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is revaccinatcd. This course has been pursued during the past four years, and
the unusual number of positive results attending these operations is remarkable.
During the past year 369 prisoners were revaccinated. The lymph was always
obtained from healthy infants who had been vaccinated at the dispensary during
the preceding week. Of 369 revaccinations, 33 presented marks of previous
vaccination, 290 had marks of small-pox and 46 bore marks of inoculation.

The results in the 369 operations were as follow :—

Many of those returned as successful presented perfect vaccine vesicles. In a
large proportion, however, the resulting vesicles were more or less modified, i.e.,
although the vesicles were generally well developed and contained lymph, still
there was little or no inflammatory action present. I regret that I did not record
the successful operations under separate heads, viz., perfect vesicles and modified ;
this will be attended to for the future.

                        SA'WANTWADI DISPENSARY.

Assistant Surgeon Barjorji Ardaseer, G.G.M.C.
Population 8,017.

The number of persons vaccinated during the year was 518 in the town,
local corps lines, and the jail. Of these 352 were primary vaccinations and 166
were revaccinations. Of the former 184 were males and 168 females; 46
were christians, 226 hindus, and 80 musalmans ; 169 were under one year and
183 above one year of age. As regards the result, 336 were successful, 25 un-
successful and doubtful, and 7 unknown. There were 16 operations in excess of
persons. The percentage of success was 93.0.

2.     Of the 166 revaccinations, 98 were successful, 63 unsuccessful, and 5
unknown. The percentage of success in revaccinations was 60.8.

3.     11 primary vaccinations and 1 revaccination were done in the local corps
lines in the sepoys' families.

4.     124 revaccinations were performed in the jail during the year. 102 sub-
jects had previous marks of vaccination and 22 were either inoculated or had the
natural small-pox. The result was as follows :—Amongst those who were pre-

* These 10 prisoners were released before the results of the operation could be ascertained,
but it is only fair to presume that more than half the number were successful.