79
the house, of which 7 were plague and 9 suspicious. Not one of these
deaths occurred among the inoculated, though the locality was a perfect
hot-bed of plague.
In C. Ward, among not a few others, Patakwadi and Tana Naikin's
Wadi may be cited as good instances of the value of the prophylactic.
In house No. 44, Patakwadi, a highly-infected locality, where in the
previous epidemic every- house had to be vacated more than once> all
the people—60 in number—were inoculated during the year under
report, except one old woman, who was in too debilitated a condition,
and a barber who persistently refused to undergo the operation. No
cases of plague were observed here this year, except one which was
brought into the house from another ward, and the case of the uninocu-
lated barber mentioned above.
In Tara Naikin's Wadi, the manager of a large chawl was instru-
mental in getting about 500 of the inmates inoculated—of these only
one died of plague some 40 days later. About 500 others, living in the
same Wadi under similar conditions, refused to accept inoculation, and
among them there were some 20 deaths from plague.
The excellent work done by Lieutenant Browne and Dr, Cama,.
with the assistance of some of the volunteers, in Kumbharwada has
been referred to elsewhere. Lieutenant Browne took the keenest per-
sonal interest in the subject, he was closely acquainted with the whole
locality, and carefully watched the mortality in the houses where he
had succeeded in pushing inoculation. The following table has been
extracted from his report, and the results speak for themselves.
40/150, Duncan Koad.
Population about 150.
Census return.
S5 males.
87 females.
29 children.
149/151. Bhatulari St.
Population about 80.
Census return—
39 males.
38 females.Ĵ
O cuiidron.
Number of persons
inoculated and dates
of inoculation.
66 persons inoculated,
10th Nov. It- 99.
3 persons inoculated,
16th NOT. 1899.
16 persons inoculated,
7th March 1900.
Total ... 85
21 persons inoculated,
27lh Jan. 1900.
11 persons inoculated,
22nd Feb. 1900.
3 persons inoculated,
97* Vi T?oh iQAfl
-fcltn J7cU. ii7Uv.
local .. 35
Coses or deaths
from Plague
amongst
inoculated.
Nil
...
Nil .„
Deaths.from all
causes, including
Plague, amongst
inoculated.
1
Juximon Vittoo,
30 years. In-
oculated 16th
Nov. 1899.
Died 8th January
1900 of dysen-
tery. Under Dr.
Ranina's treat-
ment for dy-
fenteryl mom-h
before death.
Nil
Cases or deaths of
Plague amongst
uoiuoculuted.
1 de*th, 6th March
1900.
1 death, 6th March
1900.
1 death, 8th March
1900.
1 suffering, 28th Feb.
1900.
1 death, 26th Feb.
1900.
1 suffering 21st Feb.
1 flAft
iyuo.
I death. 25th March
1900.
1 death, 23rd Feb.
1 nA*\
laUO,
1 death, 12th Feb.
1900.
1 death, 17th Feb.
1900.
1 Buffering, 17th Mar.
1900.
Deaths from
all causes, m-
luding Plague,
amongst
uninoculated.
11
A good many
of
these
were meas-
les and 1 or
2
small-
pox.
KEJIABKS.
Every adult in the
house was inoculated
finally, except about
6, who were until; xor.
it. The bouse is a
villainously bad one,
and the smell on
the ground-floor is
enough to make a
filth cart-driver feel
laiut.
This is a very filthy
bouse.Therooins and
staircase are pitch-
dark and Btink.
xno whole nouse
w&s twice disinfect*
ed, and for every cass
certain rooms were
cleared also ; but, as
will be seen, nothing
checked the plague
except inoculation.
Since making up thlft
report, 2 more deaths
from plaguo have
oconrrod amongst the
uninoculated, and
several more of them
came forward for
inoculation.