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       At Delhi a sub-division of the figures into those relating to the badly affected
Wards 4, 5, and 11 lying towards the river Jumna and those relating to the com-
paratively slightly affected wards on the west of the city gives :—

       Later in the year (July) the following places were visited, the spleen rate being
as below :—

       All the above areas were badly affected by the epidemic. Bhera town and
tract were both profoundly affected; Miani only slightly less so. Gujrat town
showed a mortality reaching a maximum of 247 per mille. In the case of the Gujrat
villages some were profoundly affected by the epidemic, in others the mortality
was not so great. It will be seen that the spleen rate is highest in the former.

       In the Shahpur District there were areas in which, judging from the mortality,
the epidemic had been very mild or had even in some cases not effected the death
rate (Kot Momon). The following are the spleen rates in the district :—

       The spleen rate therefore shows a very distinct relation to the mortality.

Parasite rate.

       At Amritsar immediately after the epidemic (February) the relation of para-
sites to spleen rate was as follows :—