"In  conclusion  I  wish  to  draw  your  attention  to  the  fact  that  I  think  the
successful  work  of  the  Plague  Commission  has  largely  been  due  to  the  com-
bination of  laboratory  work  with  epidemiological  and  clinical  enquiries.  1
do  not  think  that  sanitary  science  or  curative  medicine  or  for  that  matter
medical  research  will  advance  one  iota  unless  there  is  a  combination  in  the
work  of  these  several  departments  of  our  profession.  I  think  that  up  to  the
present  in  India  there  has  been  too  great  a  tendency  for  the  sanitary,  the
bacteriological  and  the  clinical  departments  of  our  profession  to  hold  aloof
from  one  another.  Progress  can  only  be  made  where  we  seek  to  help  each
other."

In  the  discussion  that  followed  Surgeon-General  Bannerman  agreed  cor-
dially with  Major  Glen  Liston  that  the  work  of  the  laboratories  must  be
carried  on  in  close  connection  with  the  work  of  the  sanitary  services  and
with  hospital  work.  He  meritioned  the  difficulty  at  Parel  owing  to  the  dis-
tance from  hospitals  of  the  laboratory.
Captain  Justice  thought  that  the  passport  system  of  Madras  should  be
maintained  pending  the  enquiries  of  the  Commission  in  Madras.  He  stated
that  the  Madras  Plague  Manual  prescribed  definite  duties  for  every  class  of
official  on  the  occasion  of  an  outbreak  of  plague,  and  that  this  had  been  of  great
assistance  in  ensuring  early  reporting.
Colonel  Dyson  mentioned  that  although  in  Poona  rats  became  immune,  as
appeared  from  the  course  of  the  present  epidemic,  in  Satara  where  epidemics
occurred  year  after  year,  such  was  not  the  case.
Dr.  Bose  said  that  it  was  useless  to  attempt  plague  measures  without
the  co-operation  of  the  people,  through  whose  inertia  and  indifference  the
measures  adopted  were  often  I'cndered  nugatory.
