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PLAGUE IN RAJPUTANA.
63 cases and 53 deaths in Ratangarh, 60 cases and 56 deaths in Sujangarh,
13 cases and 9 deaths at Kanota village and 2 cases with 1 death in Surat-
grah.
109. Bharatpur. The last year's epidemic of plague extended to the
first three months of the year, viz., April to June in 140 towns and villages
but it re-appeared in the month of January 1919, in village Jodhpur in Pahari
Tehsil whence it spread to 4 other villages. It is still in existence. 4,260
cases and 3,383 deaths were reported ; of these 36 cases with 23 deaths occurred
in Bharatpur City.
110. Dholpur.—The total number of cases and deaths reported during
1918-1919 in 4 towns and villages was 27 and 17 against 65 cases and 40
deaths in 5 towns and villages in the previous year. The State became free
from the disease in May 1918.
111. Karauli.—During the year 266 cases and 252 deaths were reported
in 16 towns and villages as compared with 695 cases and 554 deaths in the
previous year. The State was quite free from the disease after May 1918.
112. Alwar.—The incidence of plague in Alwar State in 1918-1919
was a continuance of the outbreak which started in 1917. 1,829 cases and
1,487 deaths were reported in 34 towns and villages including Alwar City in
which 280 cases and 246 deaths occurred in April 1918. Since then the
State was free from the disease.
113. Mewar.—The disease lingered from the preceding year until the
3rd May 1918, in 93 towns and villages. During this time 145 cases and 128
deaths were reported in Udaipur City and 2,021 cases and 1,652 deaths in
the districts.
114. Shahpura.—The disease was in existence in Shahpura Chief-ship
up to 28th April 1918. 11 seizures and 3 deaths were reported in 4 towns and
villages; of these only 4 cases and two deaths occurred in Shahpura town.
115. Kotah.—During the year under report 867 attacks and 566 deaths
were reported in 45 towns and villages including Kotah City in which 231
cases and 149 deaths occurred till the 8th May 1918.
116. Jhalawar.—The total number of cases and deaths reported in 5 towns
and villages up to 11th April 1918 was 7 cases and 12 deaths after which the
State was free from the disease..
117. Bundi.—The Bundi City only continued to be infected from plague
up to 7th May 1918, in which 491 seizures and 344 deaths occurred.
118. Tonk.—Only 23 cases with 22 deaths were reported in 2 towns and
villages in 1918-1919.
119. Banswara.—302 attacks and 187 deaths were reported in 14 towns
and villages in April 1918 by the Residency Surgeon, Mewar.
120. Partabgarh.—Only 4 cases and 3 deaths from plague were reported
to have occurred in Partabgarh in April 1918, since then it has become free
from the disease.
121. Kherwara.—A sepoy of the Mewar Bhil Corps was attacked with
plague on the 2nd and discharged cured on the 30th April 1918. This was
the last case at Kherwara.
122. All possible and practicable precautions, consisting of evacuation,
inoculation, disinfection and segregation were the measures adopted to stamp
out the disease.
Snake Bite.
123. Anti-venine is kept in stock in most of the main dispensaries and used
for the treatment of snake poisoning when opportunity offers. No special
report has been received on the subject.
STATEMENT F.
124. Shows the classes and sexes of both in-door and out-door patients
treated in the dispensaries of Ajmer-Merwara and of Native States of
Rajputana.