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were doing little or nothing. The cause of this, I am sorry to say, is not very evident.
The vaccinators attributed it to the greater bigotry of the people. According to
them, the prejudices of the people are more intense in this zillah than in any other
district.
It is, however, more probable that it is owing to the inferiority of the vaccinators
themselves. The vaccinators in this district have repeatedly been changed, the old
ones having been dismissed for inefficiency, or for sending in false returns, and new
men have been entertained in their places. The only three vaccinators who remain
of the old establishment are the vaccinators of Munjhunpore, Phoolpore, and Surathoo,
and these are the only men who shew me anything like good work. While in Allaha-
bad I saw several of the district authorities, and discussed with them the cause of the
want of success in Allahabad, more particularly in the town itself. After seeing these
officers, I sent in a report recommending that the pay of the municipal vaccinators
should be raised, so that 1 might be able to entertain better men I believe that in
the town of Allahabad vaccination will only be accepted from the hands of Brahmins ;
and I have found it very difficult to get educated and respectable Brahmins to enter
the Vaccine Department on the present scale of salaries. This difficulty is evidently
greater in a town like Allahabad than it is in remote country districts. This city
is at once the capital of the province, and it is, in the eyes of the Hindoos, a holy city ;
and a great place of pilgrimage. An educated Brahmin, living in Allahabad, has there-
fore numberless ways open to him of earning a livelihood. He may get service in
one of the many government or mercantile offices ; or he may earn money by acting
as a priest to the pilgrims who visit the city. I believe, therefore, that without an in-
crease of pay to the municipal vaccinators, it is hopeless to expect such good work in
the town of Allahabad, as may reasonably be expected from vaccinators who work in
other places. Before finishing my account of this district, I ought to mention that
the Joint Magistrates, Mr. Twigg and Mr. Knox, have taken much interest in vaccin-
ation. Mr. Knox spoke on the subject to Naseerooddeen Ahmed, Talukdar, Abdalpore,
one of the wealthiest zemindars in the district. In consequence of this, Naseerooddeen
Ahmed sent for the vaccinator of Soraon, and had a large number of children on his
estates vaccinated.
9. In the Jounpore district six new local vaccinators have been entertained, two
for the Jounpore tehseel, and one for each of the other tehseels. This year these men
have worked along with the old vaccinators as apprentices, not as vaccinators; and no
separate account of their work has been kept. I found the state of vaccination in the
Jounpore district somewhat better than in Allahabad. Three men, the tehseel vac-
cinators of Kurakut, Muchleeshuhur, and Mundeahoon, show satisfactory work.
While visiting the tehseel of Kurakut, I had an interview with about 60 or 70 of
the leading men of the eastern part of the tehseel,—the Thakoors of Dobie. These
men happened to have come into Kurakut for the day, and the tehseeldar very kindly
gave me an opportunity of seeing and speaking to them. The Thakoors promised to
give very assistance to any vaccinator who visited their part of the pergunnah, making
however, one curious stipulation. They said they could not allow their children to be
vaccinated during the month of Poos (December-January), and the vaccinator must
not be sent to them till Magh (January-February).
I, of course, agreed to their pro-
posal, and directed the vaccinators of Kurakut to remain in the western part of the per-
gunnah during the current month of Poos, and to go to the villages of the high caste
Thakoors, in the eastern part, as soon as poosible after the commencement of the lucky
month of Magh. I have never heard of this particular superstition in any part of my
circle except Jounpore; but I have repeatedly heard of it in all parts of that zillah. In
the tehseel of Unglee, I had an interview with an influential Mahomedan, Moulvie Kaim
Ally, of Saraie Kheta, who has given great assistance to the vaccinators; and I saw a
large number of successful cases in several of his villages.