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9. My predecessor, the late Dr. Ffolliott, examined thoroughly the districts of
Upper Sind in the early part of 1869, marched down
the right bank of the Indus, and delivered over
charge on the 17th May, and then left on sick certificate for England. He reported
his satisfaction with the work done by the "Vaccinators. From January to the end of
April he travelled over 500 miles, and inspected 5,519 children. Till the 17th of July
I carried on the duties of Civil Surgeon of Kotrce, and officiated as Superintendent of
Vaccination. I then went to the Thurr and Parkur districts, chiefly on account of
an outbreak of cholera there. Major Tyrwhitt and I worked very hard there for weeks,
and returned before the end of August. Since then I have examined the work of
some Vaccinators in the Kurrachee Collectorate, and the state of vaccination in every
talooka of the Hydrabad Collectorate and the Thurr and Parkur ; altogether I have seen
the work of about 17 Vaccinators and 7 Dispensaries. The quality of the recent work
done by the Vaccinators is very good ; that of the Dispensaries not quite so good,
owing, I believe, to the difficulty in getting a sufficient number of children to operate
upon weekly, and consequently an insufficient number of vesicles for the selection of
lymph.
Correctness of Returns.
10. I was satisfied with the correctness of the records of all the Vaccinators,
except three. Purbet Rai had a false entry of eight
names; Chelaram (No. 142) of twenty names;
and Jettah Mull (No. 77) failed in some instances to revisit the villages to ascertain
the result of his operations. To save himself the trouble of going a second time to
an out-of-the-way village he put them all down as successful : he should have
entered those as doubtful. He admitted his fault when I found out three cases entered
as successful instead of unsuccessful, otherwise his work was all that could be desired-
The reason they dared make such false entries was that they imagined there work
would not come under close supervision. From July to March I have inspected
16,629 children in 474 villages, and travelled 2,931 miles. Of course I could not have
done this without the very greatest assistance.
Assistance from Civil Authorities.
The Commissioner in Sind, Sir William Merewether, Major Wallace, Acting Col-
lector of Hydrabad, and Major Tyrwhitt, Political
Superintendent of the Thurr and Parkur, frequently
went around with me from village to village, and assisted me very materially in gather-
ing and inspecting the children. The people were very much pleased to have such
attention shown, and such interest taken, in having their children protected against small-
pox ; even the Mukhtiarkars begin to feel it is their duty to assist, in explaining to the
people the benefits of vaccination, and to encourage them to bring their children to be
vaccinated. I always, too, receive every assistance from all the Deputy Collectors.
Mr. Tyndall, the Deputy Collector of Sehwan, helped me very materially in personally
examining into some difficulties at Sehwan and Dadoo, and in having them removed.
Sir William Merewether never missed an opportunity to inquire of the people the
progress of vaccination amongst them, beslowing; praise on the energetic, and rebuking