( iv )

There are only six vaccinators in this Presidency paid by Government;
they are 2 (civil) for Rájkot and Dísá and 4 (military) for the canton-
ments of Púná, Mhow, Nímach and Nasirábád: all the others are paid
from local funds, municipal funds and native states. From the above
table it will be seen that there are 6 government, 48 municipal, 202
local funds' and 125 native states' vaccinators: total 381. There are
420 peons. Nearly all vaccinators have a peon, each assistant super-
intendent has one, each superintendent has 4 and so also has the Super-
intendent General 4. There are, as compared with 1872-73, exactly the
same number of government vaccinators, 1 more local fund vaccinator,
but 3 fewer municipal and 6 more native states : on the whole there is an
increase of 4. At the end of the official year the Presidency circle estab-
lishment of municipal vaccinators was increased by 5 at the cost of 6
peons who were reduced ; so there are now in Bombay city 16 vacci-
nators and 5 peons. Just about the close of the year a municipal
vaccinator was appointed for Dhárwád and one is to be appointed for
Kárwár and another for Gulatgad. The municipal vaccinators for Bárá-
mati and Khánápur were abolished in July and November and the
Wálwá and Karhád municipal vaccinators were abolished at the end of
the year. The increase of vaccinators in native states is owing to the
Chief of Sánglí appointing a vaccinator in each of his districts of Shir-
hattí and Mangalvedhá. The Chief of Miraj appointed a second vacci-
nator for Lakshameshwar. H. H. Mír Alí Murád has appointed a second
vaccinator and in Kutch there was an increase of two.

Total number of persons
vaccinated and revaccinated.

5. The number of persons vaccinated last year is more, in nearly all
circles than in the year preceding, but the rate of
increase differs a good deal in the different cir-
cles, which I shall notice further on.

The following figures show the number of persons who were vacci-
nated and revaccinated in the year 1873-74 and the preceding one:—

There is thus an increase, as compared with the preceding year, of 63,866
persons operated on. This increase is the largest that has over been made
in any one year and it is distributed as follows :—