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The following is the report of the Special Inspector regaiding the
other private camps under his charge. It was hia duty to attend to
the cleanliness of the camps, and the various committees were held
responsible that every case of sickness was promptly reported to him ;
beyond this their internal arrangements were not interfered with :—
Bhattya Seg-
regation P r i -
vate Health
Camp, Cruick-
shank Road.
This is a permanent camp erected in beginning of 1899, behind the Gokuldas
Tejpal Hospital. It is managed by a Committee of the Bhattya community from
the Mahajan Funds. Mr. Khimjee Jairam Narainjee being the Secretary, and the
Manager, Bao Saheb Hurjiwan Soonderdass. The camp was opened on the 20th
November 1899 and has accommodation for about 150 persons, but the maximum
who took advantage of it this year was only 42. It is watched by a Pardesi watch-
man and is still occupied. The lighting as well as the pay of the Ramosee are
borne by the community, but the halalkore and water service by the Municipality.
Gaud Saras-
wat Brahmin
Private Health
Camp, Marine
Lines.
This camp, opened on the 19th December 1899, consisted of 2 lines of huts
running from east to west, situated to the south of the Pathare Prabhoo No. 1 Camp.
There were 58 tenements to accommodate about 300 persons, but the actual number
in occupation was 320. The Committee of Management was presided over by
Rao Bahadur Ganeshyam Nilkant Nadkarni J.P., the Secretary being Mr.
Nilkantrao Balkrishna Parulkar. A certain number of huts were erected solely at the
expense of some of the tenants, whilst the majority were raised by subscriptions and
allotted to the poorer classes. The camp registered 2 plague cases, one a boy, aged
12, was removed to theModykhana Hospital on the 6th January and died on the 9fcb.
He was attacked the day after his arrival in camp from a house in Moogbhat where
there was rat mortality. The 2nd case was that of a man aged 28 removed to the
Hindoo Fever Hospital on the 17th February and died on the 20th, also an imported
case. Seven privy seats, six lanterns, and five water taps, as also one halalkore and
one cooly were provided at Municipal expense.
Somavavshee
Kshastrya Pri-
vate
Health
Camp, Marine
Lines.
The camp consisted of 56 tenements to accommodate about 280 persons, the
maximum number in occupation being 229. President, Committee of Management,
Mr. Janardban Kashinath Manthri, J.P·, the Secretary, Dr. Daroba Janardhan
Manthri, J.P., and the Camp Manager, Mr. T. R. Ju-kar. An improvement in the
construction of the huts next year is necessary; the verandah eaves should be raised
about 18 inches to admit of light and ventilation, particularly in the back row of
huts which were constructed too close to the fencing of the Dakshni Brahmin
Camp. There were two suspicious deaths in this camp, one on the 4th of February
and the other on the 3rd of March, in both cases, the deceased persons were not
under any medical treatment. There were 4 deaths from ordinary causes. Five
privy seats and five water taps as well as a cooly for sweeping and cleaning the refuse
were provided by the Municipality. The halalkore of the Gaud Brahmin Camp
also attended the privies of this camp and one Police Ramosee patrolled both
camps at night only. Seven lanterns were provided for lighting the camp.
Dakshni
Brahmin Pri-
vate
Health
Camp, Marine
Lines.
This camp was opened on the 24th of December 1899. It consisted of 73
tenements available for 360 persons, but the number accommodated was 359. Some
of the huts were solely erected at the expense of the tenants, while the majority were
erected from funds collected by the Committee of Management, Rao Bahadur Narayen
Trimbak Vaidya, being the President, and Mr. Waman Bhioajee Gokhalé, the
Secretary. Four separate rooms, about 10 feet square each, were put up for the use
of plague contacts. On the 21st of January a case of plague was removed to the
Hindoo Fever Hospital. On the 14th of February there was a suspicious death, the
patient was treated by a medical practitioner for influenza when it was actually a
plague case j the man was ill for 2 days and had a bubo, which the doctor failed to
detect. On the 13th of May there was another suspicious death iq the camp, the
deceased, a non-resident, occasionally slept in the verandah of one of the huts; his