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Inoculations were begun on 24th July in two wards 

 of the town, and a daily house-to-house inspection 

 was instituted. The figures reported, on the basis 

 of the average daily strength of the two groups, are 

 as follows : — 



Inoculated, 323, with 14 cases, of which 7 



died = 2 per cent. 

 Uninoculated, 377, with 78 cases, of which 57 



died = 15 per cent. 



The Commissioners criticise the method on 

 which these figures are based, and do not accept 

 them as accurate. But they agree that inoculation 

 " exerted a distinct preventive effect"; and they 

 admit Major Baker's evidence — " In the place where 

 inoculation had been made use of, the town was 

 thriving and full of people ; and the other part of 

 the town was absolutely empty. One side had 

 plague, and the other had none." 



3. Kirki. 



The figures here were obtained under especially 

 favourable circumstances ; and the Commissioners 

 have, practically, no fault to find with their accuracy. 

 The following account is by Surgeon- Major 

 Bannerman, Superintendent of the Plague Research 

 Laboratory, Bombay : — 



" Plague broke out in Kirki, in the artillery 

 cantonment, situated four miles from Poona ; and 

 the followers of the four batteries stationed there 

 suffered severely. These men were living with 

 their families in lines on a sloping plain, under 



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