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still prejudiced and suspicious would cause more mischief than hundreds of successful
cases could repair.
32. During my tour I saw only one instance of serious ill effect following vac-
cination. In the town of Kurrah, in the Allahabad District, the child of a respectable
Mussulman, a Cazee, had been vaccinated some time previous to my visit. Violent
inflammation of the upper arm had ensued, and sloughing had followed. At the time
of my visit a large, circular, healthy sore remained, and was evidently quickly healing
up. Two other children of the same family had been successfully vaccinated at the
same time with lymph from the same source. In both cases the vesicle had run its
normal course without anything unusual. The father, a very intelligent man, made
little of the accident; but several others were loud in their condemnation of vaccination,
and in my wanderings through the town I was several times asked about the Cazee's
child.
33. I received Rs. 100 on account of the instruction and payment of hakeems.
As I made the performance of actual work, and the submission of a list of those vacci-
nated, the claim upon me for payment, I have still the money in my possession.
34. During the working season, two large supplies of lymph were obtained from
England at a cost of £13-8-0. This sum I paid from my contingent fund. I cannot
say that I found this lymph superior to that obtained from the hills, either as regards
its activity or the quality of the resulting vesicles. At first, I thought there might
be some defect in my mode of performing the operation to account for my repeated
failures. Of twelve children vaccinated by myself on two different days only five took.
On the latter of the two days I got an experienced vaccinator to operate on other twelve.
His success was even less: only three of his cases were successful. This was in the
month of December. With the lymph from the hills other vaccinators succeeded
better, and I saw several typical vesicles follow its use. Towards the end of the
I received a supply of fresh crusts from the hills. In every instance in which these
were used excellent vesicles followed.
35. In conclusion, I must not forget to mention the valuable assistance I received
from my writer, Mir Ahmed Ali, when I first assumed charge of my appointment and
was new to the work.
AGRA AND MEERUT CIRCLE.
Annual Report by R. PRINGLE, ESQ., M.D., Superintendent of Vaccine, Agra and
Meerut Circle, dated Camp, Dehra Doon, 5th April, 1871.
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12
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Establishment.
Superintendent.
Native Superintendents.
Vaccinators.
1
2
Writer.
Chuprassees.
THE establishment of the Agra and Meerut Divisions during the season 1870-71
was as per margin, being the
same as that for the previous
year.
The collection of vaccine lymph un-
der the snowy range for the plains
operations of the season under report.
2. This, as usual, was commenced in May, under my own superintendence, with
vaccine lymph received from the National Vaccine
Institution, London. The supply received amounted
to 100 tubes, of which 50 per cent. contained vaccine
lymph in a fit state for operating with, and proved eminently successful; 30 per cent.
were unfit, from impurities, &c.; and in the remaining 20 per cent. the lymph had completely
dried up. The operations with this vaccine lymph in the hands of our Native Super-
intendent, and an average of two vaccinators, resulted in 1,066 tubes and 586 crusts—
a supply more than sufficient for the wants of my 89 vaccinators, and for all demands
made on my office for vaccine lymph. Of the former, 80 per cent. were good, and
nearly all the latter were, judging from external appearances, all that was necessary