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RAINFALL AND PLAGUE IN RAJPUTANA.
Rainfall Return for 1909.
Name of state or district.
Jaipur
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
Jodhpur
.
.
.
.
.
Sirohi . . . . . .
Jaisalmer
.
.
.
.
.
Bikaner
.
.
.
.
.
Bharatpur
.
.
.
.
.
Dholpur
.
.
.
.
.
Karauli .
.
.
.
. .
Alwar .
.
.
.
.
.
Tonk
.
.
.
.
.
.
Shahpur
.
.
.
.
.
Bundi
.
.
.
.
.
.
Kotah
.
.
.
.
.
.
Jhalawar
.
.
.
.
.
Mewar
.
.
.
.
.
.
Banswara
.
.
.
.
.
Pertabgarh
.
.
.
.
.
Dungarpur
.
.
.
.
.
January to
May.
Inches.
2.49
1.61
1.38
0.36
1.14
3.72
3.29
4.03
3.14
0.98
1.93
1.17
2.14
1.48
1.18
0.18
0.87
0.82
June to
September.
Inches.
22.96
17.81
26.46
8.10
20.94
21.48
22.67
22.07
23.93
34.60
29.04
31.77
29.20
24.92
26.94
39.45
25.00
26.22
October to
December.
Inches.
1.38
0.88
0.78
0.03
0.93
1.09
1.00
0.85
1.62
0.75
0.36
0.24
0.71
0.48
0.29
0.09
0.06
0.53
Total.
Inches.
26.83
20.30
28.61
8.48
23.01
26.29
26.96
26.95
28.69
36.33
31.33
33.18
32.05
26.88
28.41
39.72
25.93
27.57
Total for
1908.
Inches.
33.38
31.81
40.92
17.04
18.02
43.97
39.92
36.95
31.98
26.64
38.31
58.00
38.45
33.59
41.79
32.79
27.20
24.32
Table showing the severity of the epidemic in certain Native States and Ajmer-Merwara District as well as the
rapidity of its spread in recent years and the percentage of total plague deaths to population since 1896.
Serial Number.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
NAME OF
DISTRICT OF
STATE.
Kotah . . .
Jhalawar
. .
Mewar .
.
.
Banswara . .
Pertabgarh . .
Dungarpur . .
Sirohi . . .
Marwar . .
Ajmer-Merwara .
Shahpur . .
Tonk . . .
Kishangarh .
.
Jaipur . . .
Bikaner . .
Alwar . .
Bharatpur .
.
Karauli
. .
Dholpur . .
Deoli . . .
PARITCULARS REGARDING
EPIDEMICS UP TO 31ST
MARCH 1908.
YEARS IN
WHICH
INFECTED.
1904-07
1903-06
1898—1900 and
1901—08.
1902-08
1899-1900 and
1903-08.
1906-07
1896-08
1896-08
1896-98, 1899-
1900, and 1901
-08.
1903-08
1902—08
1903-04
1896—98, 1899-
1900, and 1901
—08.
1901-02 and
1903—08.
1901-08
1896-98 and
1903-08.
1904-06
1904-06
1907-08
TOTAL .
TOTAL
NUMBER OF
PLAGUE CASES
AND DEATHS
REPORTED.
Cases.
422
1,005
17,004
958
2,444
1
688
1,221
3,826
1,702
3,108
1
19,291
64
14,780
14,244
350
320
52
81,481
Deaths.
304
791
13,074
774
2,052
1
539
891
2,824
1,154
2,313
1
18,084
43
11,541
12,681
302
235
19
67,623
OUTBREAKS OF 1908-1910.
Number of villages and
towns infected.
...
...
29
...
...
...
4
7
9
...
1
...
88
1
40
20
1
...
...
200
1908-09.
Cases.
...
...
339
...
...
...
51
78
171
...
4
...
3,823
1
664
486
2
...
...
5,619
Deaths.
...
...
188
...
...
...
41
60
109
...
3
...
3,612
1
483
445
2
...
...
4,944
Number
of villages and
towns infected.
...
...
32
...
...
...
10
95
196
...
4
1
144
1
33
109
1
...
1
627
1909-10.
Cases.
..
...
2,208
...
...
...
409
4,628
8,746
...
285
57
7,552
7
1,362
5,235
20
...
40
30,549
Deaths.
...
...
1,566
...
...
...
345
3,911
7,929
...
177
48
6,898
5
991
4,311
15
...
27
26,223
TOTAL
NUMBER OF
PLAGUE
CASES AND
DEATHS.
Cases.
422
1,005
19,551
958
2,444
1
1,148
5,927
12,743
1,702
3,397
58
30,666
72
16,806
19,965
372
320
92
117,649
Deaths.
304
791
14,828
774
2,052
1
925
4,862
10,862
1,154
2,493
49
28,594
49
13,015
17,437
319
235
46
98,790
Population according to the
census of 1901.
544,879
90,175
1,030,212
149,128
52,025
100,103
154,541
1,935,565
476,912
42,676
143,330
90,970
2,658,666
584,627
828,487
626,665
156,786
270,973
4,097
9,940,820
Percentage of total plague deaths
to population.
0.06
0.88
1.44
0.52
3.94
0.00
0.60
0.25
2.28
2.70
1.74
0.05
1.08
0.01
1.57
2.78
0.20
0.09
1.12
0.99