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10th April, Medical.—Informing all officers on plague duty that with the exception of
persons sent to hospital by the night picquets, no persons are to be sent either for admis-
sion or observation except on admission orders signed by the following : —
Surgeon-Captain Beveridge.
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Lloyd Jones.
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Lieutanent Kiddle.
Doctor Miss Bernard.
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,, Crawley.
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„ Mackintosh.
14th April, Medical.—Instructing that no more persons be sent to the Mahomedan
Segregation Camp.
All persons segregated to bo sent to the General Segregation Camp at Sowar's Gate.
21st April, Segregation.—Instructions as to segregating persons—the only people to be
segregated are those in the house in which a case has occurred.
In the case of a chawl all the residents of the other rooms in a chawl are only to be
segregated on a medical officer's recommendation.
26th April, Limewashers.— All rubbish found in the house should then be burnt, but
no property of any value to the inmates should be destroyed except under the orders of a
medical officer.
17th May, Segregation.—The officer in charge of the Segregation Party is directed not
to segregate the inmates of a house move than five days after a plague patient has been
removed from there or a death has occurred.
16th April, Working Parties.— Officers will warn their men on no account to go into
the Police Lines in the City either at the Old Jail or at Sanwár Wáda.
Article of clothing, &c., sent to the Warehouse should invariably be accompanied by
note whereon is given the owner's name and address.
(True Copy)
R. A. LAMB,
Chairman, Poona Plague Committee.
12th August 1897.
APPENDIX GO.
MEDICAL.
Report on the health of the Troops employed on Plague duty in Poona from
March 12th to May 19th.
British.
Number of Admissions to Hospital—70; of these cases, Ague gave 23, Toncillitis gave
10, and simple continued Fever gave 9.
The remainder were mostly slight wounds and abrasions which were admitted to ex-
pedite healing.
Number of Transferred to other hospitals—12, of these, eleven were cases not caused by
camp life or plague duty but were sent in as they required lengthy treatment.
The twelfth was a case of heat apoplexy, caused, it is believed, at the Segregation Camp
when the man (out of the R. I. Rifles) was employed on disinfecting duty. He had been
suffering from ague for three days (?) and then not reporting sick and probably working
without his helmet the sun " struck " him. He died two days after.
A large number of men attended hospital for one or two days, each suffering from ague
chiefly, but these numbers were not any larger than would have occurred normally at the
Station Hospital.
One man was only sent back as not fit for the duty. He was very anœmic and was
the subject of S. C. fever shortly after coming out to camp.
At parade before marching into the City, men have frequently been stopped from
work for ague. These, however, have been fit again in a day after treatment and ease.
Native Troops.
Total admissions to Hospital—19 ; of these cases
Simple continued fever gave...
... 4 cases.
lujuries sustained on duty in City
... 2 ,,
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otherwise...
... 3 ,,
Ague
...
...
...
1 case only.
Rheumatism
...
...
... 2 cases.
Dysentery
...
...
2 ,,