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The table below shows at a glance the events in the two sections :-
Population.
Cases.
Deaths.
Inoculated ...
1,970
6 (0.3%)
4 (0.2%)
Not inoculated
25,030
564 (2.2%)
460 (1.8%)
If the inoculated had suffered in the same proportion as the uninoculated,
they should have had 44 cases with 36 deaths, instead of 6 and 4 respectively.
The number of cases amongst the inoculated appears therefore to have been
reduced by 86.3 per cent. and the number of deaths by 88.8 per cent.
Taking the Parsi community by itself we find that during the period from
October 1898 to March 1899, they numbered on an average 1,843 persons, of
whom 1,080 were inoculated. The following occurred :-
Population.
Cases.
Deaths.
Inoculated ... ... 1,080
2 (0.2%)
1 (0.1 %)
Not inoculated 763
9 (1.2 %)
5 (0.6%)
If the inoculated Parsis had suffered in the same proportion as those not
inoculated, they should have had 12 cases with 7 deaths, instead of 2 and 1,
respectively. Inoculation appears therefore to have reduced the number of
cases by 83.3 per cent., and the deaths by 85.7 per cent.
Another community which shows striking results from inoculation is that
of the tailors of Broach. These numbered 225, and were all living in a camp
outside the town, under similar conditions as regards dwellings, mode of living,
etc., Of this community 90 were inoculated, and 135 remained uninoculated.
The following table shows the incidence of plague among them.
Population.
Cases.
Deaths.
Inoculated ... ... 90
0
0
Not inoculated ... 135
10 (7.4%)
6 (4.4%)
15. Dhrwr-A town of some 32,000 inhabitants situated in the Sou-
thern Mahratta Country, 13 miles from Hubli, and the head-quarters station of
the Southern Mahratta Railway. Plague broke out here during August 1898,
and inoculation work was begun almost at once by the Civil Surgeon, Lieutenant-
Colonel Davidson, I. M. S., and afterwards continued and practised on a large
scale by Dr. Miss Corthorn, who was sent there on special duty, and from
whose report the following figures are taken. During the 12 weeks covered
by this report, from September 2nd to November 16th 1898, the population
actually residing in the town numbered on the average 21,088, the rest having
fled to the fields or jungle in the neighbourhood. Of these persons, 2,367 were
operated on once, and 1,864 twice; while 16,848 remained uninoculated.
The table below shows the incidence of plague among the inoculated and
uninoculated :-
Average population present.
Cases
Deaths.
Case incidence.
Case mortality.
Inoculated
... 4,231
129
54
3.04%
41.8%
Not inoculated
... 16,848
100
889
6.5%
80.8%
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