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3rd.—To prevent, as far as possible, any false names being entered in the Register by the
Vaccinators, and at the time of examination having them reported as " dead,"
whether a copy of Mortuary Returns, sent to the Collector by the authorities in
the villages, would not only be useful, but is absolutely necessary for the detection
of such a fraud.
4th.—That, as at present the Mooknee is required to attest and certify by his signature or
mark—for many of them can neither read nor write—that a stated number has been
vaccinated in this village during the past month, as set forth in the list he or the
Telattee is supposed to have taken—I say supposed, because, although the order is
for one of them to have kept a Register of those vaccinated in the village, yet
not a third of them even take a copy of the Vaccinators' Register, which is itself
contrary to order, and the purpose of the intended check on the Vaccinator being
frustrated thereby, the said list should agree in every particular with the Vaccina-
tors' monthly Return,—whether it would not be advisable for each Mooknee or
Telattee to forward a list, or the copy of the list kept by one of them, to the
Collector or Superintendent of Police, by whom a copy could be forwarded to the
Superintendent of Vaccination, who would thus have the means of testing the
correctness of all the Reports received from the Vaccinators ; and
5th.—Whether the Foujdar or Mamlutdar of each district or purgunna should not be
instructed to collect all those vaccinated since the last inspection by the Superin-
tendent, at such a time as the Superintendent may visit any town or village for that
purpose. I am sometimes two or three days collecting the whole of those
vaccinated during the preceding year, and in one case I failed, although there
were collections twice daily during three or four days ; for, as the actual inspection
by the Superintendent is absolutely necessary to prevent false entries, and to
ensure that the operation has been properly performed, so, to prevent delay, and
to enable the collecting of those operated on to be carried out, it is absolutely
necessary that the Civil and Police authorities be ordered to co-operate in
assembling those present in the town or village, whose names are in the Vaccina-
tors' list, otherwise the Vaccinators may forward Returns of which not ten per cent.
would be true, and thus the good intention of the Government be totally frustrated.
REPORT FOR 1859.
THE total number vaccinated during the year has been 20,802. In 1858 there were 20,804
vaccinated, so that there is very little difference between the Returns of 1858 and 1859. The
percentage of those under and those over one year of age is 68.2 to 79.0. The number
of doubtful cases is less than in preceding years, proving, I hope, that the parents are not so
timid and prejudiced against allowing lymph to be taken from the pustules on the arms of
their children, as was formerly the case.
The lymph is by all the operators reported well of, though the Apothecary in charge at
Gogo found the pustule small; but the size of the pustule, unless very small, is not, in my
opinion, any criterion ; the colour of the ripe pustule—a pearly white,—with moderate areola
going through the regular stages, dying cleanly and dryly, and leaving a good cicatrix, being
the result and true sign (test) of good vaccine lymph. The only place where I have found the
lymph not good is lately in the Mahee Canta, and I will cause a supply of good lymph to be
taken from the neighbouring district of Morassa.