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viz., a separate register of each village vaccinated, to be
signed by the lambardár or head man of the village, and by
the native superintendent who inspected the work, and then
sent to the Superintendent General's office for. examination.
When all the village registers of a mortuary registration circle
are complete, they are forwarded to the thánadár, who might,
during epidemics of small-pox, refer to these registers, and
compare the names of those who have died from small-pox,
with those entered in the register as successfully vaccinated ;
this could be made a complete check on the vaccinators, and
would also constantly bring before the people the connection
between vaccination and small-pox.

That part of the provincial establishment which worked
under the immediate superintendence of myself and Doctor
Bennett have been closely watched, and a very considerable
part of their work inspected, and I think their returns may be
safely received as fairly correct. The following is the result
of some of the work seen and examined by myself of which I
took notes in order to compare with the returns. Of 128
villages and 4 towns taken indiscriminately, the registers gave
4,164 as having been vaccinated; of this number I could only
succeed in examining 3,089. In towns where this difference
has principally arisen, I found it quite impossible to examine
all the children vaccinated without giving up a considerable
amount of time which I had not to spare. Where any
difference occurred in a village it was always satisfactorily
accounted for by the lambardár. Of the number examined,
2,891 were successful, 12 were unsuccessful, 73 were doubtful,
i.e., the vesicles were not of the true Jennerian type, and 113
were revaccinations. This gives a percentage of success of
97.14 (excluding revaccinations which were all of a doubtful
nature), which will bear comparison with that given in the
returns.

As regards dispensary vaccination returns, I wrote to
Civil Surgeons having dispensary vaccinators under them
regarding the means they have of testing their vaccinators'
returns. The purport of their replies is given under dispen-
sary vaccination of each district. Some are unsatisfactory ;
but the duties of Civil Surgeons, as a rule, prevent their
having time for looking after the vaccinators, except now and
then in the town at their head-quarters. If they were to
use the village registers, the returns could be very easily
checked.

Provincial Establish-
ment.

4. The establishment of the Panjáb Vaccine Depart-
ment during the season of 1871-72, consisted as follows :—

1 Superintendent General.
1 Superintendent.
26  Native Superintendents.
23 First Class Vaccinators.
27  Second Class do.
63 Third Class do.

Districts visited.

5. The districts that have been visited by the provincial
establishment during the present season are Ambálah, Am-
ritsar, parts of Lahore, Ráwalpindi, Kángra, and the Native