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cases in succession, all from the men who were not 

 inoculated, and all proving fatal." 



The inoculations were made at 7.30 a.m. 

 Surgeon-Captain Brown had pain within half an 

 hour, and fever in three hours, with temperature 

 1 04°, but this was probably due to the fact that I was 

 not able to rest. The prisoners, of course, went to 

 bed : they all reacted before 4 p.m., but did not 

 have so much trouble over it. The last case was 

 on the 15th. The outbreak was a bad type of 

 cholera ; out of 30 cases 24 died, some of them in 

 \\ to 4 hours. " To summarise the combined 

 results of the camp and the jail, we find that of a 

 daily average of 99 non-inoculated there were 11 

 cases, all fatal = 11. 11 per cent. ; of no inoculated 

 there were 5 cases, with 3 deaths = 2.73 per cent." 



6. Bilaspur and Serampur. 



Here again the figures are small, but worth 

 noting. In a coolie camp at Bilaspur (Central 

 Provinces) 100 non-inoculated had 5 deaths, and 

 150 inoculated had 1 death. In Serampur, among 

 the general population, 51 non-inoculated had 5 

 cases and 3 deaths, and 42 inoculated had 2 cases 

 and 1 death. 



7. The Cachar Tea-Gardens (1895). 



This series of inoculations was begun in February 

 1895, for the protection of the coolies on various 

 tea-estates. The results are excellent, and deal 



