Cholera in Kashmir in 1935 with Special Reference to Certain Aspects of the Value of Protective Inoculation

A very severe epidemic of cholera attacked Kashmir in 1935; an extensive report has been prepared but, as its publication will take time, we have thought it desirable to publish this note which deals mainly with certain aspects of protection conferred by the use of anti-cholera vaccine. Before dealing with these points a few preliminary remarks are necessary. The epidemic started on 26th June, and finished at the end of September, 1935. The total number of cases in Kashmir was 9,304 with 4,449 deaths. The number of persons inoculated in Kashmir was 1,306,273. Kashmir is divided into nine tehsils, in six of which mass inoculation was carried out; in the other tehsils the outbreak was limited and was quickly controlled by localized inoculation. In Srinagar city, after allowing for an increase in population at a proportionate rate over the 1931 census, it is calculated that 92 per cent of the population was inoculated, and in the remaining portions of the six tehsils after allowing for similar increase in population that over 80 per cent was inoculated.