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The number of operations is 387 more than in 1885-86. The percentage
of success claimed by the Vaccinators is 96, almost the same as in the pre-
vious year.

The Civil Surgeen was 38 days on tour, visited 153 villages, and saw 2,613
vaccinated children. The Native Superintendent was on tour 146 days, visited
740 villages, and inspected 10,622 vaccinated persons. He vaccinated a consi-
derably smaller number of children than he did last year as he devoted himself
more to inspection.

The Civil Surgeon says that he has attended to the usual routine of his
duties satisfactorily during the year.

The Civil Surgeon reports as last year that in the small villages the Mal-
guzars are ready to help and vaccination is readily carried out, but in many of
the large ones there is very great difficulty, the Malguzars giving no assistance
especially in villages in which there are two or more of them.

The Civil Surgeon names the following persons as having given aid to the
Vaccinators and Hospital Assistants in their work.

Sheik Bhikan, Conservancy Darogah at Hinganghat, who, as in former
years, gave much assistance.

Dajiba,            Malguzar of Birool.

Mahade Rao             „            Kamgaon.

Bapoojee Janardhan „           Wadneira.

Harihar Rao             „           Janona.

The Kamdar of Bhidee.
The 2 Malguzars of Khudda.
Dhavajee Dhotia, Malguzar of Ellikeli.
Mahadeo Rao            „           Anji.

Beerbul                     „           Kharangna.

Anthajee Kamdar of Talegaon.

Narayan Sakharan                  Ashti, Kamdar of Bhisnur.

Seetaram Marwaree Malguzar of Wathora.
Govind Rao Kamdar of Bharaswan.

Ram chandra Jairam              Malguzar and Honorary Magis-

trate of Sindi.

                              DISPENSARY VACCINATION.

All the Hospital Assistants, except the one at Sindhi, operated on a larger
number of children than in 1880-86, but with the exception of that at Deoli,
where it was 66, the increase is very small. There is very decided difficulty in
carrying on vaccination in the dispensary towns. The Civil Surgeon mentions
that at Hinganghat, although 9 children were attacked by small-pox and 1 died,
all Marwarees, yet, on his sending the Native Superintendent with lymph, only 1
Marwaree child was vaccinated, even after the Tahsildar had tried his best to
persuade them to accept the protection.

                                        SMALL-POX.

There were 180 cases and 31 deaths reported. In one village with a popula-
tion of 767, in which 16 cases occurred, only 12 children could be vaccinated, and