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Jugraon Pergunnah.
31. Having finished the Loodiana Pergunnah about the 18th
December, work was commenced in the Jugraon Pergunnah and
completed by the 1st week in January, Naib Tehseeldar Polo Mull,
who was officiating Tehseeldar, gave all the assistance in his power.
The number vaccinated in this Pergunnah is 2709, of which
2556 were successful.
Sumrala Pergunnah.
32. Work was now commenced in the Sumrala Pergunnah and
was completed by the end of January. Tehseeldar Lena Singh gave
me very good assistance and the work was performed satisfactorily.
A number of children
Seen with good vac-
cine cicatrices.
In this Pergunnah I was struck with the number of children
I saw who had been successfully vaccinated on previous occasions.
Number Vaccinated.
The number vaccinated in the Sumrala Pergunnah is 4578 of
which 4291 were successful and 156 re-vaccinations.
The Principal Towns
in the Loodiana dis-
trict.
33. This completed the work in the Loodiana district. The
principal town in this district (in addition to Loodiana which has been
referred to in detail in paras 28-29) are Raikote, having a population
of 9,165, in which 215 vaccinations were performed with success.
Jugraon with a population of 7096,-85 persons were successfully
vaccinated by the Provincial vaccinators, and 594 by the Hospital
Assistant at the Branch Dispensary; and Machiwara with 6062 po-
pulation and 157 persons successfully vaccinated, and 17 re-vacci-
nations. Besides these towns there are 880 villages having a popu-
lation of 521,139, in which 10,235 vaccinations were succesfully
performed.
Total number of Per-
sons vaccinated in
Loodiana district.
The total number of persons vaccinated in this district (12,576)
is very small in proportion to the population, which is 583,245.
Had proper assistance been rendered, three times the number might
have been performed.
Roopur Pergunnah
(Umballa District.)
34. The Roopur Pergunnah of the Umballa district, was next
visited by the Provincial Establishment. Here I met with little or
no opposition, except in the towns of Roopur and Morinda.
Small Pox Prevail-
ing.
Small pox was prevailing in the South and East part of this
Pergunnah but not to any great extent, and was soon arrested by
the vaccination.
Immunity from small
Pox in some villages
attributed to vac-
cination in 1866.
In my visits, I met with many villages where the people told
me there had been no small pox in their villages since the Provin-
cial Establishment visited them in 1866.
Completion of work
and number vacci-
nated.
The work was completed in this Pergunnah during the month
of February and 9463 children were vaccinated.
Assistance rendered
by Jemadar Kirpa
Ram.
In this Pergunnah Jemadar Kirpa Ram. who was in charge of
the Tehseel rendered me most able assistance, he was indefatigable in
his endeavours to persuade the people to have their children vacci-
nated, frequently attending me on my visits to the large villages :
I trust he may receive some reward for the good service he has
done.
Town of Roopur.
Town of Morinda.
In the town of Roopur having a population of 8,700, only 423
persons were vaccinated, and in the town of Morinda having a po-
pulation of about 4,000 only 100 persons could be got to be vacci-
nated, but in this town small pox had been and was at the time of
my visit, very prevalent.
Small Pox in Kurr
Pergunnah.
35. About this time, the Civil Surgeon of Roopur received a
report that small pox had broken out in the Kurr Pergunnah of
Umballa district. I immediately sent off a Native Superintendent
and staff of vaccinators, and every endeavour was made to arrest
the disease. 1998 persons were vaccinated and the disease was
soon stamped out.