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however, comparatively fair success was obtained; but the towns and
most of the larger villages, furnishing only a small proportion of
vaccinations, remain badly protected from small-pox.
Number vaccinated in
Tarn Táran tahaíl.
This tahsíl contains a population of 2,41,100, and the total number
of vaccinations was 6,065, of which 97.91 were successful. The number
of villages visited by the vaccinators was 325, aggregating 33,852
houses; and the proportion of vaccinations to houses was 17.9 per cent.,
being 8 per cent. less than that obtained in the Amritsar tahsíl.
In most of the towns and some of the larger villages the proportion
of vaccinated cases to houses was small, ranging from 6 to 11 per cent.
12. AJNALA.—After finishing operations in Tarn Táran as far as
it was found practicable, I went on to the tahsíl of Ajnála, where a
marked improvement in the disposition of the people towards vaccina-
tion was observed. The tahsíldar, Tára Chand, took a great deal of
interest in the work, and, by his endeavours to extend vaccination
throughout the tahsíl, was instrumental in making it a success; operations
were therefore carried on with great expedition, the whole of the villages
having been gone over in less than three weeks.
Previous to the arrival of the vaccinators, small-pox had been
prevailing in several localities, but the greater portion of the un-
protected children having without loss of time been brought under the
influence of vaccination, the disease soon died out; opposition to any
marked extent was only met with in two places, Ramdás and Sourian.
The former is a Municipal town of considerable size, and contains a
population of 5,853, with an annual birth-rate at about 190; the number
of vaccinations was 124, of which 63 were under one year of age, being
less than a third of the number of births during the year. The failure
of vaccination in this town is solely to be attributed to the apathy
displayed by the members of the Municipal Committee, who gave but
little assistance.
Number vaccinated in
the Ajnála tahsíl.
This tahsíl contains a population of 1,90,511, with an annual birth-
rate of about 6,350 ; total number of children vaccinated was 6,433 of
which 98 per cent. were successful. Of the total number vaccinated
3,330 were under one year of age, being a little over half of the birth-
rate for the year, a very fair average considering that vaccination had
been carried on in this tahsíl about nine months previously, when
4,061 operations were performed; operations were carried on in 314
villages comprising about 25,659 houses, and the number of vaccin-
ations taken at 6,433 gives an average of 25 per cent. In Ramdás
and a few other places where little assistance was received, the pro-
portion of vaccinations to houses fell to 10 per cent.
On the whole this tahsíl may be said to be unusually well pro-
tected from small-pox.
13. LAHORE.—On the 20th January I passed on to the tahsíl of
Lahore, several zails of which had been left unvaccinated the previous
season, when much opposition was encountered; I was agreeably
surprised to find the people this year favourably disposed towards
vaccination, and little difficulty being met with, the efforts of the
tahsíldars, who gave excellent assistance, were attended with unusual
success.
Number vaccinated in
the Lahore tahsíl.
Vaccination was carried on in five zails, and 132 villages, aggrega-
ting 9,564 houses, were visited. The total number of vaccinations was
3,754, of which 98 per cent. were successful. The proportion of vac-
cinations to houses was unusually large, averaging 37 per cent. The
local native superintendent had been at work in this tahsíl since the
commencement of the vaccinating season, but having his vaccinators
divided between the city and the villages, much of his time was spent
in going from one set to the other, and little progress was being made;
although the people where I found them working did not seem to be
offering any opposition, little progress was being made.
14. KASUR.—While engaged with the Lahore tahsíl, vaccination
was also extended to the three adjacent zails of Kasúr, in which, on