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PLAGUE 



II. 







Plague death-rate. 











Comparison per 1000 



Percentage reduction 





Dates. 



between 



of Plague death-rate 









in favour of the 







Non- 

 inoculated. 





Inoculated. 







Inoculated. 







Five weeks from 











May 



1 1 to June 14 



I.022 



. ^ CO 



Over 



65 percent. 



Week ending June 2 1 



.S30 



. 5^7 

 O"/ 



About 



1 55 



» 



June 28 



742 



.Il8 



Nearly 85 „ 





July 5 



1.524 



.570 



About 63 „ 



5) 



July 12 



1 .022 



.452 



Nearly 56 „ 



55 



July 19 



2-793 



.450 





84 „ 



55 



July 26 



4.147 



.761 





82 „ 



J5 



Aug. 2 



6.656 



.705 





89 „ 



55 



Aug. 9 



I7-325 



.698 



Over 



96 „ 



55 



Aug. 16 



33-694 



2.083 





94 



55 



Aug. 23 



57.0II 



I. 241 





98 „ 



55 



Aug. 30 



8o.Il6 



.820 





98 ,5, 



55 



Sept. 6 



83.II2 



.958 





99 „ 



55 



Sept. 13 



II2.903 



1.260 



Over 



99 



55 



Sept. 20 



I 13.127 



1-439 



Over 



99 



55 



Sept. 27 



96.185 



•517 



Over 



99 » 



"It appears that if the 47,427 inhabitants had remained, 

 as they did — in their town, without running away by rail or 

 otherwise, or without camping out in a mass — and if no inocu- 

 lation had been resorted to — they would have lost 24,899 

 souls, or a little over a half of their number. The official 

 records show that this has actually occurred, during the 

 present terrible outbreak, in a number of large villages, of 

 2000 inhabitants and over, in the Hubli talnka and elsewhere 

 in the Dharwar District, where no inoculation was done, and 

 no camping-out was possible on account of the wet weather." 

 (Haffkine's commentary on Dr Leumann's report.) 



That is the story of Hubli ; and, as it stands, 

 it is almost incredible. The Commissioners, by 

 very strict inquiry, reduced it to credibility without 

 robbing it of glory. The inquiry brought out 

 more instances of the immeasurable difficulty of 



