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shown itself. One of the deaths that occurred in Jati and one of the two in Obaoro
were of people who had been inoculated.

No disease but cow-pox com-
municated by vaccination.

13. There is not a single instance of any disease
other than the cow-pox having been communicated
by vaccination.

Tour.

14. In April and May I was engaged in the Shahbandar and Jarak divisions
testing the vaccinator's work, inspecting villages and
tracing out small-pox to its orign. I found the disease
in the tappa of Bablo, in the táluká of Shahbandar, where it had been brought by a
woman who had been ill of it at Ketibandar. The villages on the island between
Bable and Keti were full of the disease. In Keti itself the disease had existed se-
veral months, but the hospital assistant then in charge of the dispensary had done
nothing to suppress it, and told me that it " had not been brought to his notice."
However the present hospital assistant, Mr. Francis Jacob, has worked very hard
and successfully at vaccination. I vaccinated in all the villages I went to, with
tube lymph, and left assistant superintendent Mr. Lachman in special charge, as the
vaccinator Parmánand had just been dismissed. I then roused up 2nd grade vacci-
nator Watanmal to his work, for he had been apparently asleep, though he must have
known that he was literally surrounded by small-pox. He worked very well for
a few weeks, but as the Indus was rising, and the country about to be inundated,
Watanmal betook himself to Mirpur Sacra, contrary to my instructions,and ultima-
tely he was allowed to resign. I afterwards inspected the work of the Tattá vacci-
nator, and sent him to Mr. Lachman's assistance. I visited the Tattá dispensary,
where Mr. Apothecary Sylvester had vaccinated a large number of children. I then
visited the Jarak dispensary and a considerable number of children were vaccinated
in my presence, by hospitatal assistant Mr. Kisansing. In October I visited Bulá-
khán Tándá dispensary and then marched up the left bank of the Indus accompanied
by assistant superintendent Mr. Asumal through the Halá and Naoshero districts,
visiting the Halá and Tharushá dispensaries and inspecting the work of the Hala
Shahdadpnr, Sakrand, Morá, Naoshero and Khandiara vaccinators. I found all
pretty satisfactory, excepting the work of Khanchand, whom I had to recom
mend to be dismissed. At the Northern boundary of the Haidarábád zilhá I was
joined by assistant superintendent Mr. Hásá Mal, and then entered H. H
Mir Alimurad's territory and inspected the work vaccinator Ghaus Bakshlr had
done since the month of April. He had no other to show. He had very good
lymph and every thing pretty correct for what I may term a beginner. His High-
ness appointed another vaccinator, Hakikat Rai, who was formerly employed in
this office as a clerk, and who is a native of His Highness' territory, so that vacci
nation is progressing with rapid strides now in his state. I then went over to the
eastern portion of Rohri to inspect vaccinator Lokumal's work ; afterwards marched
to the Rohri town, visited the dispensary and had to suspend operations by the
hospital assistant in charge, pending an investigation into some charges made
against him by the Panchayat. The táluká vaccinator was directed to carry on
vaccination in Rohri town in the meantime, as well as in the taluka. I inspected
the lymph at Sakkar. Next I went up through Saidpur and Ghotki to Mirpur
Mátelo and Obaoro, specially examining the work done by vaccinator Sarupsin"- and
Mr. Hásámal in May and June, when very large numbers were returned as vacci
nated. Every name returned was perfectly correct, but the work was not in every
instance as good as it should be owing evidently to attempting to do too much. To
make over 900 vaccinations in one month is no easy task, but it was done, and
the object with which it was done was accomplished, viz., to stamp-out small-pox.
The lymph in Mirpur and Obaoro was not so good as it might be, so I directed the
two vaccinators to take supplies from Sarupsing, who had splendid lymph. Hav-
ing got up as far as the Bháwalpur territory, I crossed the Indus to the Upper
Sindh Frontier districts,and inspected the work of the vaccinators of Kasmor
and Thul. I considered they had not done sufficient work and explained this to
them. I went on to Jacobabad, Shikarpur and Sakkar, inspecting the work in