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from the vaccinator on the other side of the Indus, within a few miles of his working
ground. From Jurruck district I crossed into Shahbunder district. In the Beyla
talooka the work of local vaccinator Nubby Bux was inspected. One day's lymph
was bad, next day's good : there was a strong hot wind blowing at the time, which
Nubby Bux said was the cause of the deterioration of his lymph, but I observed that
such a general cause would have made both day's equally bad. The fact was he had
vaccinated one village in the heat of the day, under a strong hot wind, and the other
in the cool of the early morning. In the hot months the operations should all be
performed in the cool of the early morning, or the probabilities will be many against
the vesicles being good and well developed. I ordered him to vaccinate in the early
morning only throughout the hot season. During June and July I saw about 360
vaccinated children in 28 villages, the work of Lalloo, the Municipality of Kotree's
vaccinator, Majlis Rai, and local vaccinator Ramzan in the Doaba and Kotree
talookas. In these months several new hands were trained to vaccinate under
Lalloo. In the month of August I went to Kurrachee, with the object of
inspecting work on both sides of the Mulleer, which had been performed
by local vaccinator Ram Chund. A day or two after I reached Kurrachee, the
floods rendered it impossible to inspect any villages near the Mulleer. I returned to
Kotree by the first passenger carrying steamer which left Kurrachee. En route I ex-
amined the vaccination records at Khetty Bunder dispensary. The Hospital Assistant
there said there were no children left in the place to vaccinate, except a very few
who were suffering from ague. In September and October I again saw some work
which had been performed by Laloo, Majlis Rai, and Ramzan. In October Hassah
Mull, 1st Assistant Superintendent, charged a number of capillary tubes, which were
distributed to the dispensaries. During September and October Lalloo, assisted by
several new hands, did a good deal of work beyond the Nai Barran, where the people
of the plains graze their cattle during the inundation months. I saw some excellent
work in the hills there. In November I examined some work of General No. 77,
Jettah Mull, in Kotree and Manjhandah talookas, and found that it had been very
satisfactorily performed ; although from ill-health he had not been able to do as
much as usual. After examining the work of Jettah Mull I proceeded to Sehwan and
in the talooka of that name examined the work of Rughu Mull. I found his lymph
very good and his vaccinations very carefully performed; but had again to find fault
with him for making mistakes in the columns of ages, several children were entered in
the column "above one year" old who were under that age. In other respects his
records were quite correct and very neatly kept, so on the whole I was satisfied with
him. From the Sehwan district I entered Mehur district and in Kukkur talooka
inspected the work of local vaccinator Chellah Ram, with which I was very well
pleased. From thence passed into Mehur talooka where I examined the work of local
vaccinator Ramzan, which was also found very well done. Thence entered Larkhana
district and en route saw a few children who were vaccinated in the preceding year
by (then local vaccinator) General No. 294, Jani Mull, in the talooka of Nusseerabad.