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VACCINATION IN THE PUNJAB.
[Part II.
His Honor the Lieu¬
tenant-Governor's
remarks.
The Government resolution upon the Superintendent General's report ex¬
presses the satisfaction of the Lieutenant-Governor of the Provinces at the
results which have been attained, and the general working of the department,
as follows:—
" In conclusion, I am to convey the Lieutenant-Governor's thanks to you and to your
officers for your labours in the past year, and his acknowledgments of the assistance rendered
by the official and non-official gentlemen whose names are mentioned in the report. The time
that must elapse before the enormous population of these provinces can be effectually protected
against small-pox must be long ; but there is no department of the administration in which
more real and more valuable progress has been made than in this. Although the remarkable
results which have been obtained in the hill districts of Kumaon and Gurhwal have doubtless
been arrived at under far more favorable conditions than those which exist in the plains,
those results are full of encouragement. Sir John Strachey well remembers the terrible
epidemics of small-pox by which, before you commenced your work some twenty years ago,
these districts were constantly ravaged; and the prejudices and suspicions of the people in
regard to vaccination were then as strong as they now are in any other part of these provinces.
It may now be said without exaggeration, and with certainty, that, owing to your exertions,
small-pox in Kumaon and Gurhwal has been extirpated as an epidemic disease. The people
have learned by experience the value of vaccination, and their prejudices against it have almost
disappeared. There is no reason why, with time and perseverance, similar results should not be
obtained throughout these provinces. Sir John Strachey has long watched your operations
with interest, and he now desires, as Lieutenant-Governor of these Provinces, to thank you on
the part of the Government for the excellent services which you have rendered to the country.'
VACCINATION IN THE PUNJAB.
Superintendence.
Hot-weather employ¬
ment.
Lymph supply.
Localities visited.
Surgeon-Major A. M. Garden, the Superintendent General, submits the
report. He was assisted by Surgeon J. Bennett, M. D., who officiated as
superintendent for Dr. Newton. Surgeon Massy acted for Dr. Bennett from
1st January to 19th March, during which period the former officer was
unfitted by illness for his duties. The Superintendent General worked in the
Simla hills during the hot months, and the superintendent in the Hazara
and Murree hills, and thus kept up vaccination and collected an ample
supply of lymph wherewith to commence operations at the beginning of the
working season in the plains. Dr. Garden commenced the season's work in the
Kangra district, and thence psssed on to Gurdaspore, Delhi, Kurnaul, Ludiana,
and Jullunder, while the attention of the superintendent was devoted to
Amritsur, Lahore, Gujranwalla, Gujrat, and Sialkote; and a native superin-
tendent carried on work in the Jhelum district.
Comparative
sum-
mary of results.
The following statement exhibits comparatively the work of the year and
that of the five preceding seasons:—