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3. In the 47 towns in which vaccination is compulsory, 5,853 infants of a total
of 11,222 available for vaccination were successfully vaccinated. In the Dacca
Division less than a third of the children were vaccinated. Except in the towns
of Madaripur, Faridpur, and Sherpur, vaccination was seriously neglected in all other
towns of this Division, and the report does not show how many persons were prose-
cuted. The prejudice of parents against their children being vaccinated before
the second year of life is assigned as one of the reasons for the poor results. In most
of the smaller towns of the Assam Valley Districts, where the Civil Surgeon's
influence is felt, the percentage of vaccination was high, specially in Sylhet, Shillong,
and Dibrugarh. The Lieutenant-Governor will be glad if the importance of vaccina-
tion in towns is impressed on all Civil Surgeons.

                                                                   By order of the Lieutenant-Governor.

                                                                             L. J. KERSHAW,

                                                                                 Secretary to Government.

E. B. & A. S. P. O. (F. & M.) No. 197—325—13-8-1908.