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9.    The greatest increase in any one Circle was in the Northern. Dr. Dick
attributes it very much to the more effectual assistance which was afforded
by the Native officials, in consequence of the strict orders issued by the Civil
authorities. As doubtless, however, equally strict orders were given by the
Civil authorities in all other parts of the Presidency, I am inclined to regard
it as due mainly to his own unwearied exertions.

10.     Dr. Beatty seems to attribute the improvement shown in the returns
from his Circle chiefly to a plan which he adopted for facilitating the work
of his vaccinators, by arranging personally with Native officials for the vacci-
nation of children in the districts through which he passed. Thus, after
having inspected the work and register of a vaccinator, and satisfied himself
as to the quality of the lymph, he proceeded in advance, visiting the villages
and towns on his route, and collecting the children. With the aid of the
patel and kulkurnee, a list of all unvaccinated children was then made out,
signed, and forwarded to the vaccinator who was to follow.

11.    The particulars of the plan will be found in the extracts from his report,
and as I consider the mode of procedure very judicious, I would commend it to
the consideration of the other Superintendents. Dr. Pinkerton adopted a
somewhat similar plan in the districts through which he travelled in Sind.

12.     Out of the total number of operations, about 10 per cent. proved
unsuccessful. Thus out of 267,995 vaccinations, 243,138 were reported as
successful. Every practicable means appear to have been taken by the
Superintendents to test, personally and otherwise, the accuracy of the returns
of their vaccinators, and there is good reason to believe that in the main
they are correct. Two instances of falsification, however, came to light in
Sind, one in Canara, and one in the Central Circle. It should therefore be
understood that the figures are to be regarded, not in the light of perfect
accuracy, but merely as an approximation to it.

13.     In reporting the case of falsification in the Central Circle, Dr. Beatty,
who has had a very large and very lengthened experience, and who is there-
fore not likely to be mistaken, stated that with that one exception, the returns
had invariably been found correct, and that the reported percentage of suc-
cessful cases was " as near an approximation to truth as possible."

14.     Dr. Dick also, after examining the work of no less than 29 vacci-
nators, and verifying their returns, states that he failed to discover any false
names recorded, and that he is "satisfied that falsification does not take
place to any great extent."

15.     With regard to sex—

This relative proportion corresponds very closely with that of previous years.