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0. Cases of Illness.—During the period under report there was no illness in the Camp
with the exception of the following cases :—
Pneumonia,—Two cases, both boys under ten years, who got over the illness after a fort-
night.
Anaemia.—One case, patient aged 52 years, admitted in a bad state of health, rallied for
some time since admission into the Camp, but got worse and succumbed to the disease about
three months after admission.
Plague.—A lady in room No. 12 was found by the doctor, on his usual round of in_
spection, suffering from plague. She was immediately removed to P. P. Fever Hospital, where
she died on the 2nd day of her admission. There is good ground for believing that as she
constantly went to her house in the town, which was highly affected, she caught the infection
there.
7. Fire.—On the 6th March at about 4-30 A. M. a cry of fire was raised, and it was
discovered that the rear of rooms Nos. 16 & 17 was on fire which was extinguished almost
immediately afterwards. In this connection the Managing Committee beg to place on record
the valuable services rendered by Mr. N. V. Ranjit in promptly extinguishing the fire.
The cause of the fire yet remains a mystery ; but bearing in mind the fact that on the said
morning when the fire broke out there was no camp-resident awake and that no light was
burning in the kitchen, the Managing Committee are or opinion that some person or persons
mischievously inclined towards the camp-residents set fire, and that it cannot be attributed to
accident or beedy smoking. The Municipal authorities after this occurrence desired the
Secretary to furnish the Camp with five-precautions, such as ladders, hooks, tubs full of water,
buckets, etc., which was duly done.
8. The Governor's Visit.—His Excellency Lord Northcote was graciously pleased to
pay a visit to the Camp on the 30th March 1901 and was received by the President and the
Secretary and was garlanded.
9. Lady Northcote's Visit.—Her Excellency Lady Northcote was graciously pleased
to pay the Camp a visit on the morning of the 12th March 1901. Her Excellency was re-
ceived by the ladies of the Camp. A small address of welcome was read in English by Miss
Naik and songs were sung in English and Marathi by some ladies. Her Excellency was
garlanded and presented with a bouquet. Messrs. Gomes & Co., Photographers, kindly
photographed the group of Her Excellency and the ladies of the Camp. It appears that they
sent the photo to England. It has appeared in the Illustrated London News and some other
Magazines.
10. Thanks-girirng Prayers to the Almighty.—All the residents of the Camp gathered
on the 18th May 1901 and performed Shree Satya Narayan Pooja ( worship) and offered
prayers to the Almighty for having saved them from the dire disease and for the long life
and prosperity of the King-Emperor and Captains Pritchard and Lockhart-Mure and other
Municipal Officers who gave the Camp every facility regarding conservancy and other
arrangements and who were always very courteous to all concerned for which act of kindness
the residents are profoundly grateful to them.
11. The work of dismantling the sheds commenced on the 1st June 1901 and was
brought to a close on the 8th idem.
Dr. P. J. De Souza, who took honorary medical charge of some of
the Health Camps on the Kennedy Sea Face and whose work was much
appreciated, gives the following brief report :—
I was asked by Capt. Pritchard the Personal Assistant to the Municipal Commissioner,
if I would take honorary medical charge of some of the Health Camps at Kennedy
Sea Face. I consented to do so. I found the different camps in good condition and the
arrangements working smoothly. The system observed this year was, to select some one