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objects. Though these appointments have been abolished, I may state that the
municipal towns will be as much attended to as before. The Sángolá Táluká
of the Sholápur Collectorate formerly was part of the Sátárá Zilhá, and the
vaccinator maintained there was on the same footing as the Sátárá vaccina-
tors, and the appointment was abolished in August last for the same reason.

17. Notwithstanding that the number of vaccinators was the same in
the past as in the previous year, the number of persons vaccinated in the
former amounted to 60,676 or 24,180 in excess of the latter. The following
shows the increase and decrease according to Circles.

Thus the largest increase recorded is in the Presidency Circle. The
causes of this are these : for eight months of 1870-71 there were six vaccina-
tors only, and all the operations performed during that period were credited to
Government establishment. From the 1st of December these were transferred
to the municipality, their number increased to eleven, and the operations per-
formed during the remainder of the year, credited to Municipal establishment.
In the past year, however, there were 11 vaccinators paid by the municipality
and employed during the whole year. The real increase in the number vac-
cinated in the city of Bombay is 3,710 persons. The average number of
operations performed by each vaccinator in 1870-71 was 1,068, while in 1871-72
each vaccinator operated on 1,405 persons, thus showing, that the increase is
not entirely due to increase of establishment. To the prevalence of small-
pox (always when present, a great cause of increase), and to the activity and
industry of Mr. Anantá and his subordinates, the increase must be in a great
measure due. But to this ought, I think, to be added, increased appreciation
of the prophylactic by the people. The increase in Sindh is due to increase of
establishment, but the causes of increase in the other Circles it is difficult to
determine, especially in the case of the Central Circle, where an actual de-
crease of three vaccinators took place. It is probably due to increased appre-