The inoculations were made at 7.30 A.M. Surgeon-Captain Brown had pain
within half-an-hour, and fever in three hours, with temperature 104°,
_but this was probably due to the fact that I was not able to rest_.
The prisoners, of course, went to bed: they all reacted before 4 P.M.,
but did not have so much trouble over it. The last case was on the
15th. The outbreak was a bad type of cholera; out of 30 cases 24 died,
some of them in 1-1/2 to 4 hours. "To summarise the combined results
of the camp and the jail, we find that of a daily average of 99
non-inoculated there were 11 cases, all fatal = 11.11 per cent.; of
110 inoculated there were 5 cases, with 3 deaths = 2.73 per cent."
6. _Bilaspur and Serampur_
Here again the figures are small, but worth noting. In a coolie camp
at Bilaspur (Central Provinces) 100 non-inoculated had 5 deaths, and
150 inoculated had 1 death. In Serampur, among the general population,
51 non-inoculated had 5 cases and 3 deaths, and 42 inoculated had 2
cases and 1 death.
7. _The Cachar Tea-Gardens_ (1895)
This series of inoculations was begun in February 1895, for the
protection of the coolies on various tea-estates. The results are
excellent, and deal with large numbers.[31] The latest report from
Dr. Arthur Powell, the Medical Officer, is quoted in Dr. Simpson's
1896 report:--
_At Kalain_--
1079 not inoculated had 50 cases, with 30 deaths.
1250 inoculated--3 cases, with 2 deaths.[32]
_At Kalaincherra_--
685 not inoculated had 10 cases, with 7 deaths.
155 inoculated--no cases.
_At Degubber_--
254 not inoculated had 12 cases, with 10 deaths.
407 inoculated--5 cases, all recovered.
_At Duna_--
121 not inoculated had 4 cases, with 2 deaths.
29 inoculated--no cases.
_At Sandura_--
454 not inoculated had 2 cases, with 1 death.
51 inoculated--2 cases, with 1 death.
_At Karkuri_--
198 not inoculated had 15 cases, with 9 deaths.
443 inoculated--3 cases, with 1 death.
_At Craig Park_--
185 not inoculated had 1 fatal case.
46 inoculated--no cases.
TOTAL.
Not inoculated, 2976, with 94 cases and 60 deaths. Inoculated,
2381, with 13 cases and 4 deaths.
[31] "As a field for testing the value of inoculation, the
tea-factories of India possess many advantages. The labourers
being under contract, the after-history of those inoculated is
easily followed up. Each morning the adults are paraded for
roll-call; and all sick must attend hospital, where a record is
made of their disease and treatment." (Dr. Powell, _Lancet_, 13th
July 1896.)
[32] "It is unfortunate that neither of the fatal cases among the
inoculated was seen by any medical man, not even an unqualified
doctor Babu." Dr. Powell does not think, from what was told him,
that one of them was cholera.
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