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in the village of Garaghat, and among the coolies of Sahowlee's gangs three men
sickened on the 19th and died the same day. On the 20th and 21st eight more
died. On the 21st he deserted the ground and squatted about 1½ mile
from Chupparah and a mile from the road. From the 21st to the 26th May four
more died, when the disease stopped. In all, Sahowlee had nineteen cases, of
which four recovered and fifteen died."
" Munrakhan's gang was attacked on the 21st, from which date up to 27th
he lost nine men, when his gang dispersed; no more is known of them."
" Chundersing's gang at Mahumbara had no case whatever ; they kept
excellent health and remained at their work. They were hutted on yellowish
clay soil without the shelter of trees."
"The cholera broke out in the village of Chupparah on the 25th May, on
which date Nund Lall and his gang stopped work, and Mowjee moved from the
vicinity of the dak bungalow to the opposite bank, half a mile downstream and
hutted on the banks of a small nullah, a feeder of the Wyngunga. His gang dug
temporary wells, called jeerahs (a spring), and drank the water obtained in them.
His gang of 44 persons kept in perfect health and had not a single case. They
were hutted on blacksoil without tree shelter."
"Thiscompletes the account of all the coolies employed between Chupparah
(65th mile) and Gunneshgunj (55th mile)."
33. At Chupparah, on the south side of the Wyngunga, the southern sec-
tion of the road commences. Owing in some measure to the coolies on this section,
being all local labourers, who dispersed immediately that cholera approached them,
the information regarding the diflusion of the disease among them is very incom-
plete, and little more can be given than is shown in the tabular Statement.
34. In this section of the road cholera first broke out in a party of 900
coolies employed near the village of Rookeir, 45 miles south of Gunneshgunj,
and 17 from Seonee. These coolies were mostly hutted with their families close to
a large pool by the side of the road, but some had their huts in the village. There
is a well in the village, but all the coolies used the water of the tank near which
they worked. The water of this pool is said to have been very foul at the time.
The first death from cholera occurred on the morning of the 15th May, a second
in the evening of the same day, and five 011 the following day ; 400 coolies at once
deserted. The disease continued among those that remained for 12 days, and in
all 30 are reported to have died. Subsequently, on making enquiries from the
Bunneah in the village who supplied the coolies with food, and from others, I
ascertained that the disease was confined entirely to the coolies and their families ;
the people resident in the village who were not employed on the road and who
used water from the village well escaped entirely. The well is open, lined with
masonry, having 6 or 8 feet of water in the hot weather at a level of 16 feet from
the surface.
Rookeir is situated on the top of the Korai ghat closely surrounded on all
sides by dense jungle. The rock is gneissic, covered with a scanty vegetable mould.
35. From Rookeir the disease soon spread to Korai at the bottom of
the ghat, four miles distant, where a party of 250 coolies were hutted near a large
tank from which they drew their water-supply,
36. Regarding the outbreaks in the gangs between Korai and Kamptee
there are no details beyond what is given in "the tabular Statement.