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Hindus, but the Ferasis give much trouble. In addition to the necessity for
making vaccination compulsory in rural areas, it is desirable, if vaccination is to
be put on a satisfactory footing, that something should be done to help the
licensed vaccinators in realizing their fees when they have any difficulty in
doing so themselves, which at present is the case in most districts, especially in
those in which the Magistrates do not recognize the vaccinator's license as a legal
document authorizing them (1) either to vaccinate or (2) to receive fees for
their work. These matters are discussed and a remedy suggested in the note on
the reorganization of the Sanitary and Vaccination Department which is at
present under the consideration of Government,

Local aid.

As a general rule, assistance whenever applied for by the officers of the
Vaccination Department was rendered by the local
authorities in promoting by persuasion the cause of
vaccination, but in the absence of a compulsory law such help was not found
to be very material.

Diagrams showing the death.-
rate from small-pox and the pro-
portion of the population protected
against the disease of vaccina-
tion.

The following diagrams illustrate the death-rate from small-pox per 10,000
of the population in each district of the Province
during the year under report, and the proportion of
the population protected against the disease by
vaccination during the seven years ending 1890-91.
This period of time is taken, as it is the period
during which the efficacy of vaccination is supposed to last.