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17. Like the Jhansie District, that of Lullutpore is unfortunate in its Native
Superintendent. He is old and lazy: his removal will be necessary before much pro-
gress can be expected. The numbers vaccinated last season were 1,592; this year
they are only 1,369. Had it not been for the practical aid given the vaccinators by
Colonel Davidson, I fear vaccination would have proved a greater failure.
18. In the Jaloun District, the vaccine staff were left almost entirely to their own
resources. Little assistance, so far as I am aware, was received from the authorities.
The Native Superintendent and vaccinators are energetic men, but the people are
very hostile to vaccination. This is more particularly the case in the remote tehseels
of Koonch and Madhogurh. Towards Calpee, where intercourse with the Cawnpore
District is frequent, greater success has been attained. I spent a considerable time in
this district endeavouring to clear the way for the vaccinators, and vaccinated upwards
of 60 children, belonging chiefly to the better classes. The number vaccinated rose
from 701 last year to 1,672 this year.
19. As in former years, vaccination has been attended with greater success in the
Cawnpore than in any other district of this division except, perhaps, Humeerpore.
The people appear really to appreciate its benefits, and applications to the Native Super-
intendent for the services of a vaccinator have been numerous. The district autho-
rities during their visits to the villages make it a point to test extensively the accu-
racy of the vaccinators' returns. The advantage arising to vaccination from the re-
cognition thus given to it by those to whom the people are accustomed to look up,
cannot be over-estimated. The Native Superintendent, Nubbee Bux, is, without any
exception, the best of all my subordinates. The total number vaccinated fell from
14,432 last year to 14,162 this year ; but the number successfully vaccinated rose
from 9,357 last year to 10,292 this year. As already explained, this satisfactory
result is due to the success which attended the introduction of arm-to-arm vaccination
in the Cawnpore District.
20. In Humeerpore vaccination continues to progress favourably. The Native
Superintendent is very industrious ; but, as vaccination extends throughout the States
of Bundelkhund, he will be unable to do full justice both to these and his own district.
It would be well if a separate Superintendent were appointed to each. The numbers
vaccinated have increased from 9,181 last year to 11,504 this year.
21. Banda, although a neighbouring district to the above, offers a striking
contrast in so far as vaccination is concerned. The Native Superintendent is energetic,
and is well supported by his subordinates, but success does not result. The people,
more especially in the eastern end of the district, are very hostile to vaccination, and not
unfrequently threaten the vaccinators with personal violence. I have myself met with
insolence from the inhabitants of a village, that of Bhowree, near Kirwee. The num-
bers vaccinated this year were 4,577, and last year 4,617, showing a slight decrease.
22. Vaccination in Futtehpore is fortunate in having a good Native Superin-
tendent, and in having the hearty and practical aid of the district authorities. The
number of vaccinations have increased from 4,001 last season to 5,993 this.
23. I have already casually referred to the Allahabad District. Had it not been
for the failure of vaccination here, I would have been able to show greatly more
favourable returns for the year 1870-71. The Native Superintendent bore a high
character for energy and ability in former years, and I was unwilling to attribute the
decline of vaccination in Allahabad to any shortcomings on his part until I had made
a thorough personal investigation into the way in which he had been conducting his
duties. I visited every vaccinator in his district, and minutely examined the work and
registers of each. It was soon apparent that some of the registers were false,
and that the Native Superintendent, if he did not actually connive at this, at least
took no trouble to detect and bring to notice the offenders. It was also proved that
his own weekly account of his work was false, and that he had spent the greater part