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100 people were inoculated, and from thenceforward people came forward voluntarily
even in the chawls of the section, and the success of the Committee's work was
assured.
The Rao Bahadur then turned his attention to Mahim, where we organised a meet-
ing at which the leading residents of Dharavi, Agar Bazaar, Mahim, and Worli, etc.,
were present. Sir Bhalchandra Krishna, Dr. Jan Mahomed, and Rao Bahadur V. Khimji
all spoke at length and much good was done; several doctors, including Dr. Dordi, and
many influential native gentlemen and about 80 people were inoculated. This had
its effect, though not to such an extent as elsewhere, as inoculation has never really
" caught on " in Mahim subdivision. Mr. Mahale also called a meeting in Mahim
Bazaar and did much good there; also Mr. Pragji, who was instrumental in getting
many people inoculated in the same place.
In Worli Mr. V, Acharya and Mr. Moroba exerted themselves so much that
they were enabled to get the whole (barring four people) of Maharwadi (a very badly-
infected place in former years) inoculated ; of these four un-inoculated people two died
of Plague ; and of those inoculated not one single person died.
In the Dadar side of this subdivision Mr. D. N. Wadia, of the Textile Mills,
gave me great assistance and 1 was able to inoculate the whole of his mill, or about
900 people, the result being absolutely no case of plague in his mill chawls, which
last year were very badly infected. Many famine-stricken people, in fact nearly
all who crossed the Bandora Causeway, were inoculated on the spot at the sub-
divisional office.
In Sion section inoculation was not begun until very late in the year. This
section is always fairly free from sickness and plague did not appear till very late,
the people not cariog about being done until plague showed itself. A beginning
was made on the famine-stricken people who came in hundreds to Mr. Dalvi's house
every Friday, where rice and the usual 4 annas were given to each .per son inoculated.
Later on in the season a few Kolis and Agris were inoculated, but, taken on the
whole, inoculation wag not popularan this section. I think a great deal of this was
due to my having a somewhat dilatory Sectional Medical Officer.
In Parel and villages the work of inoculation was entirely left in the hands of
Dr. H. K. Tavaria, the Sectional Medical Officer, who has done most excellent work,
He began by getting the rent-collectors and bhayas together and talking to them,
and also visited several mills, including Saraswati, D. Petit, Lord Reay, and
National Mills, where he spoke at meetings hastily convened and managed on the
spot to get many inoculations. He seemed to have the knack of getting to the
right side of his section and has had no trouble whatever in getting large numbers
inoculated. He received valuable assistance from Mr. J. B. D. Jeejibhoy, Mr.
N. Cooper, Mr. A. H. Kaka and family, and Dr. S. Battliwalla, and also from
Khan Saheb Shaik Adam Eusoffbhoy and Khan Saheb D. Solomon in G. Ward.
In Coorla Mill most excellent work was done by Dr. Dady Burjor and staff, over 900
hands being inoculated.
General.
The foregoing extracts and remarks give some account of the
methods adopted to popularize inoculation. From September to Christ-
mas and later, the District Officers with their Sectional Medical Officers,
and the pick of the volunteers, were straining every nerve and spared
neither time nor trouble in reasoning with, and preaching to, the people.
Meetings, large and small, were organised, pamphlets and leaflets were
scattered freely, and parties of leading vaids and hakims were taken
down to the Laboratory at Parel to see for themselves the methods of