[30] The exact number is 355, of whom 196 were inoculated; the coolies numbered 343, and the Goorkhas 12. (See Dr. Simpson's 1896 Report.) 5. _Durbhanga Jail_ (1896) The figures in this instance are small: but Surgeon-Captain E. Harold Brown's report is very pleasant reading. Cholera broke out in the jail on 31st March 1896, and by 9th April there had been 8 cases. Next day, 172 prisoners were moved into camp 12 miles away; and 53 were left behind, the sick in the jail hospital, the patients in the cholera huts, with their attendants, the old and infirm, and a few cooks and sweepers. That day, 3 cases occurred in the camp, and 1 in the jail; and on the 11th, at 2 and 4 A.M., 2 more cases were reported in camp. At 7.30 A.M., Haffkine and Dr. Green came to the camp:-- "The prisoners were spoken to on the subject, and seemed to be pleased with the idea, the word _tika_ (inoculation), which was familiar to them from its association with smallpox, appearing to appeal to them. They were accordingly arranged in four rows facing the tent, in front of which Dr. Haffkine was about to commence operations. I was the first subject to be inoculated; and after me the jailor, assistant jailor, hospital assistant, and three warders. The first prisoner in the front rank was next brought up and submitted cheerfully; after which, every alternate man was taken, so that no selection of cases was made, until one-half of the total number were inoculated. Those who had not been inoculated were far from pleased at having been passed over; and, to our surprise, they rose almost to a man, and begged to be inoculated; nor were they satisfied when told that the medicine was exhausted." The dose administered on this occasion (11th April 1896) was stronger than the Gaya jail dose (18th July 1894): it acted in a few hours, and the reaction was well marked. "There were fresh cases of cholera that day at 12 (noon), 6, 7, and 7.30 P.M., and at midnight, all in those who had not been inoculated, and all terminating fatally, despite the greatest care and the most prompt and assiduous treatment. On the 12th two further cases occurred, both among the uninoculated, and both died; there being thus eight cases in succession, all from the men who were not inoculated, and all proving fatal."