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that it should be authoritatively enforced, and rendered compulsory; but with
reference to the quarantine measures suggested in para. 9 of the report, he
considers it desirable, as intimated last year, that every practicable measure
should be adopted to prevent the healthy, and those afflicted with small pox,
from associating together, as is now too generally the case ; while the fumiga-
tion of the clothes of those who have been attacked, is a precautionary measure
to be as strongly urged, as the keeping of infected persons away from the rest
of the community.
4. Every effort should be made to put a stop to the strange and injuri-
ous practices described in the 7th paragraph of the report, wherever they are
still found to exist.
5. The circumstance of some of the Viceroy's sheep at Simla having
been attacked with small pox, does not appear to have been brought to notice.
6. Of the several matters noted in the Report to which special attention
should be drawn, none are of more importance than the marked contrast pre-
sented by the conduct of the subordinate Government Officials and Municipal
Committees of the cities of Amritsur and Lahore, with those of
Jullundhur and Delhi; and the failure of the officers of Government to afford
assistance to the Vaccine Establishment in overcoming the opposition they
met with in the Wazírabad Tehsil of the Gujeranwalla District, and throughout
the Gurdaspore District generally. The attention of the Commissioners of
Amritsur and Lahore is specially requested to these points. His Honor
observes that if the paid Officers of Government fail to assist in such cases, this
fact alone must tend greatly to repress exertion on the part of influential men
amongst the people themselves. He desires, with reference to the description of
the operations in the Jullundhur City, given in the 4th paragraph of the
Report, that Commissioners and District Officers should be urged to lose no
opportunity of impressing on Municipal Committees, the great importance of
their assisting cordially in this work, which cannot be expected to prosper if
they evince indifference, but will certainly do so, if they exert themselves and
encourage the people. It is by such co-operation on the part of these bodies
that satisfactory results may be attained, rather than by the compulsory
measures advocated by Doctor Garden.
7. With reference to Doctor Newton's Report on his operations abo
Nuggur, His Honor observes that there is probably no part of the COU
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in which European Medical skill, and European Medicines are so highly ap-
preciated as throughout the hills generally, and it is most satisfactory to find
the people of those regions generally becoming aware of the benefits of
vaccination.
8. The acknowledgments of the Hon'ble the Lieutenant Governor
will be communicated to Mr. A. Brandreth, formerly Deputy Commissioner
Gujeranwalla; Mr. L. Saunders, Deputy Commissioner Jullundhur ; Major
McMahon, Deputy Commissioner of Delhi, and to Doctor Penny, Civil Surgeon
of Delhi, who has at all times exerted himself in a very special manner, and
with great success, in guiding and encouraging the Municipality in all sanitary
matters, as well as in all others affecting the public weal, and who is accord-
ingly especially entitled to the cordial acknowledgments of Government. His
Honor also acknowledges the services rendered by Doctor Warburton at
Jullundhur, and by Extra Assistant Commissioner Syad Hadí Hossein; by Mr.
Nulty at Sirsa; by Sub-Assistant Surgeon R. Bose at Gujeranwalla; by the
members generally of the Municipal Committees of Delhi and Jullundhur, and
especially by Sulukun Mull and Pundit Ram Ditta, two members of the latter
Committee, who co-operated most cordially.
9. With reference to the recommendation made in para 10 of the Report,
in favor of the Native Superintendent of Vaccination Nyaz Ali Shah, it is to be
observed that the giving of rewards to officials for zealous performance of their
duties has been discountenanced by the Government, but the meritorious con-
duct of this Native Superintendent should be borne in mind by his Departmental
Officers, and should ensure him promotion on a fitting occasion.
10. The exertions of the Tahsildar of Phillor, Nou-Bahurúdín, will be
brought to the notice of the Commissioner of Jullundhur, and that of the
Tahsildar of Hafizabad, Arjunund, and those of Zaildars Gholam Kadar, Mir
Frzl,and
others, will be similarly brought to the notice of the Commissioner
of Lahore, who will be requested to cause efforts to be made to secure a more
general and cordial co-operation in the Districts of his Division.
11. The services of Hossein Shah, resident of Bátalá, referred to in
Doctor Newton's report, will also be brought to the notice of the Commissioner
of Amritsur, as it is in marked contrast to that of the Tahsildar, Mahummed
ram, and consequently all the more commendable; the apathy and want
sal of that official calls for special notice.
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12. The services of the following Zaildars, named by Doctor Newton,
will also he brought to the notice of the Commissioner :—
Hakim Singh, Zaildar of Kunowan.
Gobind, son of Lena Singh, Zaildar of Saiduwal.
Umar Singh, son of the late Zaildar of Baun.
Gurdut Singh, Zaildar of Sri Hur Gobindpúr.
Bhan Singh Zaildar of Pindroorie.
Heera Singh, Zaildar of Bojír.
ORDERED —That this report be printed with the remarks of the Lieu-
tenant Governor, and circulated for general information.
By order of the Hon'ble the Lieut.-Governor,
T. H. THORNTON,
Secretary to Government, Punjab.
SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT ON VACCINE OPERATIONS
IN THE PUNJAB.
ANNUAL Reports on Vaccine operations in the Punjab have hitherto
been submitted for the year commencing on the 1st of January, and ending
on the 31st December, but in future they are to include the period embra-
ced by the financial year.
The Annual Report for the year ending on the 31st December 1869 has
been furnished, and the next will be for that commencing on the 1st April
1870. This Supplementary Report includes the three months from the 1st
of January to the 31st of March 1870.
Vaccination in Jullunder district.
2.—In the early part of January, vaccinations were being performed
in the Nakodur Tehseel of the Jullundur dis-
trict. "Oodey Ram," the Tehseeldar had some
years ago assisted me in other parts, and now again he exerted himself.
Before my arrival he had prepared the people to expect me. Small-pox at
this time was very prevalent in many of the villages. The people brought
their children in large numbers to be vaccinated, and so quickly and well
was the work done, that the disease was soon checked, and was stopped
altogether before I had left the Tehseel.
The " Nowashahr" Tehseel of the same district was the next visited.
The Tehseeldar had but lately come here. He knew hardly anything about
vaccination, and had never seen it performed on a large scale. A good deal
of work was done in the Tehseel, but very much was left undone. This Teh-
seel was not nearly so well vaccinated as the others in the Jullunder dis-
trict.
City of Loodiana.
Some success obtained.
Former efforts to introduce vaccina-
tion into Loodiana unsuccessful.
3.—About the middle of February, I went to Loodiana. Col. Eliott,
the Deputy Commissioner, had before my arri-
val tried very hard to get the people of the city
to allow of vaccinations, but without success I accompanied him daily into
the city, and by degrees we managed to get
some of the more influential men to assist.
After a few days about 1,200 children were vaccinated, and there appeared
a likelihood of the whole city being done, when most inopportunely the
weather became suddenly hot, and the vaccine vesicles to deteriorate, and be-
fore the end of the month, I was forced much against my will to stop work.
I trust, however, that sufficient has been done
to make work easier there on a future occasion.
My former efforts to vaccinate the people of
this city have always been failures, and the so far successful result of the
present attempt is due to the interest taken in the work by Colonel Elliott.
I record here the names of those who gave me assistance.
Name of those who assisted in the
city.
Radha Kishen, Tehsildar ; Ahsun Shah, a mem¬
ber of the Municipal Committee. He had the
people of his own house vaccinated, and render-
ed most effectual assistance to the vaccinators.
Luchmun Doss, Naib Tehseeldar ; Ram Sing. Chowdrie.
4 After leaving Loodiana, I inspected work in the Umballa district,
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12.—Appended are a report by the Superintendent of Vaccination Dr.
Newton, and numerical returns, &c, of numbers vaccinated. In future, the
returns will be made out on a different plan, and will contain fuller informa-
tion than those in present use.
A. M. GARDEN,
Supdt. General Vaccination, Punjab.
SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT OF THE SUPERINTENDENT
VACCINATION, PUNJAB, FROM 1st JANUARY
TO 31ST MARCH 1870.
I have the honor to submit a Supplementary Report on the Vaccine
Operations carried on under my superintendence, during the three months,
ending 31st March 1870.
Completion of work in the Batala
Tehseel.
2.—By the 15th January I completed the
work in the Batala Tehseel, it having extended
over six weeks.
Shukergurh Pergunnah.
3.—I now crossed the Ravee, and entered the Shukergurh Pergunnah,
and here I altered my plan of operations in the
two last Tehseels ; I divided each into five divi-
sions, placing a Native Superintendent and his vaccinators in each division,
or "hulka;" but finding the distances from one Native Superintendent to
another frequently so great, that I could not give that amount of inspec-
tion and control over the establishment, that I felt was desirable, I deter-
mined in future to keep them as close as possible.
Plan of operations.
4.—With this object in view, I placed a Native Superintendent and his
vaccinators in each of the five southern approxi-
mate zails, (there being 22 zails in this Tehseel)
encamping myself in as central a position as possible, thus the work was more
concentrated, and therefore the supervision of it, more efficiently carried out.
When these were finished, I proceeded to the next five zails, and so on
through the whole Pergunnah.
Success in this Pergunnah due to the
assistance rendered by the Tehseel-
dar and principal men.
5.—This Pergunnah as above stated consists of 22 zails, and with two or
three exceptions, all the zaildars, took a warm
interest in the work. Whereever I went, I
received assistance from the headmen of the
Towns and Villages, (with one exception mentioned below) and the people
generally were well disposed towards vaccination, and this I must attribute
in a great measure to the very ready and able assistance rendered by the
Tehseeldar Budree Nath, in explaining the object of vaccination to all the
principal people, and getting them to interest themselves in the work, and
also by setting a good example in having his own child vaccinated.
Number of Vaccine operations per-
formed.
6.—The work commenced in this Pergunnah on 20th January, and was
completed on the 6th March. The total num-
ber of vaccine operations performed in this
Pergunnah is 13,794, of which 13,076 were successful, the percentage of suc-
cess being 94.79.
Proportion of successful vaccina-
tions to population of children.
7.—According to the last census, kindly placed at my disposal by Ma-
jor Davies, Deputy Commissioner, there were
93,167 children under twelve years of age in
this Pergunnah, which gives one successful vaccination for every 7.12 chil-
dren ; but at the very least computation, one-half of these children had been
already protected by natural small-pox, so that if we take 46,583, as an esti-
mate of the number of children unprotected previous to the present operations,
we have one successful vaccination for every 3.56 children, or in other words,
there are remaining about 33,507 children still unprotected.
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Assistance rendered by the Raj-
poots.
14.—I was a little surprised to hear that the Rajpoots in this Pergun-
nah were the warmest advocates for vaccina-
tion and gave the best assistance, whereas in
the Shukergurh Pergunnah contiguous with this, they were the most diffi¬
cult to persuade.
Rawul Pindi.
Bad effects of vaccinatingwith crusts.
15.—On my arrival at Rawul Pindi, I inspected Native Superintendent
Jai Singh's work, and also superintended the
vaccination of 470 children in the city. A large
number of children were shewn to me, who had
been vaccinated on various occasions, I was sorry to observe in a number of
children, the cicatrices were few, in some only two or three, this I believe
to be the result of the Native Superintendent being obliged to vaccinate
with crusts, instead of from arm to arm.
Names of those who gave good as-
sistance.
16.—I beg to recommend Tehseeldar Budree Nath of Shukergurh for
a reward, and the following Zaildars of the same
Tehseel for a commendatory Purwana from the
Commissioner :—
1. Boolund Khan Meesureewal.
2. Alla Singh of Punjoo Chouhan.
3. Kadur Bux of Chujwal.
4. Fumma of Musroor.
Conduct of the Establishment.
17.—The behaviour of the Staff under me has been very good on the
whole. One Native Superintendent had to be
discharged for misconduct. Native Superinten-
dent Nyaz Ali Shah and Vaccinators Ruttun Singh and Jeon Khan worked
exceptionally well, and their conduct has been exceedingly good.
ISAAC NEWTON,
Supdt. Vaccination Punjab.
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NUMERICAL RETURN of Vaccinations performed by the Punjab Vaccine Establishment, during
the months of January, February, and March 1870.
MONTHS.
January ...
February ...
March ...
TOTALS ...
Result.
Successful.
38,848
45,874
13,146
97,868
Unsuccessful.
817
828
407
2,052
Doubtful.
420
504
357
1,281
Re-vaccinated.
235
212
157
604
Unknown.
516
1,020
291
1,827
TOTAL.
40,836
48,438
14,358
1,03,632
Omitting case " Re-
vaccinated" and "Un-
known."
96.71 per cent. suc-
cessful.
A. M. GARDEN,
Superintendent General Vaccine,
Punjab.
Proceedings of the Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab in the Medical and Sanitary Department,
No. 740, dated 10th September 1870
READ :—
Supplementary Report on Vaccine Operations in the Punjab for the months of January, February and March
1870, furnished by Dr. A. M. Garden, Superintendent-General of Vaccination
REMARKS.—This report has been submitted in consequence of the orders of
the Supreme Government, changing the period the Vaccination Reports are to
embrace from the calendar to the official year.
2. The following statement shows the number of persons vaccinated by the
different establishments, during the first three months of the year 1870 :—
Establishments.
Special vaccine establishment, ... ... ...
Dispensary establishments, ... ... ... ...
Establishment employed by Native Chief, Municipal
Committees, Native Hakims, &c. ... ... ...
Total, ...
Number
vaccinated.
1,03,632
43,898
3,046
1,50,576
Percentage
of
successful cases.
96.71
74.3
79.4
86.6
3. Allowing even that the months of January, February and March consti-
tute half the working year of the Vaccine Department, the above figures show a
satisfactory increase with reference to the whole year 1869, in which 277,196
persons were vaccinated. The percentage of successful cases has slightly fallen
off, the percentage for 1869 being 88.2.
4. His Honor observes with satisfaction that the people of the Ludiana
city have this year been much less averse to vaccination than heretofore, seeing
that in the three months under report about 1,200 children were operated upon,
and the number, as is stated, would probably have been much higher, had it not
become necessary to suspend operations in consequence of the heat of the wea-
ther.
5. The conduct of the Chief of Nahan, in affording every assistance to
the Superintendent-General of Vaccination, is worthy of commendation, and will
be duly acknowledged. In striking contrast to the conduct of the above Chief was
that of the Chief of Keonthal, who would neither allow his own people, nor the
Sirmur Chief's son, who was his guest at the time, to undergo the operation. His
Honor also notices with regret the want of coöperation by the Municipal
Committee of Kamakot.
6. With reference to the attempt to inoculate heifers at the Hissár Cattle
Farm, the Lieutenant-Governor approves of the proposal, that a few months
before the vaccination season in the plains commences, several heifers be selected,
and kept apart from the rest in a stable, for the purpose of being operated on in
October of each year ; and Dr. Garden is requested to make arrangements for
carrying it out.
7. With reference to the recommendation in favor of Badri Nath, Tahsildar
of Shakargarh, the giving of rewards to officials for zealous performance of their
duties, has, as previously pointed out, been discountenanced by Government ;
but the Commissioner will be requested to grant Badri Nath a commendatory
parwanah.
8. Letters of commendation will be issued from this office to the Raja of
Nahan and to the following Native gentlemen:—
Radha Kishen, Tahsildar of Ludiana,
Ahsan Shah, Member Municipal Committee of Ludiana,
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Lachman Das, Naib Tahsildar of Ludiana,
Ram Singh, Choudrie, Ludiana,
Barkat Ali, late Tahsildar of Jagádri.
And the Commissioner will be requested to grant commendatory parwa-
nahs to—
Buland Khan, of Misariwal,
Allah Singh, of Panju Chuhan,
Kadir Buksh, of Chajwal,
And Famma, of Massur.
ORDER.—ORDERED, that this report be printed with the remarks of the
Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor, and circulated for general information.
By order of the Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor,
Secretary to Government, Punjab.
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NUMERICAL
RETURN
of Vaccinations performed at Dispensaries, for the months of January,
February, and March 1870.
DISTRICTS.
Bunnú ...
Dera Ismail Khan
Dera Ghazee Khan
Ferozepore ...
Goojranwallah ...
Goordaspore ...
Goojrat ...
Gugaira ...
Goorgaon ...
Huzara ...
Hissar ...
Jhung ...
Jhelum ...
Kohat
...
Loodiana ...
Mooltan ...
Mozuffurgurh*...
Peshawur ...
Pinddadunkhan...
Rajanpore* ...
Rohtuck ...
Sealkote ...
Shahpore ...
Sirsa ...
Yusofzai ...
TOTALS ...
Result.
Successful.
830
1,868
2,228
665
634
0
1,293
1,023
1,133
2,204
832
503
1,393
170
120
1,069
221
560
1,079
355
3,873
3,459
512
3,887
277
30,188
Unsuccessful.
462
202
303
299
56
0
364
270
442
443
201
59
161
42
24
257
28
82
179
180
805
45
549
1,097
136
6,686
Doubtful.
148
295
307
194
30
0
349
50
270
259
135
103
221
17
0
30
11
99
111
25
388
12
383
238
80
3,755
Re-vaccinated.
206
61
0
0
49
0
0
36
0
616
0
11
36
0
0
37
11
0
0
22
0
13
70
726
110
2,004
Unknown.
90
31
254
0
32
0
46
64
0
135
0
56
9
9
0
272
50
0
0
17
0
22
69
48
61
1,265
TOTAL.
1,736
2,457
3,092
1,158
801
0
2,052
1,443
1,845
3,657
1,168
732
1,820
238
144
1,665
321
711
1,369
599
5,066
3,551
1,583
5,996
664
43,898
mitting cases "Re-vaccinated" and "Unknow
74. 3 per cent. successful.
* Returns for March not received.
Returns for Goordaspore are included in those of the Punjab Vaccine Establishment.
A. M. GARDEN,
Superintendent General Vaccine,
Punjab.
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MUNICIPAL
RETURN
of Vaccinations performed by Vaccinators employed by Native
Chiefs, Municipal Committees, Native Hakims, &c, in the Punjab; for the months of January
February, and March, 1870.
DISTRICTS.
Delhi ...
Hissar ...
Mundee ...
TOTALS ...
Results.
Successful.
1,948
276
197
2,421
Unsuccessful.
86
-143
113
342
Doubtful
56
116
57
229
Re-vaccinated
54
0
0
54
Unknown
0
0
0
0
TOTAL.
2,144
535
367
3,046
REMARKS.
83.2 successful
51.5
do.
53.6
do.
A. M. GARDEN,
Superintendent General Vaccine,
Punjab.
NUMERICAL
RETURN
of Vaccinations performed in the Punjab, for the months of
January, February, and March, 1870.
Vaccinations per-
formed by the Pun-
jab Vaccine Estab-
lishment ...
Vaccinations per-
formed by the Dis-
pensary Vaccina-
tors ...
TOTALS ...
Result.
Successful.
97,868
30,188
1,28,056
Unsuccessful.
2,052
6,686
8,738
Doubtful.
1,281
3,755
5,036
Re-vaccinated.
604
2,004
2,60S
Unknown.
l,827
1,265
3,092
TOTAL.
1,03,632
43,898
1,47,530
REMARKS.
96.71 successful
74.3
do.
A. M. GARDEN.
Superintendent General Vaccine,
Punjab.
REPORT
ON VACCINE OPERATIONS
IN THE
PUNJAB,
DURING THE SEASON 1870-71.
BY
SURGEON ISAAC NEWTON, M. R. C. S., LONDON,
Officiating Superintendent-General of Vaccination for the Punjab.
SIMLA :
PRINTED AT THE SIMLA DAILY ADVERTISER PRESS,
1871.
REPORT
ON VACCINE OPERATIONS
IN THE
PUNJAB
DURING THE SEASON 1870-71.
BY
SURGEON ISAAC NEWTON, M. R. C. S., LONDON,
Officiating Superintendent-General of Vaccination for the Punjab.
SIMLA:
PRINTED AT THE SIMLA DAILY ADVERTISER PRESS,
1871.
From
ISAAC NEWTON, ESQ.,
Offg. Superintendent General of Vaccination, Punjab.
To
LEPEL H. GRIFFIN, ESQ.,
Offg. Secretary to Government, Punjab, and its Dependencies.
SIR,
I HAVE the honor to submit for the information of His Honor the
Lieutenant Governor, the Report on the Vaccine operations in the Punjab, during
the year 1870-71.
Change in the annual
Report from the
Calendar year to the
Financial year.
2. During the latter part of 1869, the Vaccine year was
ordered to be changed from the Calendar year to the period em-
braced by the Financial year. Accordingly a Supplementary Report
was submitted by Dr. Garden, Superintendent General, in May last,
for the three months intervening between the Report for 1869 and
the present one.
In October Dr. Gar-
den left India on
medical certificate.
3. During the first half of the period embraced in this report,
namely, the hot months, I held the appointment of Superintendent
of vaccination, Punjab. In October I was appointed to officiate as
Superintendent General, during the absence of Dr. Garden, who was
obliged to leave India on account of ill health.
Total of all Vaccine
operations.
4. The total number of vaccine operations performed in the
Punjab by all establishments is 221,449. The percentage of suc-
cess in primary vaccinations is 85.03, and in re-vaccinations 59.88.
The average number of persons vaccinated by each vaccinator
is 1090.88.
The cost of each successful case is annas four and pies 4.08.
This is shewn in Statement No. VII.
The total number of persons vaccinated is in the ratio of 1.26
per cent. to the total population.
Estimating the annual birth rate for the Punjab at 3 per cent.
of the total pupulation (17,481,189) we shall have about
524,433 children born annually.
Comparing the total number of persons successfully vaccinated
during the present year (192689) we find it is in the pro-
portion of 36.74 per cent. of the annual number of births.
Resumé of works
performed since the
formation of the
Punjab Vaccine Es-
tablishment.
5. Before entering into details of the past year's operations.
I think it would be well to give a brief resumé of what has been
done since the formation of the Punjab Vaccine Establishment.
Previously to 1864, Dr. Garden held the appointment of Superin-
tendent Vaccination Hill States, and carried on vaccine operations
only in the hills. In the plains vaccination was carried on by vac-
cinators attached to Dispensaries, varying in number, pay and time
employed.
In October 1864, the new establishment was sanctioned and was
organised by Dr. Garden in the November following.