Statistics of inoculations with Haffkine's anti-plague vaccine, 1897-1900 : compiled from records in the Plague Department of the Secretariat and the Plague Research Laboratory, Bombay / by W. B. Bannerman.

  • Bannerman, W. B. (William Burney), 1858-
Date:
1900
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Credit: Statistics of inoculations with Haffkine's anti-plague vaccine, 1897-1900 : compiled from records in the Plague Department of the Secretariat and the Plague Research Laboratory, Bombay / by W. B. Bannerman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    stant supervision. All but 3 of them submitted to inoculation on December 23rd, 1897, and the following shows the incidence of plague in the two groups :— Population. Cases. Deaths from Plague. Inoculated • • • 80 Not inoculated ... ... 3 2 2 In January 1899, when a third epidemic of plague visited Belgaum, this group of persons, who then numbered 84, were inoculated again, 7 excepted, with the following result: — Population. Cases. Deaths from Plague. Inoculated in 1899 Inoculated in 1897 but not 77 2 2 again in 1899 2 ... ... Not inoculated 5 1 1 As these people were living isolated from others, and under daily medical supervision, errors of diagnosis are practically excluded, and the results record- ed may be taken as accurate. The second instance noted by Major Dorman is from his own compound, being from the body of his private servants and their families. They were all in- oculated, with the exception of Govind’s child and Rajah, on 23rd and 24th December 1897, and the following are the details of events up to August 1899 :— Barnes. Whether attacked by Plague. Rf.mabks. Anthony, butler No. Left Belgaum some months after; now in Burmah. Juan do. Do. wife Do. daughter Do. do. No. No. No. No. [ Still withtMajor Forman in Belgaum. Have beei> f inoculaed twice since. j Sundaram, chokra ... Bullock-coach driver... Tom, cook Do. wife Do. father ... Do. 5 children No. No. No. No. No. No. Do. do. Do. do. ^ All alive in Belgaum. Now cook with 21st Pioneers. Joseph, cook’s matey . No. Still alive in Belgaum. Dusrut, syce ... Do. 2 wives No. No. I Went to his village about 4 months afterwards. J Present state unknown. Govind, syce ... Do. wife ... No. No. Both in Belgaum now and well. Do. child Yes. f Parents refused to have child inoculated. -< It died of plague in end of January 1898. Was treat- ed in hospital by Major Zimmermann, R.A.M.C. Tulsi, sweeper ... Do. 2 children No. No. } All in Belgaum now and well. Her husband, a ! cantonment sweeper, who was not supposed to live f in the compound, but probably came at nights, was. ) not inoculated, and died of plague 3 months after.