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This list does not include the Vaccinators working in the independent States of Bundel¬
khund. In former years the work done in these States was inspected by the Native
Superintendent of the Humeerpore Zillah, and their returns were included in those of
the Allahabad and Jhansie Circle, but the number of Vaccinators working independent
in Bundelkhund has increased year by year, and is now so great, that the old arrange-
ment has been found impracticable. This year the Native Princes have entertained a
separate Native Superintendent to inspect the work done in their territories, and in con-
sequence of this new arrangement, I have been directed by the Superintendent-Gene-
ral of Vaccination to send in two reports, one for vaccination in the North-Western
Provinces, and the other for vaccination performed in Independent Bundelkhund.
3. In the early part of the season the districts of Cawnpore, Futtehpore, and
Allahabad were inspected by Dr. Richardson, but in consequence of the return to
India of Dr. Pearson, Superintendent-General of Vaccination, I was directed to
re-assume charge of this Circle, to which I was permanently posted. On the 21st
December, the date of Dr. Pearson's return, my camp was at Etawah, but I proceeded
by rail to Allahabad to meet him, and to take over charge of the Allahabad and
Jhansie Circle from Dr. Richardson. After doing so, I returned by rail to my camp,
and marched from Etawah to the Shergurh Ghaut, the nearest point of the Allahabad
and Jhansie Circle. I have since inspected the work of the majority of the Vaccina-
tors employed in the Jaloun, Jhansie, Lullutpore, Humeerpore, and Banda Districts,
and I have also again visited some of those in Futtehpore and Cawnpore, who had
previously been inspected by Dr. Richardson.
4. In the Jaloun District great progress has been made this year, owing to the
assistance given by Mr. White, the Deputy Commissioner, Dr. Bond, the Civil Surgeon,
and the other district authorities. Last year there were five Vaccinators in the
district. All of whom were paid by Government. This year five additional Vaccina-
tors have been entertained by the district authorities, two of them Municipal, for the
towns of Koonch and Kalpee, and three paid by the Rajahs of Rampoora, Jagummun¬
pore and Gopaulpoora. Unfortunately, with the exception of the Koonch Municipal
Vaccinator, the whole of these five have only been appointed temporarily. They will
receive no pay after the end of the vaccine season, and they have no security that
they will be re-appointed next year. I need scarcely say that men thus appointed can
hardly be expected to do so much work as men who have been permanently posted to
a place, and who are likely to remain there for many years. There is also more danger
of their being tempted to send in false returns. By sending in very large returns,
they may hope to get a permanent appointment in some other district, and the danger
of detection is less in their case than in that of other Vaccinators, for if the falsehood
of their return is not detected during the current year, there is little probability of
its being found out next year, after they have left the place, and have either been
discharged altogether, or have been transferred to a permanent appointment in some
other district.
5. In the Jhansie District, great progress has also been made, owing to the
assistance given by the authorities. In former years, Jhansie was the worst district
in the Circle, but this year I saw first-rate work done by the Vaccinators of Moth, of
Mow Raneepore, and of Jhansie itself. The quantity however was rather small, but
this is owing, not to the inefficiency of the Vaccine establishment, but to the strong
prejudice felt by the inhabitants of this district against vaccination. This prejudice
is much stronger in the Non-regulation District of Jhansie, Jaloun, and Lullutpore,
than it is in the districts lying north of the Jumna, and the difference can, I think, be
easily enough accounted for. The districts lying north of the Jumna came under
British sway more than sixty years ago, and the inhabitants have, from their earliest
childhood, been accustomed to British institutions, and have acquired the greatest
confidence in our superiority as physicians, and surgeons. The Non-regulation Dis-
tricts, on the other hand, have only comparitively recently been brought under
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