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24. All the inmates of the camp were supplied with rations. The daily-
ration consisted of 2 lbs. of rice or flour, 3 ozs. dál, 2 ozs. ghi, 2 ozs. jagri, 1/8th oz.
salt, chillies and tamarind, besides fresh vegetables. Por Groanese and Eurasians,
mutton, bread and vegetables were supplied.
25. On arrival in camp each person had a good bath, and was provided
with fresh clothes and bedding. All clothes and similar articles brought to the
camp were thoroughly disinfected by steeping for 30 minutes in carbolic solution
or corrosive sublimate solution and placed in the sun to dry for five or six
hours.
26. The inmates of the camp were regularly inspected by the Medical
Officer. New admissions were kept separate from the other inhabitants of the
camp for the first three days of their detention.
27. When a case of plague occurred the tent which the patient had in-
habited was struck and placed in the sun for three days. The ground was well
soaked with carbolic solution and chloride of lime in solution was sprinkled
about.
28. The latrines were kept under close supervision and were attended to
twice daily, the evacuations being disinfected before removal.
29. Surgeon-Captain Thacker reports that the inmates of the camp declared
themselves much pleased with the treatment they received and expresses an
opinion that they improved in health and general appearance during their
sojourn there.
30. The camp was under the management of Surgeon-Captain Thacker
and was well administered in every particular.
The Pdrsî Segregation Camp.
31. The Pársi Segregation Camp, which was situated alongside the camp
last described, consisted of four large tents capable of accommodating from 40
to 50 people. It was provided with bath-rooms, a cook-house, a store-house and
latrines. All were thoroughly suitable for their respective purposes. The camp
was under the same management as the Pársi Plague Hospital which was situated;
on the opposite side of the road and was under the supervision of Surgeon-
Captain Thacker.
3.2. Appendix 37 shows how the inmates of the camp were disposed of.
Between March 27th when the first admissions took place and May 20th, 20
persons were admitted, of whom 18 were found free from plague and discharged,
and two remained in camp on May 20th. There were no deaths or plague
attacks. The period of detention was 10 days.
XI.—PLAGUE AND MORTALITY STATISTICS.
Poona City.
The population of Poona City according to the Census of 1891 is 118,790.
The area of the city is 4 . 9 square miles and 24,242 persons per square mile
represents the density of population. Por statistical purposes the population
according to the census of 1891 is throughout this report taken to be the
population of Poona.
2. As a matter of fact, however, the population of Poona has fluctuated
considerably between September 1896 and May 1897. Owing to the establish-
ment of the plague in Bombay people from that city began to flock into Poona
so far back as September 1896, and continued to do so till February 1897. On
the other hand an exodus from Poona set in towards the end of January when
the plague had taken root in the city. It continued throughout February and
the early days of March. In the second week of March, when it was nown in
the city that the military were to be employed to suppress the plague, large
numbers of people left Poona. From the middle of March to the middle of
April the exodus continued on a diminished scale. Towards the end of April the
tide turned, and during the first half of May there was a considerable influx of
population. When the military operations ceased on May 19th the population of
Poona was probably about what it was when they commenced on March 13th.