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cordon was placed round the town, about 2000 out 

 of 10,900 had fled. The outbreak reached its height 

 in mid- April, and was practically over by the end 

 of May. Inoculations were begun on 26th March. 

 The total population on that day (2000 having gone 

 out, and 670 having died of plague) is estimated at 

 8230. Of these, 2197 were inoculated, and 6033 

 were left uninoculated. Among the inoculated 

 there were 36 deaths =1.6 per cent. ; among the 

 uninoculated 1482 deaths = 24.6 per cent. 



The Commissioners criticise these figures 

 severely, and do not accept them as exact. But 

 they admit the evidence as to the results of inocu- 

 lation among the Parsee community of Daman. 

 Of this community, 306 in number, 277 were 

 inoculated, and only 29 were left uninoculated. 

 Among the inoculated there was 1 death = 0.36 

 per cent. : among the uninoculated there were 4 

 deaths =13.8 per cent. 



They admit, also, the house-to-house investiga- 

 tions made by Major Lyons, I. M.S., President of 

 the Bombay Government Plague Committee. At 

 the end of May, he visited 89 houses, in 62 of 

 which both inoculated and uninoculated were living 

 together. He found that out of 382 inoculated, 36 

 had died = 9.4 per cent. ; out of 123 uninoculated, 

 38 had died = 30.9 per cent. 



2. Lanauli. 



Plague attacked Lanauli, a small hill-station 

 and railway depot, during April- September 1897. 

 The entire population was estimated at about 2000. 



