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in reducing plague.

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It may naturally be asked why the 1903 epidemic was so large

if these measures are thought to be useful. An answer to this suggested by the following:

In the winter 1901 1902 a general cleans-

-ing of the whole city was undertaken. This extended well on into the usual plague season and in conjunction with the measures adopted by Professor Simpson probably had a great

effect in ridding houses of fleas.

However the washing out of a large number

of ground floors (mostly shops) because a rat had been found in a street near so irritated the Chinese that they devised as soon apparently as they discovered the reason for these measures, to escape them. In August 1902 the number of

rat found dropped 50 per cent.

means,

This was however after the plague season was over and did not render abortive the measures taken during the epidemic. It is in the following year that we must look for

the effect of this.

1903 there was no In the winter 1902 general cleansing and out of 2,549 infected rats in Victoria in 1903 only 43 were found in houses. The washing out of ground

floors