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The Mahomedans of this district, as elsewhere, maintained that inoculation was against their religion and would have none of it.
Khan Saheb David Solomon had a most successful meeting among the Beni-Israel community, of which 100 people were inoculated. On this occasion the Khan Saheb gave to every person who came forward one rupee.
B. Ward, North.
Captain Brownrigg interested himself in B. Ward, North and at a successful public meeting in Dongri on 1st October, where a crowded audience was addressed by Dr. Sir Bhalchandra Krishna, Dr. Ismail Jan Mohamed and others, 28 people, including Rao Sahib Balkrishna Bhivaji, Messrs. G. Moses, Jacob Moses, Shivram Vithal, and Morarji Krishnaji, were inoculated, and the proceedings were only terminated by darkness. A similar meeting was held shortly afterwards in Umarkhari. Rao Bahadur V. C. Vandekar exerted his influence in the matter and was most helpful; while Rao Bahadur K. N. Saelor, Sirdar Casim Haji Mitha, Khan Saheb Saleh Mohamed Ibrahim, and Rao Sahib Balkrishnaji Bhi-vaji greatly assisted the movement by contributions of grain and cloth to tempt the backward. A few lotteries with small prizes of grain and cloth were also held with fairly successful results. The volunteers generally did their best in the matter, and on Nowroji Hill, North and South, Rao Saheb Balkrishnaji Bhivaji, Messrs. Shivram Vithal Kandalkar and Ganpat Vithoji, managed to persuade a large number of the residents to get themselves inoculated. Altogether about 10,000 people were inoculated in this disrict and about half of these were people from infected houses.
D. Ward.
D. Ward, where are to be found a large number of educated Hindus, was the most backward of all. No public meetings were held here and few of the volunteers exerted themselves in the matter ; but Mr. P. B. Joshi, K. S. G. H. Rogay, Dr. Framji Shapurji, Dr. Ghaswala, and the two Drs. Naik and Vaid Laxmidas worked hard, visiting various chawls and mills and endeavouring to persuade the poorer classes of the value of the protection. Handbills were freely distributed, and Mr. P. B. Joshi rendered special assistance in writing and translating them into the vernacular. Among others, Mr. Nanabhai, Manager of the Petit Mills, and Mr. Muncherji Framji, Managing Trustee of the Irani Dharmsala, got a number ofthe people under their control inoculated, while Mr. Amirudin Tyabji and Mr. Haji Mohamed are bright examples of landlords who insisted upon the tenants of their chawls protecting themselves by the prophylactic treatment. In all between 3,000 and 4,000 operations were performed in D. Ward.
Byculla.
In E. Ward, Byculla, between 8,000 and 9,000 people were inoculated, the greater part being people from infected houses who preferred inoculation to going to camp. Mr. James MacDonald, Rao Bahadur D. H. Barde, and others encouraged waverers by gifts of grain, and Mr. MacDonald exerted his influence with conspicuous success in Gujri Bazaar, where he induced 1,291 people to get them-