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these places after inoculation, only 2 out of the 1665 

 were attacked, and both recovered. 



When the second epidemic came, in July 1898, 

 the troops, families, and followers, were reinoculated 

 at their own request, 1801 in all. " Practically no 

 one was left in the lines unprotected by inoculation." 

 From this time onward to the end of the second 

 epidemic, though it was much more severe than the 

 first, only 12 cases occurred. In the first epidemic, 

 before inoculation, 78 cases occurred, and 2 after it : 

 in the second, and much more severe, epidemic, though 

 the sanitary measures adopted in both epidemics were 

 similar, only 12 cases occurred. "It would hardly 

 appear to be open to doubt," says the Commission, 

 " that the practical immunity of the regiment, during 

 the second outbreak, was due to inoculation." 



(2) Major Forman's evidence before the Com- 

 mission is very striking, though the figures are 

 small. The following abstract of it is given in the 

 Report of the Commission : — 



" The groups of persons, concerning whom 

 Major Forman gave us evidence, were his private 

 servants, and the hospital attendants of the Belgaum 

 Station Hospital with their wives and children. 

 He inoculated these groups when plague first broke 

 out in the town, and was able to keep in touch with 

 them continuously after that time. Regarding the 

 first group, he says, bringing down their history to 

 3rd March 1899, 'Of my private servants there 

 were in all, including their wives and children, 28 

 people inoculated. There have been no cases of 

 plague, and no deaths up to date. There were 3 

 uninoculated. One was a child of 9 years of age, 



