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great use for carrying lymph long distances, but I think it very improbable that they can be
always used instead of a child with fresh lymph on the arm; certainly not, if we want much
work done.
At the end of 1863 and beginning of 1864 there was a severe epidemic of small-pox in the
town of Kurrachee ; the disease also existed in the adjacent districts, especially in the Kardar¬
ate of Meerpoor Saera. There were also a few sporadic cases in other talookas which I do
not consider require particular notice. The epidemic which occurred in Kurrachee and its
neighbourhood was both severe and prolonged; of the town of Kurrachee it is not my pro-
vince to speak, as it is under the Civil Surgeon there. But when I went into the hills lying
between Kurrachee and the Khan of Khelat's territory towards the Hubb River, I saw a
number of children who had been recently inoculated, and on making enquiries I found that
at least two individuals had practised inoculation in that direction, and that they carried
the disease from the Khan's territory to Kurrachee, and as soon as the disease took its terri-
ble hold on the town they went off, but I could not learn where they belong to ; the people
said that they did not know anything about where they lived. Some of the children had
been unsuccessfully inoculated, and the parents were very irate, as they had paid the
inoculator, who had not returned to see the result of his work.
At the opening of the year I was engaged examining the work of General No. 165,
Gungaram, in the Mehur District, which I found satisfactory. Thence I passed into
the Larkhana District, where I examined very closely the work of General No. 27,
Luchmon, and found it generally well done, his records true, and lymph good. But the
marks on the arms of some children who had been vaccinated during the preceding
inundation months were not very good, and showed that the size of the vesicles had
diminished considerably; but with the cooler weather and careful selection, he had brought
it up to what I saw. Afterwards I marched into the Sukkur District, and there examined
a very large number of children who had been vaccinated by General No. 114, Assoo Mull.
This vaccinator had done an immense deal of good work, his records were true, and his lymph
good. I consider this man's work highly satisfactory. After going through Sukkur and
Shikarpoor Districts I crossed the Indus and came down through the Roree District, in which
I examined the work of General No. 79, Suroopsing. I found his records true and his lymph
good. I consider this vaccinator's work also highly satisfactory. Suroopsing has been some
years in this District, and seems generally to have won the confidence and good will of the
people there; still he occasionally meets with some difficulty. I have much pleasure in stat-
ing that the Deputy Collector, Mr. Foxton, has at all times given him every assistance in the
way of persuading those who offered opposition. Such an interest shown by the district
officer is of the very highest benefit in spreading vaccination. In the town of Roree I examin-
ed the children vaccinated during the year 1863 by the first hospital assistant ; the work
had been well done, as far as I could test it, perfectly truthful, and his lymph was good.
Here in February I saw H. H. the Ameer of Khyrepoor's vaccinator. He said he had
vaccinated some hundreds of children during 1863; he showed me his register, which
was neatly and well kept. I did not inspect any of his work; at the time I saw him,
his father (who was H. H. the Ameer's Hakim) was ill and dying, so he could not leave
him; otherwise I meant to look at his operations,—Captain Dunsterville, the Collector
of Shikarpoor, having very kindly obtained H. H. the Ameer's consent to my inspecting
the villages gone over by H. Highness' vaccinator. I have never received any reports from
H. Highness' vaccinator; I am therefore unable to say whether vaccination is being carried
on in the Khyrepoor territory or not. I have written to Captain Dunsterville to ascertain.