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[CHAP. IX.
" Ten persons of the Gujar caste left Tásgaon in the Sátára District on 27th September
1897 when plague became severe there, and arrived at Kágvád the same day, "getting down
at the Shedbarl Railway Station, which is three miles from Kágvád. It was not then suspected
that any one of them was infected. They put up with their relative Bhanchand, whose house
is situated behind the market street and almost in the centre of the village. It appears one
woman ofthat party got sick and the whole party left Kágvád on the 1st October 1897, as
they could not remain longer there without detection.
" About the 21st October 1807 one Bala, wife of Satiapa Karav, who lived in a house in
Bhauchand's back-yard (east), got fever and she died on the 26th. About this time a boy
named Satapa, aged 12, who lived in a house adjoining Bala's and who was a relative of Bala,
was attacked with fever and he died on the 30th. Radhabai, widow of Rama Simpi, living in
a house adjoining Satapa's, was attacked along with Satapa and also died on the 30th. She
visited Bala during her illness. Bhanchand, with whom the Tásgaon people put up, had
fever about the 27th and died on 1st November. One Devendrá Kasar, who lived opposite
(west) to Bhauchand, in a house separated only by a road about 12 feet in width, had also an
attack simultaneously with Bhauchand, and he died on the 31st October. KrishnabaiPudale,
who lived in a house adjoining Bhauchand's to the south, was attacked and died on 2nd
November 1897. Amina Kone Usman, living behind Devendra's house, was next attacked and
died on 6th November. liaghu Satar, who lived in a house adjoining Bhauchand's to the
north, was also attacked and died on the 7th. Bala's daughter-in-law, Tipaca, who lived with
her, and Bala's sister Satyava, who visited Bala during her illness, and Bhagirthi, daughter-
in-law of Kadhabai, who lived with her, all died on the 7th November 1897, after a very short,
illness.
"From the above it is clear that plague was imported into Kágvád by the Tásgaon Gujurs,
and that Bhanchand Gajar's house was the centre from which it spread in all directions."
The following measures were adopted to combat and deal with the outbreak ;—
(1) Sanitation and cleaning up of the village.
(2) Muster and examination of the residents of the village.
(3) Evacuation of houses and streets.
(4) Muster and examination of the inmutes of huts in fields.
(5) Removal of the sick to hospital.
(6) Segregation of contacts.
(7) Interdiction of communication.
(8) Disinfection.
The total number of cases and deaths in Kágvád, from November 1897 to March 1898,
was 220—181, respectively.
Up to the 12th of November 1897, 21 cases—18 deaths were reported throughout the
District, of which three cases and two deaths occurred in Belgaum Town.
Between October 1897 and June 1899, Belgaum District and Town each suffered from
two epidemics. The first epidemic lasted from November 1897 to June 1898 in the District,
and from December 1897 to April 1898 in the Town. Neither of these epidemics was very
severe. The second, from June 1893 to April 1899, was very severe in the District, and from
the middle of July 1098 to January 1899 was severe in the Town. Since first infection in
October 1897, the District has never been free for a single week.