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quashed by the Sudder Court on the ground of illegality. To the release of Boodhoo
I attribute the boldness of the inoculators in the same districts in 1867.
16. My annual tours seem so much alike that I feel half disposed to omit
writing a resumé of last year's ; but I feel that it is due to my establishment to do so,
for without it I cannot well show how I appreciate the work of the individual Vacci-
nators whose vaccinations have been inspected. With this excuse I proceed, and will be
as brief as possible. At the opening of the year under report I was in the Larkhana
District ; there I examined the work of General No. 27 (Luchmon) in three
tappidarates of the talooka of Larkhana, and in one tappidarate of the Lubdarya
Talooka, and found it very satisfactory; his lymph was good, and records were true.
Some work of Peer Bux was also seen, which he did when learning his work under
Luchmon. Luchmon has been longer than any other man in the establishment,—over
20 years. He is a native of the Deccan, and on account of being unable to write in
the Persian character was superseded by Hassah Mull when the latter was promoted
to Head Vaccinator in 1862. Again, although I have been always much satisfied
with him, I was unable, for the same reason, to recommend his promotion to an
Assistant Superintendentship of Vaccination. On my pointing out the loss he had
sustained, he set about learning to write in the Persian character, and is now able to
write his own returns and reports in it. I mention this circumstance to show that the
Vaccinators are willing to earn rewards if Government will only hold them out. In
two tappidarates of Kumbur Talooka, the work of General No. 294 (Jani
Mull) was examined. I find in my notes that " the lymph is not very good ; the
vesicles are well formed, but too small: he has been vaccinating too many children
from one vesicle. By the greatest care in selecting and vaccinating, the vesicles would
develope themselves better. I vaccinated three children from tube lymph." From
this new lymph he subsequently carried on his work. His records were true. In
two tappidarates of Ratadehra Talooka, Peer Bux's work was examined ; it was very
good, but he had entered a number of children in the " above one year" column who
were under that age. He will be more careful in future. In other respects, his records
were quite correct. Leaving Larkhana District I proceeded into Shikarpoor District,
where I examined, in two tappidarates of Shikarpoor Talooka, the work of General
No. 286 (Thackoordass). I find in my notes that "he has done very good work,
though not very much of it, there not being very many unprotected children in the
villages of this talooka." Some old work of General No. 114 (Apoo Mull) was also seen
in this talooka, and the marks were very good. Thackoordass' records were correct.
In the month of February, I entered the frontier Upper Sind District, and in the
tappidarate of Jacobabad, in the talooka of the same name, and in the tappidarate of
Ghouspoor, in Sarhad Talooka, examined the work of Kishen Chand, and found it well
done, his records true, and lymph good. In the latter talooka, the work of General
No. 285 (Hazari Mull) was also examined, and found satisfactory in all respects. From
the frontier district I crossed the Indus and entered Roree District, in which the work
of Allah Bux was examined in Hussein Beli Tappidarate, in Gotekee Talooka; but as he
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