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City—Muhalla Sathàn.
"The infected houses were disinfected within 24 hours of the outbreak becoming known,
and the work of disinfection was extended to
neighbouring houses with considerable
success, for, though 13 of the 16 indigenous cases, that occurred in the first three,
months were from this muhalla, the cases always occurred just outside the disinfected area.
Kúcha Hingnán.
Plague was carried from this muhalla to Kucha
Hingnán, Súa Bazár,, in the very heart of the
city, but vigorous disinfection stamped this out and no cases have since been reported from
this locality.
" From 18th January to 12th March not a single indigenous case of plague was reported
in the city and it was not until the beginning of April that any considerable number of cases
were reported either in the city or elsewhere within Municipal limits.
"Leaving Muhalla Sathán, the most severe outbreak occurred in Landa Bazár where 30
cases occurred between 18th April and the end of May : these cases were either among the
shop-keepers or the sweepers in the neighbouring muhalla. There were altogether ten
keepers of eating-houses who became ill, and most of these cases occurred in Landa Bázár.
Some of these shop-keepers lived in Chohatta Wasti Bhagat just near Wazír Khán's Chauk,
and an outbreak here at the beginning of June was only checked by the hot weather.
Anárkali.
" In Anárkali there were a few imported cases in February and March, but it was not
until 10th April that, in Dhobi Mandi, there
was any serious, indigenous plague; in the
course of the next two months practically the whole of Anarkali became infected, but Dhobi
Mandi (18 cases) and Butcher Khána (15 cases) and their immediate neighbours suffered
most.
Villages and Civil Station.
" The villages within Municipal limits and the Civil Station were hardly affected.
Plague firs tappeared in Mozang on 29th January,
being directly imported from Kahna: it was at
once stamped out by vigorous disinfection : there was an attempt to hide the first death. This
village then escaped till April when a few more cases occurred. There were a few cases in
Garhi Sháhu and Rájgarh in June : the zamíndárs of both villages are Arains who are related
to those of infected villages outside Municipal limits."
Attitude of the people.
Effect of the epidemic upon trade, &c.
(a) The attitude of the people towards measures is described by the Deputy Commis-
sioner as one of suspicion and passive opposi-
tion.
In one instance a man was prosecuted for refusing to have his house disinfected and
evacuated. The Deputy Commissioner remarks that the man had been undoubtedly insti-
gated in his opposition by others and an attempt was made to raise a subscription to defray
the expenses of the revision of his case in the Chief Court. The movement was, however,
very quickly snubbed out of existence by the general public feeling.
As the outbreak was not severe it did not produce much alarm and did not interfere
with trade or other matters.
Measures taken to prevent outbreaks of plague in
uninfected places.
(b) The precautionary measures which were adopted on the approach of plague have
already been referred to in the review of the
epidemic. It should be added that on the. ap-
pearance of the disease in the city a Health
Officer was appointed whose duties were mainly connected with plague operations. Captain
E. S. Peck, I. M. S., was the first officer so appointed. He arrived on February 4th and left on
July 11th, 1902, when he was succeeded by Major H. C. Hodgkins, I. S. M. D. (retired).
There was no organised system of surveillance over arrivals from infected areas, but
imported cases of plague were reported by muhalladárs. For a short time after the discovery
of plague in Luliáni an observation post was maintained near the octroi post on the Feroze-
pore road, but it was discontinued as not being in accordance with orders of the Govern-
ment. It is recorded that the only precautions the people took of their own initiation were
that in a few instances residents of street or muhalla tried to turn out or refuse admission to
imported cases or brought pressure to bear upon indigenous cases to go to hospital or leave
Lahore. A few people used phenyle and others lit fires in their houses.
Methods for obtaining information concerning plague
occurrences.
(c) Among the duties of members of the Sanitary Ward Committees was that of re-
porting all plague occurrences in t heir respective
wards. These obtained information from mu-
halladárs and others and sent daily reports' to
the Health Officer, who personally verified all cases except where objections were raised, by
the patients or their friends.