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25. Dr. Richardson, in mentioning the names of those who have specially helped
on vaccination, writes : " Mr. Lumsden, Magistrate of Gorakhpur, and each one of his
officers have in every respect anticipated the wishes of Government as expressed in
Circular No. 4 A. of 1875. Sheo Shankar Lal, Tahsildar of Hata, has, I believe,
been specially recommended to Government for the steady assistance he has for years
rendered to the cause of vaccination. No one better deserves some special mark of
favour. Scarcely less active in his efforts to help us has been Bisheshar Daial Pande,
Tahsildar of Gorakhpur. Throughout the three districts of Basti, Gorakhpur, and
Azamgarh the Tahsildars have in nearly every instance more or less assisted the
vaccinator employed in their tahsils. In the Ghazipur district it is sufficient to state
that Mr. Oldham continues to take the same interest in vaccination as in former years.
A glance at the returns will show that this district occupies the foremost place as
regards the quantity and quality of vaccination combined.
In the cities of Benares and Mirzapur vaccination is still backward. Of the
Civil Surgeons who have taken interest in vaccination I would more particularly men-
tion Drs. Prentis, Sullivan, Jameson, and Hooper."
With reference to the new Deputy Superintendent, Dr. Richardson writes : " My
Deputy Superintendent will in future be of the greatest use. A better selection for the
post than Pandit Bishan Dat could not have been made."
CONCLUSION.
26. The circular issued by His Honor the Lieutenant-Governor on 13th February,
1875, was too late to be of any appreciable effect this season, but I anticipate great
results from it in all future time. I regard it as the Magna Charta of the Vaccine
Department, and feel that I cannot do better than here repeat its contents, for they
cannot be made known too widely :—
Circular No. 4, dated Camp Hardwar, the 13th February, 1875.
FROM—Secretary to Government, N.- W. Provinces, General Department,
TO—Commissioners of Divisions and Magistrates.
SIR,—I am directed by the Lieutenant-Governor to call your attention to the work which is
being done by the Vaccination Department in these Provinces, and to ask that you will use the influence
which your position as an officer of Government gives you in aiding that work, and will impress the wishes
of the Government in this respect on your subordinates.
2. The chief hindrances to vaccination are the apathy and ignorance of the people, and much
may be done to overcome these when interest is shown in the subject by the officers of Government. The
Lieutenant-Governor has himself had practical experience in Kumaun of what is possible. Twenty years
ago almost no part of India suffered more from the ravages of small-pox. Now that disease is nearly un-
known as an epidemic, and the people have themselves learned to appreciate the benefit of vaccination.
His Honor hopes that the same results will eventually be obtained elsewhere, and to this end desires me to
ask your zealous co-operation. Nothing is further from the wishes of the Government than to put any
pressure on the people ; but the services of all intelligent officials, especially of tahsildars and of members
of the Municipal and Local Committees, should be enlisted in the work of showing the people how great
an advantage they lose in not availing themselves of the protection from disease which is offered. You
are requested to communicate these orders to the officers and gentlemen referred to ; and the Lieutenant¬
Governor will be glad if you will report hereafter, for his information, the names of those who have
especially exerted themselves in carrying out the wishes of the Government.
I have, &c.,
C. A. ELLIOTT,
Secy. to Govt., N.- W. P.
27. Throughout this report I have preferred adhering (for purposes of comparison)
to the figures as given by myself in the previous year's report, for I do not admit the
accuracy of the alterations made by the Secretariat Office.
I have the honour to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient servant,
F. PEARSON,
Supdt.-General of Vaccination N.-W. P.
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