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PLAGUE 



6. Undhera. 



The figures for Undhera are very valuable : 

 " The conditions," says Surgeon-Major Bannerman, 

 "approached very nearly the strictness of a labora- 

 tory experiment." Even the Commissioners are 

 enthusiastic here. 



Undhera is an agricultural village, 6 miles from 

 Baroda. Plague broke out in it, in January 1898. 

 A careful census was taken, and showed a popula- 

 tion of 1029. By 1 2th February there had been 

 76 deaths. On that day the village was visited 

 by Mr Haffkine, Surgeon-Major Bannerman, and 

 other experts, and 513 persons were inoculated: — 

 By reference to the census papers, the whole of the 

 inhabitants were called out, house by house, and the 

 half of each household inoculated. In this way, an 

 endeavour was made to inoculate half the men, half 

 the women, and half the children in each family, and 

 to arrange that a fairly equal proportion of the 

 sickly -loo king should be placed in each division. 

 The plague lasted 42 days after the inoculations, 

 and affected 28 families. On 4th April a house-to- 

 house investigation was made by Mr Haffkine, 

 Surgeon-General Harvey, Surgeon- Major Banner- 

 man, and Captain Dyson. The figures are as 

 follows : — 



Population on 

 12th February. 





Cases. 



Deaths. 



Mortality. 



1029-76 = 953 



Inoculated, 513 

 Uninoculated, 440 



8 



28 



3 

 27 



0.6 per cent. 

 6.0 per cent. 



