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day I saw 41 at Kishorgunge, and on the 29th I saw 28 cases at Rajgurh, making a
total for the Chutterpore State of 127. I then entered the Punna State, and saw at
Mundla nine cases, and at Punna itself 156; making a total for the Punna State of 165
successful cases. In the Ajygurh State I saw 19 cases, but none of them could pro-
perly be called successful. On the 26th February I went from Banda to Purai, in the
Gowrehar State, to visit the Rajah, and saw 30 successful cases.
7. From the result of my observations, I believe that vaccination is very success-
ful in the States of Orcha, Duttia, Punna, Churkaree, Bijawur, Chutterpore, Sumpter
and Gowrehar, in fact in all the important States except Ajygurh. In the smaller States
it has not hitherto prospered so well.
8. The vaccination in Bundelkhund, as I have mentioned in previous reports, has
been entirely organized by the Political Agent, Dr. Stratton. As the final arrangements
were not made until last year, it would hardly be fair to expect everything to be in such
perfect working order as in districts where vaccination has been known and practised
for the last 20 years ; but the arrangements made by the Political Agent are so excel-
lent, that I believe that in a very few years the vaccination in the Bundelkhund States
will be quite equal in every respect to that performed in British territory.
9. Before concluding this report, I have to bring to your notice the zeal, tact
and energy with which the native superintendent, Rujjub Alli Khan, has always dis-
charged his duties.
I have, &c.,
W. WATSON, M.D.,
Supdt. of Vaccination, Allahabad and Jhansie Division.
Camp Benares, the 13th April, 1874.
From—H. S. SMITH, ESQ., M.B., Offg. Supdt. of Vaccination, Benares Division,
To—F. PEARSON, ESQ., Superintendent-General of Vaccination, N.-W. Provinces.
SIR,—I have the honour to forward, for your information, my report on the
vaccination work in the Benares Division during the past season, 1873-74. Circum-
stances to which I need not here allude prevented my commencing my tour of inspec-
tion until the 24th of November, and as I had not finished the work of the Benares
and Mirzapore Districts until the 11th of January, my march through the other dis-
tricts was more hurried than I could have wished. I was able however to inspect the
work of every vaccinator in the division excepting two, one in Mirzapore and one in
Goruckpore, and I was on my way to visit this latter when my dâk arrangements
broke down and I was obliged to return.
I do not think the division would be too large for efficient inspection yearly by
the superintendent if the cities, such as Benares, Mirzapore and Ghazeepore, were
taken off his hands and made over to an active intelligent native. The work done
in the cities is very small compared with that in rural districts : the city people see
Europeans every day, and no one has any particular influence over them simply
because he has a white skin; in cities, too, petty cliques exist, each with their little king,
and each king has to be gained over before anything can be done with his subjects.
In villages Europeans are rarely seen, and there is usually but one head-man; and
if he be gained over all goes well: he is very much pleased at any notice taken of him
by the sahib, and a very small amount of civility generally induces him to aid the vac-
cinators in every way. This, at least, has been my experience; almost everywhere in
rural districts the vaccinators met with assistance and kindness, whilst in cities they
have almost universally been received coldly.