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at once, to enable me to send another supply. The absence of these reports may, as
remarked last year, be considered as a good test of the quality of the vaccine lymph
despatched from this office during the past season,
The establishment of the vaccine ve-
sicle in the plains in November, 1871.
4. With the exception of the Northern Districts of my Divisions, the vaccine
vesicle could not be said to have been established
sooner than last year, viz., the 15th of November,
and lymph in any quantity was not generally avail-
able till the 20th of the month.
Closing of the vaccine season.
5. At one time I thought I could carry on vaccination till the 15th March, but
even in the Northern Districts, the weather became
unusually hot by the 10th, and as Native Superin-
tendents have orders to be careful that ulcerating surfaces are not left by the Vac¬
cinators at the close of the season, by carrying on operations when the weather has
become too hot for all practical purposes, the season might be said to have closed by
the 12th April, 1871.
Actual period over which this season's
operations extend.
6. This, for all practical purposes, may be said to have been the same as that of
last season, with the exception that, having satisfied
myself that the cessation from work, allowed on
Sunday, was being taken advantage of by some
Vaccinators to make long journeys to see their friends at a distance, and thus return
unfit for Monday's work. At the middle of Feburary, 1872, I issued orders withdraw-
ing this privilege ; thus the operations of four working days, at the height of the vac-
cinating season, must be deducted from the total of this season's work to institute a
fair comparison with the work of last season.
Tour of the Superintendent.
7. This during the past season has been confined to the Meerut Division, with
the exception of a hurried visit to Muttra, and every
Vaccinator in the Meerut Division has been seen,
and his work inspected; and as the Vaccinators were all working in different parts
of the Tehseels, as compared with their work of 1869-70, which I inspected, oppor-
tunities have been obtained of visiting villages not seen before, and generally of mak-
ing the present scheme of vaccination known to the population in a way it would be
impossible to accomplish, if a hurried visit was made to each district. After the
vaccine operations had been closed, on the march to head-quarters I employed the
time in testing vaccine returns, and, though my inspections were made in such a man-
ner as to make it impossible to correct returns against my visit, with the exception
of the results of two days' work not entered in a village return (which was clearly
an accidental omission, the results seen corresponding with the entries in the diary)
I found no errors or omissions. During the past season, I carefully inspected the
Meerut District, with reference to the proposed increase in the establishment of Vac-
cinators, and am of opinion that that district does not hold out much prospect of an
increase in the number of the operations, in proportion to the proposed increase in the
establishment, and I would recommend the increase being made in the Saharunpore Dis-
trict. Further I would suggest, that the Rs. 20 per mensem for five months, and Rs. 10
for seven months be divided into two sums, of Rs 10 and Rs. 8, one for each division
to be given as a reward, so to speak, to be held for a year by the two Native Superin-
tendents, one from each division, who have performed their duties best, and that it be
awarded at the end of the vaccinating season. My reason for recommending the above
is because the increase of the establishment at Saharunpore will not give the Native
Superintendent more work than that performed on the same pay by other Native
Superintendents—for instance those at Allygurh, Agra, and Muttra—and might give
rise to discontent, since, as at present proposed, the increased pay would be given, not with
reference to the increased efficiency exhibited by the Native Superintendent, but to the
fact of his number of Vaccinators having been raised from five to nine; while the Ally¬
gurh Native Superintendent superintends 13, the Agra 11, and the Muttra 10.