Notes on the Last Plague Epidemic in Giridih
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3,510 ; 36 attacks and 23 deaths occurred there. I may note here that the speedy termination of the plague epidemic at Pachamba was principally due to the activity of the vigilance committee formed there, which induced generally the plague-infected families to depart from the town at the shortest notice. Though the plan was good for Pachamba, it probably helped to a certain extent the spread of plague to other villages. When plague was raging at Pachamba there were no plague deaths at Giridih, though rats were dying in large numbers at the latter place. It appeared to me very strange that no plague case occurred there. Plague broke out in the town of ii.
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