364	[CHAP. XI.
The following are the monthly figures for Chándod from the commencement:-
Month.
Cases.
Deaths.
March       1898         ......
20
14
April            ,,                    
38
33
May            ,,                 ......
1
3
September ,,
35
25
October      ,,              .....
29
21
November  ,,               ......
19
14
December  ,,
10
9
January      1899        ......
...
1
Total...
152
120
Chhota Udepur.
Population-3,552.
First Epidemic.-Towards the end of  October  1898,   the mortality  from fever in  the
town of Chhota Udepur rose above the normal, but no clear
case of plague was detected until the 10th of the following
month. The origin could not be discovered. The town was
immediately divided into wards, which were searched for cases, and up to the 15th November
as many as 15 cases were found, of which 6 proved fatal. During the second half of the
month there were 20 cases with 18 deaths. The epidemic continued until the affected
localities were completely emptied in the beginning of January 1899.
The following are the figures for the Chhota Udepur epidemic :-
Month.
Cases.
Deaths.
November 1808         ......
35
24     
December    „
31
17
January    1899         ......
2
3
Total...
68 
44
Second Epidemic.-The second epidemic in the Agency broke out in February
1899, with 14 cases in one week at a village called Sanor in the Sankheda Mewás. This
village belongs to a petty Chief and is not under the direct administration of the Agency.
The infection was established by means of frequent communication between the people of the
village and an infected village of the Baroda Territory situated close to it. The village
was promptly evacuated and escaped lightly. The last case was reported in the week
ending 24th March 1899, when the Pándu Mewás was suddenly attacked, and reported
no less than 66 cases and 40 deaths from four villages : one village alone returning 35
cases, and another 22. The vicinity of these villages to infected territory-British and
Gáekwári-was the main cause of this outbreak. The infected villages were promptly
and completely evacuated, and arrangements made for the isolation of contacts. The
results were characteristic : plague, which had burst out here with such virulence, died
out in two weeks, and has not, so far, revived.