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too late then to try to introduce the system in the interior of the district. From the district
Inspector's report it appears that lymph was taken from the calves on the 6th and 7th days,
and that it would be difficult to introduce the system through Hindu vaccinators, who would
object to make punctures on calves or cows. In my opinion this difficulty could be easily
overcome by asking the District Inspector, who is a Muhammadan, to do these operations
himself during his tour of inspection. The other difficulty raised by the District Inspector
is that the villagers will object to have only one or two calves operated on, as they hold that
the other cows and calves in their villages would die of cow-pox if not similarly protected.
This could be easily overcome by having all the animals operated on in each village when
the system is introduced by a paid Muhammadan vaccinator, as I understand the villagers
would gladly pay a reasonable and low fee for each animal thus operated on. The District
Inspector could then have an assistant to help him in operating on cows."
Murshidabad.—The Civil Surgeon, Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel Meadows,
reports:—
" Three calves were vaccinated—two with lanoline vaccine paste, and one with human
lymph, and all have proved unsuccessful. The last was done under my personal supervision,
and I saw that the rules were carefully carried out; while the two former at the jail were
under supervision of my jail native doctor, a very careful officer, who vouches also for proper
care being exercised. I have sent for another supply of lanoline lymph to make further
experiments. I don't know what success calf vaccination in other places may have been, but
judging from what I see, the simplest plan to insure success would be to send an intelligent
vaccinator to the Calf Inoculation Depôt to learn how to perform calf vaccination properly.
Then he would be able on his return to teach others.
Dinajpur.—Dr. Blaker, the Civil Medical Officer, reports:—
" In the latter part of September last, when Dr. Dyson visited this district, he asked
me to introduce the system of vaccination with lymph direct from the calf, obtaining the
calves for the purpose from the villagers. In October I began by vaccinating calves in the
jail where the Inspector, Sub-Inspectors and some vaccinators were instructed in vaccinating
the calf and removing lymph when mature. Once the new system was introduced in the
town, it continued throughout the season, entirely taking the place of arm-to-arm vaccination.
The Inspector and Sub-Inspectors were then sent out to different parts of the district to
introduce calf vaccination and were fairly successful. I was fortunate in the Inspector and
Sub-Inspectors having at once entered with zeal into the scheme, for at first it caused a deal
of travelling backwards and forwards to teach the vaccinators the operation both of vaccinating
the calves and removing the lymph from them when mature. The people of the place,
both Hindu and Muhammadan, have no objection to the use of the lymph from the calf.
Calves are procurable for the purpose from all the villages, and I hope, with my present staff
for the next season, to have fresh calf lymph for use all over the district. I would invite
special attention to the services rendered in the introduction of the calf lymph system by the
Inspector Soshi Bhusan Ganguli, who deserves encouragement. I wish to retain him in this
district this year."
Jalpaiguri.—The Civil Medical Officer, Dr. Hendley, reports:—
" The instructions received from the Sanitary Commissioner were forwarded to the
District Inspector and the two Sub-Inspectors on 1st March last for distribution and instruc-
tion of the vaccinators how to carry out calf vaccination, stating that the Civil Surgeon would
make a tour of inspection later to see what progress has been made, but when I made the
tour I found that nothing had been done about it. In the jail I had three calves vaccinated
by the town vaccinator under my personal supervision, all of which were unsuccessful."
Puri.—The Civil Medical Officer, Dr. Banks, reports:—
" I had only six weeks at my disposal when I received notice for the first time to begin
calf vaccination in the district, because Puri was distinctly left out of count when the subject
was under the consideration of Dr. Dyson during his visit, and I wrote asking him to reconsider
his decision. Having the scheme of free vaccination in hand and the season being so far
advanced, I found it impossible to check the work satisfactorily and at the same time pay
sufficient attention to calf vaccination."
Cuttack.—The
Civil Surgeon, Surgeon Colonel J. M. Zorab, says:—
" Calf vaccination has been introduced by way of experiment in the following subdivi-
sions, dispensaries and villages of this district: —
Subdivisions.—Jaipur and Kendrapara.
Dispensaries.—Dharmsalla, Noyabazar and Police hospital.
Villages.—Pohapokhari, Poissa and Kanaipur.