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7, 2nd Naoroji Hill, North.—Inhabitants are about 360, Deaths during two years
were 88. They are Marathas, labouring in docks, barbers, &c. The house is built on plinth,
with ground floor of earth. People sleep on floor. There are two latrines, and good water-
supply. Rubbish is thrown on the road. Rooms are small and dark,
C WARD.—The following are the worst infected houses :—
No. 35-1, Picket Road ; No. 86-92, New Hanuman Lane ; No. 1-7, Pattackwady
Dooker Gully ; No. 19, Takwady ; No. 109, Kalbadevi Road ; No. 155-1, Lohar Chawl ;
Nos. 87 and 103, Churmiwady ; No. 18 Kolliwady ; No. 39/12-14 1st Marine Street ; No. 29 and
39, Kolbhatwady ; No. 19, Anantwady ; No. 7, Dhobichiwady ; No. 61-65, Fanaswady ;
No, 98-104, Fanaswady Patras Chawl ; No.·9, Kadiachiwady ; No. 9-12, Nana's Chawl ;
No, 187, Thakurdwar Road ; No. 8, Third Topalwady Cross Lane ; No. 14, Maruti Lane;
No. 158, Kika Street ; No. 143, Duncan Road ; No. 36-42, Kumbharwada ; No. 81, North-
brook Street ; No. 304-306, Duncan Road ; No. 120, Duncan Road ; Nos. 35 and 71, 1st
Pathan Street ;
The sanitary conditions of these houses are bad, damp, and dark rooms with little
or no ventilation is the description given of most of them.
D WARD.—The following are the worst infected houses in this
Ward :—
Nos. 36 and 38, Khetwady 3rd Lane ; No. 45, Khetwady 7th Lane ; Nos. 21, 25 and 28,
Khetwady 6th Lane ; Nos. 372 and 398, Grant Road ; Nos. 12 and 14, Khetwady 6th Lane,
Jagannath Sankar Seth's Chawls in Gamdevi Road; No. 1, Gamdevi Road, Bodkichiwady ;
Nos. 32 and 40, Forgett Street ; No. 38, Belassis Bridge ; No. 25, Chikalwady; No. 19,
Tardeo, Ranmarayan's Chawl ; No. 22, Arthur Road.
The reports on these houses describe their filthy condition, want of ventilation, defective
drainage and general absence of proper Sanitation. They are mostly occupied by poor
people, such as mill hands, dhobies, barbers and cart drivers.
BYCULLA.—In this district the worst infected houses are :—
No. 240, Haines Road ; No. 161, Arthur Road ; Nos. 20 and 22, Gilder Street ;
No, 120, De Lisle Road ; No. 199, Clerk Road ; and No. 33, Kalachowky Road.
All these houses are described as being dark and damp, with small rooms having no
proper ventilation, inhabited by poor Hindus chiefly, who work as hawkers, barbers, dhobies,
weavers and basket coolies.
E WARD, WEST :—The worst infected houses in this district are :—
No. 84, Foras Road ; No. 2, Jairajbhai Street ; No. 49, Foras Road ; No. 221-227,
Bapty Road.
These houses are occupied by shoemakers, sweepers, cart drivers and weavers,
and have yearly been badly infected.
The worst houses in Kaniatipura are No. 109-121, 13th Street ; Nos. 73 and 75,
13th Street ; Nos. 41-45, Bazaar Road ; Nos. 3 and 40, loth Street ; and in 1st Nagapada,
No. 1, Gowliwada ; No. 11-12, Peerkhan Lane ; also Nos. 1 and 2, Peerkhan Lane and
Nos. 786 and 850, Parel Road.
These are all described as being in a highly insanitary condition. One or two of these
houses are, however, being improved.
WARI BUNDER.—Dr. Nerurkar, Sectional Medical Officer, reports on
some of the worst infected houses as follows :—
Mazagon—37, Narielwady Village.—One floored-house with a simple big loft running
over all the rooms. Total number of deaths from 1st June 1899 to 1st June 1901 was
19, out of which 12 occurred during the year under report. The total number of inhabitants
is about 50, being poor Mahomedans, working in the docks. The house is built on plinth.
The floor is made of cow-dung and the walls are of bricks, planks being used in some places.
The rooms stand back to back ; and there is absolutely no ventilation in some rooms, and
the loft is quite without light.