?362	[CHAP. XI.
From the end of April 1898 plague ceased, and the State was free from it till the end
of September 1898. There has fortunately been no third epidemic. Towards the end of
September 1898, the village of Dantiwada, 14 miles from Pálanpur Town, was infected by
a Baroda village, and 18 cases and 7 deaths were reported in the first week (22nd-29th
September). Prompt evacuation was resorted to, and, as a result, plague died out here in
two weeks, after 25 cases and 16 deaths in all had been returned. Some more villages were
attacked in February and March 1899, but the number of cases reported is not large. The
last case reported was in the week ending 14th April 1899.
Since the end of May 1899 the Pàlanpur State has enjoyed exceptional immunity
from, the disease, for, save for one fatal imported case returned for the week ending 23rd
June 1899, there has been absolutely no plague there up to time o£ writing (September 1899).