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15. Employes of the Southern Mahratta Railway, Hubli.-These persons were living in
barracks, and in the Railway yard apart from the general population of Hubli town. They
were under close daily inspection by English officials, who formed a committee for this
purpose, with Dr. Chenoi as their medical adviser. The results given below may therefore
be regarded as accurate to a high degree, the numbers dealt with not being excessive, and the
supervision strict. Inoculation was begun early in June 1898, and after its introduction
plague cases appeared on 29 different dates between 11th June and 6th October of
that year.
In the following table " average " populations have been taken in each case, as the num-
bers present on each date when plague appeared varied; the numbers inoculated steadily
increasing, while those not inoculated correspondingly decreased:-
Numbers.
Attacks.
Deaths.
Twice inoculated
990
6 (0.6%)
1 (0.1%)
Once
270
5 (1.8%)
1 (0.3%)
Not inoculated
760
35 (4.6%)
21 (2.7%)
If the 1,260 inoculated had suffered to the same extent as the 760 not inoculated, they
should have had 60 cases with 34 deaths, instead of 11 and 2 respectively: a reduction in case,
of 81.7 per cent. and in deaths of 94.1 per cent.
16. Broach.-A town of 40,168 inhabitants, situated on the sea-coast 200 miles north of
Bombay. Owing to the advent of plague, and consequent flight of many of the inhabitants
only 20,000 were found present when a census was taken on 16th March 1899. The average
population for the previous six months is estimated by those on the spot at 27,000, and this
number is therefore adopted for statistical purposes, in the figures given below, which are
taken from a report submitted by Dr. Burjorji Sorabsha, the medical officer employed by the
Parsi Panchayat to perform inoculation, among the members of their community. 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 (1.4%)
If the inoculated had suffered in the same proportion as the uninoculated, they should
have had 45 cases with 37 deaths, instead of 6 and 4 respectively: a reduction in cases of
86.7 per cent. and in deaths of 89.2 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%)
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