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Name of Street.
Name of non-inoculated
persons.
State of health as recorded
at the time of inoculation.
Result.
Dheberwad
Nil.
Taiwad
1. Havaboo
Pregnant
Recovered.
2. Fatma
Do.
Died.
3. Aisaboo
Do.
Do.
4. Amanboo
Old
Recovered.
Machiwad
5. Devji
Healthy; absent at work
Died.
6. Havli
Pregnant
Do.
Ghanchiwad
7. Kasam
Healthy; absent at work
Do.
8. Moosa
Do. do.
Do.
9. Kasi
Do. do.
Do.
The above may be summarised as follows :-
Cases.
Deaths.
Healthy = 36
4
4
Sickly = 26
5
3
If the 36 healthy uninoculated persons be compared with the 1,018 inoculated, the following table may be constructed :-
Population.
Cases.
Deaths.
Case mortality.
Inoculated, 1,018
84 ( 82%)
31 ( 30 %)
369 per cent.
Not inoculated, 36
4 (111 %)
4 (111 %)
1000 " "
If the inoculated had suffered in the same proportion as the healthy
uninoculated, they ought to have had 118 attacks with 84 deaths instead of 84
and 31 respectively ; a reduction of 25.6 per cent. in the case of attacks and of
63.1 per cent. in the case of deaths in favour of the inoculated.
Thus, when the "sickly " are excluded from the calculation, a reduction of
the attack-rate in favour of the inoculated is seen. The smallness of the
reduction in this case should not be adduced as an argument to show the little
effect of the prophylactic, for such small numbers as are found here on the
uninoculated side are always liable to have the balance destroyed by a single
addition to one side or other of the account.
The Commission further compare the incidence of plague in two communities of the same caste, but living in separate parts of the town of Bulsr. The first of these was the Ghanchis (or oil-pressers), and the following is the table
given by the Plague Commission as showing the occurrences in the two quarters.
The population of the inoculated quarter is got by adding both inoculated and
uninoculated together. The uninoculated persons in the inoculated quarter
numbered 35, and they furnished one-third of the cases and half the deaths
in this community ; and this should be kept in mind when studying the
table :-
Name of Street.
Name of non-inoculated
persons.
State of health as recorded
at the time of inoculation.
Result.
Dheberwad
Nil.
Taiwad
1. Havaboo
Pregnant
Recovered.
2. Fatma
Do.
Died.
3. Aisaboo
Do.
Do.
4. Amanboo
Old
Recovered.
Machiwad
5. Devji
Healthy; absent at work
Died.
6. Havli
Pregnant
Do.
Ghanchiwad
7. Kasam
Healthy; absent at work
Do.
8. Moosa
Do. do.
Do.
9. Kasi
Do. do.
Do.
The above may be summarised as follows :-
Cases.
Deaths.
Healthy = 36
4
4
Sickly = 26
5
3
If the 36 healthy uninoculated persons be compared with the 1,018 inoculated, the following table may be constructed :-
Population.
Cases.
Deaths.
Case mortality.
Inoculated, 1,018
84 ( 82%)
31 ( 30 %)
369 per cent.
Not inoculated, 36
4 (111 %)
4 (111 %)
1000 " "
If the inoculated had suffered in the same proportion as the healthy
uninoculated, they ought to have had 118 attacks with 84 deaths instead of 84
and 31 respectively ; a reduction of 25.6 per cent. in the case of attacks and of
63.1 per cent. in the case of deaths in favour of the inoculated.
Thus, when the "sickly " are excluded from the calculation, a reduction of
the attack-rate in favour of the inoculated is seen. The smallness of the
reduction in this case should not be adduced as an argument to show the little
effect of the prophylactic, for such small numbers as are found here on the
uninoculated side are always liable to have the balance destroyed by a single
addition to one side or other of the account.
The Commission further compare the incidence of plague in two communities of the same caste, but living in separate parts of the town of Bulsr. The first of these was the Ghanchis (or oil-pressers), and the following is the table
given by the Plague Commission as showing the occurrences in the two quarters.
The population of the inoculated quarter is got by adding both inoculated and
uninoculated together. The uninoculated persons in the inoculated quarter
numbered 35, and they furnished one-third of the cases and half the deaths
in this community ; and this should be kept in mind when studying the
table :-
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