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to work at Dantha, the chief place in his charge. I then moved on to Mhowa, where I left the
Bhownuggur Vaccinator, and travelled along the coast to Channchbunder and Jafferabad, from
thence to Roeensa, from which place I went to Dudden, to visit the Government Vaccinator
employed in Babriawar, found his lymph good, and endeavoured to obtain him some aid in
extending his operations. After this I travelled to Oona and Dilwarra—two large tows in the
Joonaghur territory,—where Small-pox had lately prevailed, and the people applied for a Vac-
cinator to be sent. From Oona marched to Koreenar, in His Highness the Guicawar's districts,
and thence to Verawul Vuttun—sea-port towns belonging to Joonaghur ; here I found the
Vaccinator who had come so far on his way to Oona, but was vaccinating at Verawul, directed
him to finish there as soon as possible, and go on to the other district, as the people wished.
On the evening of my arrival at Puttun (27th May), I received an order from the Superintend-
ing Surgeon to return forthwith to Rajcote and assume charge of the Regimental and Station
duties there, which I did on the morning of the 4th June, and was unable for the rest of the
year to leave that station.
REPORT FOR 1859.
THE Supreme Government, deeming a fuller trial of the system of vaccination in operation
in Kattywar desirable, have again accorded sanction to its being continued for another year,
that is, till the end of June 1859, when its working is to be reported on. It is therefore a
subject of regret that the exigencies of the Service should have caused a restriction to be
placed on the Superintendent's movements for the last seven months of the past year, by
necessitating his being employed constantly during that period in doing Regimental and
Station duties, so as to be unable, even for a day, to proceed into his districts, in many parts of
which his presence would have aided matters much. As a result of this, a slight falling off
is noticeable, not only in the number of operations, but also in the strength of Native Chiefs
Establishment of Vaccinators, the latter being caused by Chiefs not having replaced men who
have been discharged or have given up the service. I may, however, add that the check thus
given to our operation is, I have every reason to believe, only temporary, and that, since I
have been able to proceed into the districts—which I did on 2nd January,—I have succeeded in
arranging for filling up most of the vacancies on the Native Chiefs Establishment, which
will complete its strength to about twenty or more Assistant Vaccinators, which, I think, it
should always average. The amount of work obtained from the Vaccinators, judging from
comparison with what is done in Government districts, appears to me not equal to the means
employed ; and with the view to improving it, and bringing the Establishment generally under
more regular control, I have, from to time time, proposed some alterations in matters of
detail, but have almost invariably found that it was considered that the taking of these Vacci-
nators, as it were, too much into our own hands, and thus making them look to us more than
to their own immediate employers, would be a very unwise course to enter upon, and tend to
make the system generally unpopular with those to whom we look to pay for and support it.
In this view I am oblige to acquiesce, so can only endeavour, through the employers or their
agents, to obtain the best returns of work I can from the Vaccinators. For the Government
Vaccinators too, as in Government districts, I endeavoured to obtain the assistance of Peons;
but this, on grounds already stated in a former report, has been denied. In their stead, and
to facilitate the transfer of lymph from village to village, which at present forms one of the
difficulties that stand in our way, it is proposed to offer payment, from local funds, to parents
who take their children to other villages for the purpose of conveying infection, and thus
induce them to go willingly. Of this measure, if sanctioned by Government, trial will be
made, and the result hereafter reported.