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of people to deal with, he was unable to show me satisfactory evi-
dence of a fair amount of work having been accomplished. His
vaccinators too were indolent and careless; although natives of the
district and comparatively well known to the people, they did not
seem to have much influence with them.
4. About the middle of April I passed on to Pálampúr, and
commenced operations at an altitude ranging from 3,000 to 4,500
feet. The opposition encountered here was even greater than that
at first experienced at Kángra, and the people were so obstinate
that it was found almost impracticable to do any work among them.
The náib tahsíldár of Pálampúr gave the vaccinators every assistance,
and endeavoured to make vaccination popular, but unsuccessfully; and
excepting in a few places little or nothing was done.
The tahsíl of Kángra, including the náib-tahsíldári of Pálampúr,
contains a population of 187,446; and the number of vaccinations
(excluding those done by the local native superintendent) was 2,456,
of which 94.07 per cent. were successful.
5. CHAMBA.—At the end of April, not having sufficient work
for the whole staff, I gave two native superintendents and five
vaccinators leave till the following cold season; and sent four native
superintendents and twelve vaccinators to commence operations in
the Chamba State.
On my arrival at Chamba on the 11th May, I found the work had
fairly commenced, but making slow progress. An attempt was made
to vaccinate in the town of Chamba, and notwithstanding the Rája set
the people a good example by having his own children vaccinated, it
did not seem to exercise a favorable influence on the mass of the
population, and only 39 operations were done; in a considerable number
of other places, too, throughout the State, some little difficulty was
met with, and the people as a rule required no small amount of persuasion
before submitting their children to be vaccinated. From what I had
previously heard of the simplicity and docility of the inhabitants of
this country generally, and knowing that they had received vaccination
favorably on the two former occasions they had been visited by the
establishment, I was unprepared to meet with any difficulty whatever.
This opposition however was for the most part surmountable in the
end, and the progress of the work, although slow, was steadily kept up
until put a stop to by the heavy rains, which came on about the end of
June, rendering it difficult to march about.
6. DALHOUSIE.—On my arrival at Dalhousie, on the 27th June,
I let the greater portion go on leave till the end of September, keeping
only a native superintendent and four vaccinators to carry on work
during the rains in the neighbouring hills. On account of the unusu-
ally heavy rains that fell, and also the scanty population that inhabits
these hills, the work for a considerable part of the time was confined
chiefly to keeping the vaccine disease going, from week to week, and
anything like operations on a large scale could not be practised.
7. CHUHARI VALLEY and DHARMSALA.—The rains having sub-
sided about the middle of September, operations at Dalhousie were
brought to a close, and the vaccinators sent to work at the head of the
Chuhárí Valley, at an elevation ranging from 3,000 to 4,000 feet. On
my way through to Dharmsála on the 20th September, I inspected the
vaccinations, which as yet, on account of the heat still prevailing in the
lower parts of the valley, were confined to the villages situated on the
sides of the surrounding hills, and found the vesicles of good quality
and very active.
On arriving at Dharmsála on the 23rd September, I met the greater
portion of the establishment returned from leave, and arrangements
were at once made to begin operations in the neighbourhood.
The vaccinator who had been employed here during the rains
was found working at too low an altitude, and his vesicles having
become weak and insufficient, the lymph was changed, and opera-