19

Week ending
Number inoculated during the week.
Total Population...9,543.
A Inoculated.
B Uninoculated.
Weekly numbers of
Cases.
Deaths.
12th May 1899
9,543
{ A
1,230
14
8

{ B
8,313
34
19
19th do.
898
"
{ A
2,128
10
4
{ B
7,415
17
6
26th do.
451
"
{ A
2,579
5
3
{ B
6,964
31
19
2nd June 1899
231
"
{ A
2,810
3
...
{ B
6,733
27
21
9th do.
199
"
{ A
3,009
10
3
{ B
6,534
32
21
16th do.
165
"
{ A
3,174
1
3
{ B
6,369
45
26
23rd do.
74
"
{ A
3,248
2
...
{ B
6,295
34
19
30th do.
113
"
{ A
3,361
1
2
{ B
6,182
33
22
7th July 1899
310
"
{ A
3,671
3
1
{ B
5,872
47
31
14th do.
648
"
{ A
4,319
4
1
{ B
5,224
71
50
21st do.
1,151
"
{ A
5,470
6
4
{ B
4,073
51
33
28th do.
1,254
"
{ A
6,724
4
3
{ B
2,819
30
36
4th August 1899
1,145
"
{ A
7,869
4
2
{ B
1,674
24
15
11th do.
313
9,052*
{ A
8,182
12
3
* Cause of decrease probably flight.
{ B
870
18
15
18th do.
546
8,674*
{ A
8,048
5
3
{ B
626
6
6
25th do.
Only 2 cases and 2 deaths in the whole Cantonment.
1st September 1899
77
8,947
{ A
8,590
3
...
{ B
375
1
1
8th do.
134
9,064
{ A
8,749
...
...
{ B
315
5
3
Taking the average population for each of the groups, the following sum-
mary of the above is obtained :-
Cases.
Deaths.
Percentage mortality
on average
population.
Average Inoculated population present
throughout
4,842
78
40
0.83
the epidemic
Average uninoculated do. do. ...
4,558
506
346
7.59
If therefore the inoculated had suffered to the same extent as the uninocu-
lated, they should have had 537 cases with 367 deaths instead of 87 and 40,
respectively. The number of cases therefore appears to be reduced by 83.8
per cent., and the deaths by 89.1 per cent.
18. Artillery Followers, Belgaum.-Major Forman, R.A.M.C., sends the
following particulars relating to the inoculation of the Native followers of the
49th Battery, Royal Field Artillery, who since plague broke out have been
under medical inspection twice daily.
These people, numbering 334, reside in lines 3/4 mile from the nearest bazar.
Plague appeared on the 31st of May, 1899, and between that date and the 7th