Destruction of Rats and Prevention of Plague
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The history of the plague epidemic at Giridih may be stated very briefly to be as follows:?The town of Pachamba, situated about 3 miles from Giridih, became infected at the end of July, 1904, by an infected man from Calcutta. A big and influential modi family became infected, and this family broke up and scattered to several places in the town of Giridih, and one went to Chaitadih within the E. I. liy. colliery area near the town of Giridih. From the infection carried by the members of the modi family the plague spread in the town of Giridih within the railway colliery
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