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In one case both were unsuccessful, and the child was then vaccinated with fresh
lymph taken from the arm of a Native child. This was perfectly successful on both
arms, illustrating the well-known fact that tube-lymph, however good it may be, is
never quite equal to fresh lymph.
6. In the month of November, I was asked by Doctor Harvey, Civil Surgeon of
Eastern Rajpootana, to send some vaccinators who had been trained under Doctor
Pearson, in order to commence vaccination in the Native State of Ulwar. I accord-
ingly selected a Native Superintendent and 8 vaccinators, and sent them to Bhurtpore,
Doctor Harvey's headquarters. I have since heard from him that he is pleased with the
men who were sent to him.
7. During the past year Government sanctioned the expenditure of Rs. 500 for
the purpose of teaching vaccination to hakeems, baids, and inoculators. Of this amount
Rs. 50 was spent in Kumaon, where there are still many men who formerly practised
inoculation; Rs. 100 was sent to the Superintendent of Allahabad, who, however, as
stated in para. 33 of his report, has not spent any part of it; and the balance, Rs. 350,
was assigned to the Benares Circle, of which Rs. 300 have been spent: so that in all
Rs. 150 still remains to the credit of Government.
As I have mentioned in previous reports, great difficulties attend the distribution
of money to hakeems and baids, as the better class of Native physicians will not con-
descend to practise the manual art of vaccination.
Dr. Richardson tried to induce two baids to learn vaccination—one at Lullutpore,
and the other at Kurraree—and offered to pay them a regular salary ; but neither of
them would do any real work. One hakeem, Sham Lall, of Allahabad, applied for an
-allowance from the Hakeem Fund on the ground that his father was a distinguished
hakeem, and that he himself practised medicine in Allahabad. He evidently mis-
understood the purpose for which the fund was sanctioned, and on being informed
that to entitle him to a share of the allowance he must learn vaccination, he declined
to do so.
One man, named Ram Narain, in the zillah of Jounpore, learned vaccination ;
but as the vaccinator at Muchlishuhur was ill last winter, Ram Narain was appointed
to act for him, and drew pay as a vaccinator, so that nothing was given to him from
the Hakeem Fund, as would have been done had this vacancy not occurred.
With regard to the education of inoculators, Dr. Milne gives most favourable
reports of his success in the Benares Circle, the only one, except Kumaon, in which
inoculators are found in any great numbers, though there are a few in the district of
Jounpore in the Allahabad Circle.
In the budget for the ensuing year Rs. 500 has been entered for inoculators and
Rs. 500 for hakeems, and I would recommend that the whole of the Rs. 500 for inocu-
lators should be assigned to the Benares Circle, and that the Rs. 500 for hakeems should
be divided equally between the five circles of the North-Western Provinces.
8. During the summer of 1870 I inspected all the vaccinators in Gurhwal, while
those in Kumaon were inspected by Doctor Milne.
In the Hills vaccination is carried on all the year round. During the hot months
the vaccinators work in the high regions near the snows, and during the winter in the
lower hills and in the Terai.
In the upper regions the difficulties of inspection are considerable, as the distance
from the headquarters station of one vaccinator to that of another is seldom less than
a week's march. After arriving at the vaccinator's headquarters, it is of course neces-
sary to accompany him to the several villages in which he has vaccinated children,
and as a general rule this can only be done on foot, as it is impossible to take even a
hill-pony along the precipitous paths leading from one village to another.