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XXXVII. Observations on Plague in Poona

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

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Poona, the most important city of the Deccan, is situated 75 miles S.E. of Bombay on the eastern watershed of the range of Western Ghats, 1850 feet above the sea level. It lies on the Basalt Rock, with a surface layer of Deccan Trap and Black-Cotton Soil.

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Research Article
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Journal of Hygiene , Volume 10 , Issue 3: Extra “Plague Number” , November 1910 , pp. 483 - 535
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1910

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page 502 note 1 These traps were not included in calculating the number of rats per 100 traps set.

page 504 note 1 Petrol, especially the “Shell Brand,” does equally well.

page 526 note 1 These observations have been repeated in Poona for the year 1909–1910 (when there was no epidemic plague) and very similar results have been obtained.

page 526 note 2 A rat of 100–150 grammes has nearly three times the skin area of a mouse of 20–30 grammes.

page 530 note 1 The possibility must be considered that a large mortality among the rats might to some extent concentrate the fleas upon the survivors and so bring about an increase of fleas per rat. As a matter of fact in Poona fleas and rats appeared to be most abundant about the same time.

page 534 note 1 The failure to obtain dead rats in any quantity in Poona may have given an erroneous picture of the intensity of the epizootic at different times.