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vaccinator should visit every village in the táluká within the year, and this
without reference to the number of villages, and the area of the district in his
charge. In my opinion it is impossible to lay down arbitrary rules of this na-
ture without injuriously affecting the quality of the work performed. Many
things—such as the willingness or otherwise of the people to submit their chil-
dren for vaccination, the facilities for the conveyance of vaccine lymph, the na-
ture of the country to be travelled over, assistance or otherwise rendered by the
village officers and many others—have to be taken into consideration. During
the year two of the Assistant Collectors of the Násik Zilhá reported to Govern-
ment that vaccinators of the districts in their charge did not visit all the vil-
lages within the "year, and this was submitted to me for report. One of the
tálukás particularized was that of Báglán, a táluká consisting of two " pethás,"
besides the táluká proper, and having an area of 2,620 square miles and a
population of 96,084 souls. Besides, the greater part of the táluká is hilly
and difficult to travel over. Were it possible, I do not think it desirable, that
the vaccinator should go over the whole in one year; for to enable him to do
so he would have to dispense with arm-to-arm vaccination, and large numbers
would have to be left unvaccinated in every village. Moreover, I do not think
it is desirable much to increase the number of vaccinators. In some places there
are rather more than sufficient already, I fear. In the present state of the
country and of the Department, all that should be done is to urge vaccinators
to perform as much work and overtake as many villages as possible. A vacci-
nator should never leave a village without making endeavours to persuade
every one of the inhabitants to get their children vaccinated. To do this a
great deal of time and patience are necessary, but the gain is great. The
more complete the vaccination of individual villages is carried out, the more
efficient will be the operations of the Department, and there will be less
chance of small-pox gaining a footing therein.

Tour.

69. During the year I visited every Circle in the Presidency. In the
month of May, during the" Rains," and in October,
I had opportunities of frequently seeing the
Superintendent of the Central Circle and his office. In November, after at-
tending the Darbár of His Lordship the Governor General, in Bombay, I
proceeded to Káthiáwád viâ Broach and Gogo. I travelled through the Gogo
Táluká of the Ahmadábád Collectorate and the Bháwanagar State, viâ Bháwa-
nagar and Rájpurá to Songad, inspected the office of the Superintendent
Káthiáwád Circle and work in a few villages. The office was in very good
order, and the work well performed. Returned to Broach viâ Rájpurá, Wartej
and Gogo, in which latter place I inspected the dispensary and vaccination in
the town. These were found satisfactory. Inspected work in the Broach and
Ankleshwar Tálukás of the Broach Collectorate, Northern Circle, and finding
it correct, proceeded to the Native State of Rájpiplá along the Narmadá River