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when the authorities exhibit to the natives their interest in vaccination ; and believ-
ing it to be by far the most important sanitary proceeding capable of being carried out
in this country aided it by every legitimate means in their power. What has been done
in the Meerut Cantonment is capable of being done in every cantonment in India ;
and, since the Indian Penal Code and sanitation are the basis of this set of rules,
I do not see why similar results should not be met with in every municipality in my
divisions. I am glad to say that on my representing the matter to the various
magistrates in my divisions and forwarding a copy of the rules, some of them have
taken the subject up most warmly, and I trust next year municipal and local vacci-
nation will show better results for the annual grant to vaccination made from their
funds."
"All the civil officers in my circle with the exception of one whom I need not name,
have as usual rendered me more or less assistance, and if I do not name them all in-
dividually, it is not because their help is not worth alluding to, but because in the
course of my tour I have not been brought into such close contact with them as
with those I have named; they are all anxious about the correctness of the village
returns, and that is a very important point gained."
"To Messrs. Jenkinson, Sladen, Turner, Wigram, Colvin, and Simson my best
thanks are due, and to Drs. Maclaren, Jones, Eteson, and Willcocks."
"The present Superintendent of the Dún, Mr. Barstow, is as anxious as his pre-
decessor Mr. Ross, to retain for the Dehra Dún the unique position it enjoys as
regards exemption from small-pox. I trust, however, I may be permitted to request
that some special mark of approval may be conveyed to the Cantonment Committee of
Meerut, for having solved the problem as regards the best mode of carrying on vaccina-
tion in India, and particularly to Dr. Manners Smith and Major Plowden. It
might seem almost out of place, my taking the liberty of alluding thus to the valuable
help of Dr. Manners Smith, an officer so much my senior, but I felt confident, that
when he threw the weight of his experience and position into the scale in favour of vac-
cination, it would outweigh all obstacle as it has done, and that the energy and zeal of
Major Plowden, as lately shown in the outbreak of cholera at Meerut last year, would
soon strike out some plan by which the Meerut Cantonment, with its population of
25,000 would be spared an outbreak of small-pox, like that which seems at present
to defy all legislative and sanitary measures at Bombay.
The fact of their
having been upwards of 2,500 unprotected cases in the Meerut Cantonment, shows
what fuel was ready to hand in the event of small-pox appearing, as it generally
does in the hot weather, when vaccination cannot be carried on in the Doab. I can-
not close this report without recording my regret at the untimely death of the late
Mr. Pollen, Assistant Magistrate of Bulandshahr, in him vaccination, wherever he
might have been appointed, has lost one of its best friends."
"I trust the Government will also convey to the Rajah of Tehri some expres-
sion of their approval not only for the continuance of his grant to vaccination, but
also for the assistance he has always been ready to give to vaccination, and for the
complete suppression of inoculation in his territory, which is entirely due to his
strong orders on the subject."
"The tahsíldars, in every tahsíl through which I passed have visited me if near my
camp, and given me good opportunities of enlisting their help."
Extract from the Proceedings of the Meerut Cantonment Committee, dated 7th Decem-
ber, 1875.
IT was resolved that the Cantonment Magistrate should forthwith give intimation
throughout the whole of the bazars and cantonments generally as follows :—
Rules for inaugurating a system of
vaccination in bazars.
1. A vaccinator having been appointed for the Meerut Cantonment, the follow-
ing rules on the system of vaccination to be adopted
are published for general information.