..
..
78
..
..
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No. III.
NATIVE CHIEFS' AGENCY.
to the Divisions of Vaccivation, and showing Details, as in Tables Nos. I. and II.
Year 1861.
Total Number Vaccinated, arranged according to—
Sex.
Males.
6,252
12,548
54
2,432
8,663
15
461
30,425
Females.
5,719
11,668
68
2,213
7,459
11
469
27,598
Caste.
Hindoos.
10,724
20,935
122
4,381
12,919
5
204
40,287
Mussulmans.
747
1,571
..
106
3,171
21
699
6,315
Christians.
21
..
..
158
..
..
1
180
Parsees.
..
2
..
..
..
..
..
2
Other Castes.
479
1,711
..
..
32
..
17
2,239
Age.
Under One
Year.
3,342
9,577
47
796
5,045
1
267
19,075
Above One
Year.
8,629
14,639
75
3,849
11,077
25
654
38,948
Result.
Successful.
11,075
20.829
68
3,997
14,648
27
711
51,349
Unsuccessful.
540
1,915
32
310
826
..
151
3,774
Doubtful.
356
1,472
22
338
648
5
59
2,900
Ratio per Cent. of Suc-
cessful to Number
Vaccinated.
92.5
86.0
55.7
86.0
90.8
80.7
77.1
88.4
Average Number of
persons Vaccinated by
each Vaccinator.
665
1,052
122
4,645
767
6
921
841
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TABLE
GENERAL ABSTRACT OF VACCINATION
DESIGNATION OF TABLES.
No.1, Vaccination under Superintendents ..........
No. 2,
Ditto under Civil Surgeons, &c. ........
No. 3,
Ditto by the Native Chiefs' Agency
....
Total..
Total Number Vaccinated.
173,380
28,265
58,023
259,668
Compared with last Year.
1860.
195,132
28,408
50,893
274,433
Increase.
....
....
7,130
....
Decrease.
21,752
143
....
14,765
Sex.
Males.
94,515
15,471
30,425
140,411
Females.
78,865
12,794
27,598
119,257
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No. IV.
FOR THE YEAR 1861.
Total Number Vaccinated, arranged according to—
Caste.
Hindoos.
114,142
19,850
490,287
183,279
Mussulmans.
50,718
6,673
6,315
63,706
Christians.
2,125
254
180
2,559
Parsees.
602
191
2
795
Other Castes.
5,793
1,207
2,239
9,329
Age.
Under One
Year.
54,698
12,871
19,075
80,644
Above One Year.
118,682
15,394
38,948
173,024
Result.
Successful.
161,909
24,403
51,349
237,721
Unsuccessful.
6,384
2,078
3,774
12,236
Doubtful.
5,027
1,784
2,900
9,711
Ratio per Cent. of Successful to
Number Vaccinated.
93.4
86.3
88.4
91.5
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TABLE OF AGES.
Vaccination in 1861, arranged according to Ages, whether performed under or above
One Year of Age.
ESTABLISHMENTS. &c.
I. Superintendents ...................
II. Civil Surgeons and other ..............
III. Native Chiefs' Agency .................
Total..
I—Superintendents.
Presidency Division .................
Central Circle .......................
Southern Circle .......................
Norhern Circle ....................
Sind Division ....................
Kattywar Division .................
II.—Civil Surgeons and others.
Tanna ..........................
Alibaugh .....................
Bandora ......................
Poona ............................
Ahmednuggur .......................
Sattara ...........................
Sholapore ........................
Dhoolia ..........................
Nassick .....................
Mahableshwur .....................
Ahmedabad ..........................
Kaira .........................
Rajcote ...........................
Surat ..........................
Broach ........................
Belgaum ..........................
Dharwar .............................
Kolapoor ............................
Rutnagherry .....................
Vingorla ...............................
Kurrachee .........................
Hydrabad ...........................
Shikarpoor ..........................
Sind Civil and Dispensary Hospitals....
Aden ..............................
Bushire .......................
III.—Native Chiefs'
Agency.
Kolapoor, &c. ......................
Mahee and Rewa Kanta ............
Peint (Nassick) ..................
Sawunt Waree ..................
Rajcote ..................
Bhooj ................................
Hoblee ...........................
AGE.
Under One
Year.
54,698
12,871
19,075
86,644
4,080
5,665
5,541
22,524
13,977
2,911
58
23
18
636
236
918
532
600
1,016
26
1,794
363
516
911
856
295
275
46-2
79
28
350
1,027
1,318
213
177
204
3,342
9,577
47
706
5,045
1
267
Above One
Year.
118,682
15,394
38,948
173,024
4,781
36,853
19,850
18,825
35,184
3,189
198
43
72
1,117
883
893
902
202
640
93
1,026
157
607
960
685
329
812
2,415
443
116
445
648
127
476
828
277
8,629
14,639
75
3,849
11,077
25
654
DIFFERENCE.
Under.
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
3,699
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
25
..
398
376
..
768
206
..
..
171
..
..
..
..
..
..
379
1,191
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
Above.
63,984
2,523
19,873
86,380
701
31,188
14,309
..
21,207
278
140
20
54
481
647
..
370
..
..
67
..
..
91
40
..
34
537
1,053
364
88
95
..
..
263
711
73
5,287
5,062
28
3,053
6,032
24
387
Total
Vaccinated.
173,380
28,265
58,023
259,668
8,861
42,518
25,394
41,349
49,161
6,100
256
66 90
1,753
1,119
1,811
1,434
802
1,656
119
2,820
620
1,123
1,871
1,541
624
1,087
2,877
522
144
795
1,675
1,445
689
945
481
11,971
24,216
122
4,645
16,122
26
921
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EMPLOYMENT RETURN OF SUPERINTENDENTS OF
VACCINATION FOR THE YEAR 1861.
CENTRAL CIRCLE.
Superintendent.—Assistant Surgeon F. H. PLUMPTRE.
MONTHS.
January ....
February ....
March ......
April ......
May
........
June ......
July
.......
August ....
September ..
October ....
November ..
December ..
Total..
Number of
Stations
visited.
9
10
9
5
2
..
..
..
..
2
7
1
45
Distance
travelled.
88 Miles.
113
do.
105
do.
135
do.
55
do.
..
..
..
..
22
do.
73
do.
11½ do.
602½ Miles.
Number of
Travelling
Days.
8
9
9
4
2
..
..
..
..
1
6
3
42
Number of
Children
inspected.
80
273
216
229
..
..
..
..
..
260
230
168
1,459
SUMMARY OF REMARKS.
6 Villages visited and inspected.
13
Do.
do.
13
Do.
do.
8
Do.
do.
On leave from 1st to 14th June ; 23rd
at Poorundhur.
Monsoon, and passing Examina¬
tion.
6 Villages inspected.
7
Do.
do.
6 Villages inspected by Assistant
Surgeon Asher from 10th.
SOUTHERN CIRCLE.
Superintendent.—Assistant Surgeon W. PEACH, M.D.
MONTHS.
January ....
February ....
March ......
April .........
May ........
June ......
July
......
August
....
September ..
October
....
November
..
December ..
Total..
Number of
Stations
visited.
10
12
16
13
18
..
..
..
..
..
6
..
75
Distance
travelled.
95 Miles.
144
do.
143
do.
139
do.
180
do.
..
..
..
..
..
99
do.
..
800 Miles.
Number of
Travelling
Days.
12
11
13
13
17
..
..
..
..
..
10
..
76
Number of
Children
inspected.
644
257
17
120
250
..
..
..
..
..
642
..
1,930
SUMMARY OF REMARKS.
21 Villages inspected.
6
Do.
do.
Monsoon.
Return by Deputy Superintendent
of Vaccination, Sub-Assistant Sur-
geon Wamon Wassoodeo.
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SIND DIVISION.
Superintendent. — Assistant Surgeon T. E. P. MARTIN.
MONTHS.
January ....
February ....
March .....
April ......
May ......
June .....
July
August
...
September .
October ...
November ..
December ..
Total
Number of
Stations
visited.
12
9
12
14
8
18
12
..
1
9
17
15
127
Distance
travelled.
140 Miles.
103 do.
141 do.
186 do.
84 do.
162 do.
96 do.
..
..
122 do.
226 do.
197 do.
1,457 Miles.
Number of
Travelling
Days.
12
9
12
14
8
18
12
..
3
9
17
15
129
Number of
Children
inspeted.
1,020
1,100
1 ,600
3,000
100
625
567
85
65
370
1,120
1,532
11,174
SUMMARY OF REMARKS.
20 Villages visited
between the
Stations.
75
Do.
do.
do.
85
Do.
do.
do.
106
Do.
do.
do.
51
Do.
do.
do.
23
Do.
do.
do.
Stationary at Tattee, on account
of the inundation.
Do.
do.
do.
89 Villages visited
between
the
Stations.
99
Do.
do.
do.
548 Villages
visited between the
Stations.
NORTHERN CIRCLE.
Superintendent.—Assistant Surgeon RUSTOMJEE BYRAMJEE.
MONTHS.
January ....
February ....
March
......
April
May
June
July
August
....
September ..
October ....
November ..
December ..
Total ..
Number of
Stations
visited.
..
..
..
..
6
..
..
..
..
6
9
7
28
Distance
travelled.
..
..
..
..
57 Miles.
..
..
..
.. 47 do.
75
do.
49
do.
228 Miles.
Number of
Travelling
Days.
..
..
..
..
6
..
..
..
.. 6
9
6
27
Number of
Children
inspected.
..
..
..
..
43
..
..
..
..
173
131
219
566
SUMMARY OF REMARKS.
Office in charge of Civil Surgeon,
Ahmednbad.
Monsoon.
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KATTYWAR CIRCLE.
Superintendent.—Assistant Surgeon R. G. LORD.
MONTHS.
January ...
February ....
March
......
April
......
May
June
........
July
......
August ....
September ..
October ....
November ..
December ..
Total..
Number of
Stations
visited.
8
5
20
13
3
9
..
..
..
..
..
..
58
Distance
travelled.
144 Miles.
74 do.
206 do.
59 do.
24 do.
98 do.
..
..
..
..
..
..
605 Miles.
Number of
Travelling
Days.
13
5
19
11
2
8
..
..
..
..
..
..
58
Number of
Children
inspected.
150
..
235
33
20
44
..
..
..
..
..
..
482
SUMMARY OF REMARKS.
Monsoon.
Office in charge of Acting Civil
Surgeon.
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No. 791 OF 1862.
GENERAL DEPARTMENT,
Bombay Castle 7th May 1862.
To the PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR GENERAL, Medical Department.
CIVIL PAYMASTER.
Copy of the Resolution passed by Government on a Letter from the Principal
Inspector General Medical Department, No. 712, dated 9th April 1862,
forwarding Extracts from the Reports of Superintendents of Vaccination
for the past year 1861.
The Governor in Council regrets to learn that there has been a falling
off in the number of vaccinations during the year under report to the extent
of 14,000 compared with the number of vaccinations performed during the
preceding year. Of the decrease in question more than one-half, or 10,407
cases, took place in the Sind Circle, which is ascribed chiefly to sickness
among the Vaccinators, as also to changes in the establishment. There was
also a decrease of 10,513 cases in the Southern Circle.
2. The Governor in Council is of opinion that the scheme, which was
sanctioned by the Resolution of the 20th November 1860, No. 2250, will in
time prove to be well calculated to promote the efficiency of the Department,
by affording to each Superintendent the assistance of two Sub-Assistant
Surgeons as deputies to aid him in supervising the Native Vaccinators. Its
apparent want of success seems at first to be owing solely to the circumstance
that the number of Native Medical Graduates is as yet insufficient to make
these appointments as profitable as the private practice which attracts our
graduates to establish themselves in the principal towns in this Presidency.
3. This in itself is a gratifying fact. It satisfactorily denotes the benefit
which the people are deriving from the education imparted at the Grant
Medical College. It shows that the fear that the profession of the European
system of Medicine would not sufficiently command the confidence of the
people to provide a remunerative field of practice to the graduates of the
College has proved unfounded, and that on the contrary there is a very
encouraging field open to them.
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4. The Principal Inspector General reports in paragraph 11 that only-
one of the Sub-Assistant Surgeons who had been appointed to the Department
remains.
5. It is so essential to the due discharge of their duties by these
assistants that nothing should be opposed to their being active in their
movements, that the Governor in Council considers it would be proper to
assign to them a travelling allowance, and is therefore pleased to sanction
their drawing, whilst moving through their Circles, a daily allowance of
Rs. 1 ½ per diem, if the charge can be provided for from the sum estimated for
in the Budget.
6. The percentage of successful operations is reported to amount to 91.5
per centum in the Mofussil, whilst in the Bombay Circle the percentage is
only 81. The Governor in Council fears that these figures indicate that the
returns of the Vaccinators in the Mofussil, which cannot be so well tested
as the returns of the Vaccinators in Bombay, are not so trustworthy. There
is no reason why the operations in the Mofussil should be so much more
successful than in Bombay.
7. The question of admitting Vaccinators to the benefits of the Pension
Rules is under reference to the Government of India, whose reply, as soon
as received, will be communicated to the Principal Inspector General.
A. D. ROBERTSON,
Acting Chief Secretary to Government.
BOMBAY : PRINTED AT THE EDUCATION SOCIETY'S PRESS, BYCULLA.
REPORT
ON
VACCINATION THROUGHOUT THE BOMBAY
PRESIDENCY AND SIND,
FOR THE YEAR 1862.
Bombay:
PRINTED FOR GOVERNMENT
AT THE
EDUCATION SOCIETY'S PRESS, BYCULLA.
1863.
REPORT
ON
VACCINATION THROUGHOUT THE BOMBAY
PRESIDENCY AND SIND,
FOR 1862.
No. 758 OF 1863.
From The PRINCIPAL INSPECTOR GENERAL, Medical Department,
To the SECRETARY to GOVERNMENT, General Department.
Bombay, 31st March, 1863.
SIR,—I have the honor to submit to His Excellency the Governor in
Council, the Annual Report on Vaccination for 1862. It consists,
1st,—of a statement, by myself, of the working of the Department during
the year;
2ndly,—of extracts from the reports by the Superintendents of Vaccination
and by Civil Surgeons, and
3rdly,—of tabulated figured results.
2. With the exception of Bombay itself, and of the provinces of Sind and
Kattiawar, each of the Circles of Vaccination was slightly changed in extent
towards the close of the year, and one additional Circle was formed. Thus the
district of North Canara, which was recently transferred from the Madras to
the Bombay Presidency, was added to the Southern Circle; and the Collectorate
of Sholapoor was removed from that Circle to the Central one. Again, the
Punch Mahal territory, recently ceded by his Highness Scindia, and the States
of the Native Chiefs in the Rewa Kanta, were separated from the Northern
Circle, and placed under the superintendence of the Medical Officer of the
Gujerat Bheel Corps.
3. Consequent upon these changes, the Circles now stand as follows :—
I.—The Northern Circle, consisting of the Collectorates of Ahmedabad,
Kaira, and Surat, the Sub-Collectorate of Broach, and the
territories of the Chiefs in the Mahee Kanta, and of Rajpeepla
and Pahlunpoor.
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II.—The Central Circle, consisting of the Collectorates of Tanna,
Kandeish, Poona, Ahmednuggur, and Sholapoor, and of the
Peint State.
III.—The Southern Circle, consisting of the Collectorates of Sattara,
Rutnagherry, Belgaum, Dharwar, and North Canara, of the
Kolapoor and Sawunt Waree States, and of the territories of the
Jagheerdars in the Southern Mahratta country.
IV.—The Rewa Kanta Circle, consisting of the territories of the Chiefs
in the Rewa Kanta, and of the British Punch Mahal territory.
V.—The Kattiawar Circle.
VI.—The Sind
ditto.
VII.—The Presidency ditto.
4. The arrangement with regard to the Rewa Kanta is solely due to
the advocacy of the Political Agent, Major Buckle. He represented that
small-pox was one of the most prevalent diseases in those districts, and stated
his conviction that good operators and good supervision would save life to such
an extent, that in fifteen years there would be a material increase in the amount
of the population.
5. The arrangement only came into effect in December. The returns for
last year are consequently included in those of the Northern Circle. For the
current year they will of course stand by themselves. The establishment con-
sists of eleven Vaccinators. Four are stationed in the Punch Mahals and are
paid by Government, while seven are employed by Native Chiefs in the Rewa
Kanta, under the Political Agent.
6. Vaccination in those districts has not hitherto been in a satisfactory
state. It was almost impossible for the Superintendent of the Northern Circle
to exercise an adequate supervision over so large a tract of country, in
addition to the remainder of his very extensive range. He, moreover, repre-
sented that the prejudices against Vaccination in the Rewa Kanta were
exceedingly strong. It is to be hoped, however, that under the fostering care
of the Political Agent, matters will improve; and that as the Medical Officer,
now entrusted with the duty, lives within the province, his personal influence
and frequent tours will have the effect of overcoming all obstacles to its
general diffusion.
7. With regard to the arrangements in North Canara, I have to report that
on the transfer, last year, of that district to this Presidency, it appeared to me,
after making enquiry into the subject, that the state of Vaccination was by no
means satisfactory. It was pronounced, indeed, by Dr. Ross, the Civil
Surgeon at Honore, a Madras Medical Officer, to be " radically bad."