Typhus in Kashmir *Condensed by the editor.

.b rom time to time the existence of typhus has been recorded in Kashmir. In the winter of 1942-43, an epidemic of typhus occurred in Kashmir, and this paper is based on a study of this epidemic. Kashmir is a large valley at about 5,500 feet surrounded by high mountains 12,000 feet high. In the main valley runs the Jhelum river and the tributaries of this river descend from smaller valleys lying at the foot of the high mountains. These smaller valleys are inhabited largely by people called Gujjars. In the