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devise a scheme for paying batta to Vaccinators for all successful vaccinations
over and above a fixed number,—a plan which, would encourage zeal and
energy." I reported on this suggestion in my letter No. 803, dated 9th
August last, to the Inspector General, Indian Medical Department, as
follows :—

" 2. I beg to submit that I am of opinion that it would not be
advisable to pay batta to Vaccinators for all successful vaccinations
above a fixed number. I consider that such a scheme would be impracti-
cable,—1st. Because all vaccinations cannot be inspected by Superintend-
ents ; therefore the Vaccinator's returns would require to be accepted
as correct. This, I think, would be a strong incentive to falsify the regis-
ters. 2nd. It would be very difficult to fix a number above which the
batta should be paid, because, from our little knowledge of the popula-
tion per square mile, one Vaccinator might find it easy to vaccinate
more than the limited number, and another might find it impossible
to do so ; and yet the latter man might be the more worthy of the two,
and might have worked the harder of the two. 3rd. This plan was
tried by Dr. Beatty some years ago, when he was a Superintendent of
Vaccination, and it failed."

I have no wish to press the matter of travelling batta to Vaccinators
again on Government, as it is very probable that Government will shortly be
relieved of all charge on account of Vaccinators by their being maintained
by Local Funds, Municipalities, Native States, &c; but I will add that our
Vaccinators, as a rule, require no inducement to do plenty of work, and I
fear that many of them do too many vaccinations. What we most want is
quality and not quantity. When there shall be a Vaccinator to each talooka,
then it might be useful to hold out a stimulous to exertion and zeal; at pre-
sent it is not necessary, for nearly every Vaccinator can get plenty of child-
ren to vaccinate, and the labour is not so much in vaccinating them, but in
collecting and selecting children, seeing them again on the eighth day, per-
suading the parents to give a vaccinifer, recording names and results.

Reduction of the travelling
allowance of Superintendents
from Rs. 8 to Rs. 5 per diem.

13. My budget estimate for 1869-70 was reduced by Rs. 10,000,
and as there remained too little to meet the
past year's expenditure, it was suggested in
the Government of India's letter No. 1836,
dated 8th July last, made known in this Government's Resolution No. 1699
dated 20th idem, to reduce the travelling allowance of the Superintendents
from Rs. 8 to Rs. 5 per diem. This was done, and I regret to say that all the