Marriage Festivals and the Spread of Cholera
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ease is otherwise when too many people collect in a village and use the tank both for bathing and drinking purposes. Moreover, when there is.a collection of people in a village, there is a chance of a carrier arriving from outside. It appears that something of the kind happened in this case. On the 24th February, which was the day of the marriage, two of the guests were attacked with cholera and died on the 28th. The occurrence of cholera cases in the village did not cause the postponement of a second marriage in another house for which guests also collected. Two of the guests died of cholera
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