KOLHAPUR.] 355
Period.
KOLHAPUR AND S. M.
COUNTRY STATES.
SANGLI STATe.
Cases.
Deaths.
Cases.
Deaths.
August 1898 - 4 weeks ....
508
381
329
217
September - 5
2,341
1,551
1,009
642
October - 4 ,, ... . .
2,879
2,214
1,036
803
November - 4
2,691
2,033
748
593
December - 5
2,071
1,590
647
460
January 1899-4 ............
1,013
772
381
286
February -4 ............
1,014
744
341
239
March - 5 ,, ... .........
580
460
142
108
Total ...
13,157
9,745
4,638
3,354
Considering that there were 8 infected States in Kolhpur, it is worthy of notice that
over one-third of the total plague mortality occurred in Sngli, leaving nearly two-thirds to be
accounted for by the remaining seven States.
With regard to the infection of Sngli, Lieutenant-Colonel J. W. Wray reports :-
" A railway servant from the Hubli Workshops, where plague was prevalent, came by
train as far as Shedbal, 18 miles from Sngli, walked into a Sngli field, remained there for
the day and went stealthily to the priest's house at night, stayed there a couple of days and
returned to Shedbal. Immediately after his departure his host's wife and son were attacked
with plague and both died. Three other members of the family died also. As for the man
himself, I believe he never had plague at all; so he must have brought it in his clothes."
Infection may, however, not have been due to this man at all, but to some undetected
cause.
Miraj (Sonior) State.
Population-88,343.
Miraj (Senior) was first attacked on 24th January 1897. Infection was due to importa-
tion from Bombay. A few sporadic cases occurred till
September 1898, when the mortality began to rise.
The following are the figures for the epidemic :-
Period.
Cases
Deaths.
September 1808 - 5 weeks ...
68
58
October - 4 ........
269
235
November - 4
599
458
December - 5
360
276
January 1899-4 ........
192
133
February - 4
96
67
March - 5 .........
35
29
Total ...
1,619
1,256
179 cases-127 deaths on 11th November 1898 were the highest recorded during any week
of the epidemic.
Miraj (Junior) State.
Population-35,487.
Miraj (Junior) was slightly infected, reporting only 576 cases-452 deaths for the
three years during plague. It had a slight epidemic from
August to December 1898, as the following figures show:-
Months.
Cases.
Deaths.
August 1898
24
19
September ...... ......
271
192
October ........
123
116
November ...........
16
13
Total ...
434
340