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my experience, means that one will do the work, while the other treats himself
to French leave, or he wanders about on some other profitable excursion, and so
vice versâ by which system they straggle all over, having shared certain portion
of the district between themselves : so by this system they could not be under
the supervision of the Native Supervisor, or Civil Surgeon, whereas the new
system of working together had this advantage. (1) Portions of the district
for working in were allotted from the Civil Surgeon's Office twice a month, by
written orders, and Vaccinators were directed which way to travel, working one
tahsíl at a time, guided by the map given to Native Supervisor for his guide.
By these means the Civil Surgeon knows exactly where to find his men to check
their work. (2) They being together were without excuse under control of the
Native Supervisor, who could check their work without difficulty, and their
weekly returns kept me informed how they were getting on, as these reports
came through the Native Supervisor to Civil Surgeon's Office duly checked
and signed, and certain fixed stations were told off, where the post would meet
them with orders, and the post marked envelopes were kept by Native
Superintendent to check dates of delivery of orders contained when any doubt
was raised as to late delivery. (3) Of course, some slight directions were found
necessary in the case of small villages of a few huts only. The directions in
such instances were that the Vaccinators and the Native Supervisor move on to
a central position where the village was larger than the others, and from these
in two parties worked the small villages around, the Native Supervisor being
helped in his responsibility by the next senior man to him. But in large towns
and villages they worked together. The advantage of this was fixed responsi-
bility with less chance of their meandering about, as their whereabouts were
known to the Civil Surgeon, which they were aware of: then there was better
work and with least risk for making false entries."
Jhelum.—The Civil Surgeon, Lieutenant R. A. Peice, I.M.S., states
"that in this district the vaccination is carried out in the following way: that
is they begin work at the sadar and then two Vaccinators are deputed to one
circle or tahsíl, two others to an adjoining circle, and so on till all the work is
finished in the whole district. In this way thorough supervision is maintained.
Working thus in pairs and in appointed circles of tahsíls, I am of opinion that
the work can be better done and more complete supervision maintained than
by sending men in bodies when probably one or two did the work, while the
others remained idle. In the present way responsibility is divided, and each
pair knows that its work can easily be overlooked."
Rawalpindi-—The Civil Surgeon, Lieutenant-Colonel Stephen Little,
I.M.S., states "that in this district the Vaccinators work in a body, that is the
entire vaccination staff is employed in the same tahsíl at the same time. This
system facilitates the work of supervision and inspection.
2. The working in pairs is understood to mean the deputation of pairs
of Vaccinators to the various tahsíls of the district. Being thus scattered the
supervision of their work is a matter of difficulty."
Peshawar.—The Civil Surgeon, Lieutenant-Colonel B. Doyle, I.M.S.,
reports that "the whole staff is sent to work in one tahsíl. The villages of
the tahsíl are distributed amongst the different Vaccinators and each man
works alone in his villages. The men who finish their villages first are sent
to an allotment of villages in another tahsíl, and each man follows as he has
done his work. There would be no object in men working in pairs in this
district."
Kohat.—The Civil Surgeon, Captain H. Bamfield, I.M.S., states "that
Vaccinators of this district did not work at all in a body, but either singly or
in pairs. The experiment shall be tried this year and a report sent."
Bannu.—The Civil Surgeon, Captain T. Ozard, I.M.S., states "that the
present system of working in bodies which has been in force for the past three
or four years is better than that of their working in pairs, because the whole
staff is properly supervised by the Native Supervisor, and the work is done
more systematically and regularly and that accurate returns are submitted
punctually to the Civil Surgeon's Office, which were often delayed owing to the
Civil Surgeon being unaware of the address of the Native Supervisor and