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Cold seasons opera-
tions.
28. In November I commenced work in the Loodiana town
and district.
Loodiana Town.
The Deputy Commissioner Mr. L. Cowan, convened a meeting
of the Municipality and spoke to them regarding vaccination in the
city, and urged them to give me all the assistance in their power.
For about three weeks I went daily into the city, each day vac-
cinating two or three streets, accompanied by two or three members
of the municipality, much time was necessarily spent in vaccinating
a large town like this, street by street, but the success, only obtain-
able by this method, I think warranted it.
The people of the town of Loodiana had, until last year, obsti-
nately objected to vaccination, and had in consequence suffered very
severely from epidemics of small pox.
The deaths from this disease in 1869 were 124, all childern
under 10 years of age.
Members of Munici-
pal Committee who
assisted.
The following Members of the Municipal Committee assisted
me in the town, Narain Dos, Aimud Shah, Jaintee Dos and Ramjee
Dos. But my success was mainly due to Narain Dos and Aimud
Shah, the former I regret to say died a few days after I had finished
work in the town. The latter is brother to Ahsan Shah, a wealthy
Cashmere Merchant, who was the first to come forward and assist
the Vaccinators last year. He has considerable influence amongst
the Mahomedan portion of the city, and nearly the whole of this
caste, now vaccinated, was done through his assistance, and I beg to
bring his name prominently to notice.
Small pox said to
have followed vac-
cination.
On one or two occasions in this town respectable men with
whom I was talking and trying to persuade to bring their children
to be vaccinated, stated before a concourse of people that their
children had been vaccinated, but they took small pox, conse-
quently it was useless. On going to the house to see the children I
invariably found no marks or cicatrices of their having been suc-
cessfully vaccinated.
Number vaccinated
in the city.
29. The total number of persons vaccinated in the city is 1077
of which 914 were successful, and the previous year Dr. Garden
succeeded in vaccinating about 1000, so that I trust now sufficient
has been done to remove much of the prejudice the people have hi-
therto shewn against vaccination.
Loodiana Pergunnah.
30. I regret to say the work in the Loodiana Pergunnah was
carried on, under great difficulties, the head-men of the villages
with few exceptions refusing to give any assistance, the vaccinators
time being taken up, in vainly persuading the people to bring their
children to be vaccinated.
Difficulty in the Loo-
diana Pergunnah ow-
ing to no assistance
being given on the
first occasion.
Great difficulty has always been experienced in this Pergunnah.
If proper assistance had been given at first, this would not have been
the case, but when the people have once learnt that the Civil Au-
thorities take no interest in vaccination, they naturally ignore the
vaccinators and their work.
Prevalence of Fever.
Fever was very prevalent and added to our difficulties, the
whole or greater part of the Tehseel Establishment being laid up,
little or no assistance was received from them. This Pergunnah
took about seven weeks to vaccinate. The Naib Tehseeldar, Luchmun
Dos, gave assistance for two or three days, towards the completion
of work in this Pergunnah, which if given sooner, would have been
of considerable use.
Number vaccinated
in the Loodiana Per-
gunnah.
The number of children vaccinated in this Purgunnah is 3724
of which 3393 were successful.