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In fact, to borrow an illustration from England: the North-Western Provinces
Government vaccinators correspond with the public vaccinators of London, and other
large towns, while the Bundelcund vaccinators correspond with the private medical
practitioners of England, who vaccinate their own patients.
The whole establishment is, in a general way, superintended by the Superintend-
ent of Vaccination, Allahabad and Jhansie Division. This circle of the North-Western
Provinces borders on the territories of the princes of independent Bundelcund ; many
of the states are surrounded by country belonging to the North-Western Provinces
while the European Superintendent of Allahabad and Jhansie is inspecting the Zillahs
of Lullutpore, Jhansie, and Humeerpore he requires to pass through portions of the
territories of almost all the Native princes, so that he can inspect the vaccination done
there without any additional trouble.
This year, from unavoidable causes, I have been detained in the eatern, or Alla-
habad part of my circle, and have not been able to visit the Zillahs of Jhansie and
Lullutpore; nor have I been able to see any of the Native states, except the small one
of Jignee.
Fortunately for the interests of vaccination, General Daly, the Governor-General's
Agent for Central India, made a tour this year through the Bundelcund States, and
Dr. Harvey, who some years ago introduced vaccination into the Native States of
Bhurtpore and Ulwur, was the officer in medical charge of his camp.
Both General Daly and Dr. Harvey took the greatest interest in the Bundelcund
vaccination, and Dr. Harvey wrote me an account of what he saw during the tour.
The following passages are extracted from Dr. Harvey's letters to me :—
" I saw 43 very good cases at Sumpter, and 38 with three unsuccessful ones at
Umras.
" The son of the Rajah of Sumpter was vaccinated in full durbar before General
Daly, Dr. Stratton, and myself, and we got him to promise that his other child should
be done too. This ought to help on the work, but the people donot seem to object so
much to the operation in Bundelcund as they do in some other places.
" At Churkaree I saw 34 children, but they were not recent cases.
" At Chaturpore I saw 38 cases, all excellent. At Bijawar I saw 128. The
Assistant Native Superintendent, Abdul Karim, seems to be a trustworthy, energetic
man who thoroughly understands his work. The Rajah of Chaturpore had already
been vaccinated, but we did His Highness of Bijawar, in the presence of General Daly
and the chief Sirdars. The rajah is very intelligent, and has done his best to assist the
vaccinators and now that he has been done himself, the work will get on better than ever.
" At Sitai I saw 13 cases ; the vaccinator is willing, but did not seem to have been
properly instructed. I explained how he should work in future.
" At Ajighur the work was more backward than at any other place.
" No assistance had been given to the vaccinators. The consequence was, that the
lymph had got old before it was used, and of 21 cases which were collected for in-
spection, 19 were unsuccessful. I had a long talk with the people, and we vaccinated
eight of the children, all we had lymph for, on the spot. In the evening we vaccinated
three other children, at an open window in the palace, facing the courtyard, which was
full of sight-seers, after which the Native Superintendent made a speech to them on
the advantages of vaccination.
" At Punnah, I saw in the morning 79 cases, 74 of which were excellent. I think
from all that I have seen that there can be no doubt that much good work has already
been done in Bundelcund, and I hope and believe that the good advice which General
Daly and Dr. Stratton have given to the chiefs during the present year will lead them