Report on Vaccination in the Province of Oudh for the
                              year 1871-72.

History.

Before the year 1867, Vaccination was carried on in this Province
under what is usually termed the Dispensary system.

2.    Towards the close of that year a regular Vaccine Department
was established under the Superintendence of Dr. G. S. Sutherland, the
Sanitary Commissioner.

3.    For the first three years the operations were confined to the
city of Lucknow.

4.    In his report for 1869-70, Dr. Sutherland recommended that
attempts might be made to extend the benefits of vaccination by posting
one operator to each of the civil stations.

5.    This was done in 1870-71, and the success attending the measure
induced me to recommend in my last Annual Report, that two Vaccinators
should be sent to each district, one to work in the Sadr station, and
the other to accompany the camp of the Deputy Commissioner when on
his cold weather tour.

6.    The Chief Commissioner desired that twenty-four extra Vaccina-
tors should be entertained, two for each district, to be paid from Local
Funds, one of whom was to proceed with the Deputy Commissioner's camp,
and the other with that of the Settlement Officer or Assistant Commis-
sioner as the case might be. One Vaccinator was also to be posted at
each Sadr station as before.

Advantage of Vaccinators
going with Deputy Commis-
sioner on tour.

7. In the last report it was shewn that the people held most extra-
ordinary opinions about vaccination, and often refused to believe that
the Vaccinator was a Government servant, or that he was other than an
adventurer. He was sometimes even attacked and maltreated. There-
fore this method was devised. Twenty-four Vaccinators were distributed
throughout the Province under the orders of Magistrates, and it was
seen that the Vaccinators had the sanction of Government. Many of
the Civil Officers took great trouble to explain to T'alukdárs and others,
the advantages of vaccination and their efforts were productive of good
results.

Disadvantages of the
same.

8. The disadvantages of the travelling system of vaccination are,
difficulty of observing the results of the operations, and of getting fresh
supplies of lymph.

How obviated.

9. Both these objections were obviated by some officers who allowed
the Vaccinators to remain at any place where the people were favourably
disposed or permitted them to go back to their former places of operation
to see the results, and to replenish their stores of lymph.