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"bad". These results show the degree of protection afforded. The greatest
number of inspections was in the Central and Eastern Gujarát Registration Dis-
tricts, whilst the least was in the Western Gujarát Circle.

Inspections without vacci-
nation registers.

The number of children, whose arms were inspected without the register
test, was 9,052, of whom 4,431 were in the Southern,
868 in the Western, 2,330 in the Central Registration
Districts, 403 in Western Gujarát, and 1,020 in Sind.
In Eastern Gujarát no inspections were held without the register test.

Remarks on the work of
Supervising officers.

42. All the supervising officers have worked with energy and zeal through-
out the year, as may be seen by the above results of
their labours.

Work of Inspectors and
Assistant Superintendents.

43. The work of Inspectors and Assistant Superintendents of Vacci-
nation is detailed by districts and circles in the table
subjoined.

33 Inspectors and 6 Assistant Superintendents were on travelling duty.
Of this number, 27 Inspectors and 2 Assistant Superintendents were paid by
Government and the remainder by Native States. The names of 374,816 child-
ren were called from registers, of whom 274,720 were present and 99,476 absent,
but their absence was accounted for, whilst 620 had migrated. Out of 274,720
children inspected 263,784 were protected and in 10,936 cases the operation was
unsuccessful. Again out of 263,784 successful cases 181,008 had " good" cica-
trices, 47,964 " middling " and 34,812 " bad." In the registers tested the
results were entered as 352,365 successful, 8,666 unsuccessful and doubtful,
14,313 unknown or absent, and 528 secondary operations. The greatest number
of villages seen was in Sind. The largest number of children inspected was in
the Central Registration District.

Conduct of inspecting
officers.

44. The conduct of the inspecting officers was
reported to be satisfactory.

Total inspections.

45. Taking the work of all Deputy Sanitary Commissioners, Superintend-
ents, Assistant Superintendents and Inspectors to-
gether there were 4,771 encampments, 87,392 miles
travelled in 8,637 days, and 311,558 children inspected in 13,231 villages. Out
of every 100 persons operated on 32.75 were inspected this year against 33.58
in the preceding year.

Conduct of vaccinators.

46. 8 vaccinators were dismissed, 15 were degraded and reduced, 5
were suspended and 135 were fined, for misconduct,
to the aggregate amount of Rs. 179. With these
exceptions the conduct of the vaccinators was generally good.

Conduct of clerks and kárkúns.

47. Two kárkuns in the Presidency Circle were
fined. All the rest worked to the entire satisfaction
of their superiors.

Inoculation.

48. Inoculation was not practised anywhere in the Presidency Proper; it
was however reported to have been practised during-
March in the Nagar Párkar Táluka in Sind.