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tact and supervision displayed by the assistant superintendents of
vaccination.

In Damoh the assistant superintendent toured for 13 days
only and consequently the outturn of inspection work was very
low, i.e., 5.35 for primary and 0.12 for re-vaccination. This is
attributed to the post of the assistant superintendent of vaccina-
tion being allowed to remain vacant from December to April.
Similarly in Seoni the assistant superintendent of vaccination's
inspection is much below the standard and the Civil Surgeon
ascribes this to the fact that the decision of the District Council
regarding the reversion of Wazir Husain and the appointment of
1st grade vaccinator Nasibdad Khan as assistant superintendent,
was pending for some months.

15.    Percentage of success in primary and re-vacci-
nation.—The percentage of success recorded by vaccinators
was 98.82 for primary and 57.49 for re-vaccination. The Civil
Surgeons and assistant superintendents of vaccination during
their inspections found 98.41 and 95.05 success primary and 52.02
and 43.77 for re-vaccinations. These figures appear satisfactory.

16.    Vaccination performed in municipal towns.—
During the year 1924-25 the births registered in municipal towns
and notified areas were 48,953 and deaths among children under
one year of age were 13,604. Of those that remained alive, 31,163
or 88 per cent were successfully vaccinated which shows con-
siderable improvement on the work of the two preceding years
when it was 76 and 77 per cent. In several towns however there are
still large balances of unvaccinated children.

17.    During the tours of inspection my predecessor found
the vaccination work very unsatisfactory in several towns. The
vaccinators' registers, especially the birth registers, were incomplete;
no careful note was made of the unvaccinated children who there-
fore escaped notice. In fact, no organized attempt was made to
enforce the Vaccination Act. It is hoped the Civil Surgeons and
the municipal authorities will give their most earnest attention to
this matter.

18.    Deaths from small-pox.—Deaths from small-pox
numbered 1,911 against 420 in the previous year. Of these, more
than three-fourth occurred in the Berar districts, especially Amraoti,
Akola and Buldana, where the disease was very widespread and
affected many towns and villages. Akot town was badly infected
and 561 attacks with 176 deaths were registered. Being a muni-
cipal area the Vaccination Act is in force there but the municipal