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Although complete evacuation was not enforced, large numbers of people were turned
out, and at one time the people in the town numbered but 3,000. Thorough disinfection of
every house in the town was carried out under a system which gave no cause for complaint-
The property of absent owners was carefully secured.
In the month of October 1897, there were 3 cases and 2 deaths, and in November 24
cases with 17 deaths : thereafter the monthly figures are given below-those for January
1898, the worst month, being given in detail :-
Month.
Cases.
Deaths.
REMARKS.
December 1897 -
5 weeks
193
147    
7th   ...
78
69
January  1898 - 
4   ,,      
339
287    
14th  ... 
93 
76 




21st    ...
89
74
February  
-4   ,,      
110
105
28th
79
68
March
-5  ,,     
43
36



April
-1 week
2
3



Total
687
578



Plague practically ceased at the end of March 1898; although in April there were
2 cases and 3 deaths. A census of the people in camp was taken in this month, and re-occupa-
tion was permitted on the 20th May : those not shown on the census lists or not certified to
have lived in uninfected localities being first detained outside the town for 10 days.
From April to June 1898 there was comparatively very little plague in the Sátára District.
The characteristic features of this epidemic were its duration, and the large number of
places attacked. This second epidemic lasted for about a year-May 1897 to April 1898-
and 217 places were attacked. The monthly figures for the whole District, including all the
towns and villages, are given below :-
Month.
Cases.
Deaths.
July       1897
123
77
August      ,,
898
416
September   ,,
1,725
1,270
October     ,,
4,182
3,150
November    ,,
3,646
3,144
December    ,,
2,154
1,739
January   1898
962
805
February    ,,
505
406
March       ,,
356
264
April       ,,
146
119
May         ,,
124
102
June        ,,
55
45
Total
14,876
11,762
Third Epidemic (July 1898- June 1899).-The subsidence of the second epidemic prac-
tically coincided with the commencement of the third. Several places in different Tálukas
were attacked in June and became worse in the succeeding months. But no considerable