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age 25, was attacked with plague in one of the huts therein and went voluntarily to
Modykhana Hospital, -where he died the same day. On the Ibth November, Yesoobai,
•wife of Bhaskerao Tarkhed, was down with plague and was removed to her father's
house in Benh.im Hall Lane, No. 3, on the 14th, where she died on the 15th Novem-
ber. Same day (i.e., on 13th) her brother-in-law Megasbam was attacked and was re-
moved to Modykhana Hospital on 15th, where he died on' the 17th November. On
the 14th, Josodabai, Meghashan's mother^ was taken ill and began to show symptoms
of a suspicions nature, developed plague en the 16th, Lut as she was too weak and
nervous to be removed elsewhere she was segregated in her room; went eventually to
Hospital on the 26th November. On the 2nd December 1899, one of the servants that
was attending Megasham and Jasodabai, was attacked and removed to Modikhana
Hospital, where he died on the 4th December. His name was Tasoo Kaivia, age 25 y
male, Maratha, All the above are of one high caste family. There was another
suspicious death on the 12th January 1900, of one Mahadu Chintoo Kasar in the
same promises. There was another plague death, Fatta Mulchund, age 25, male,
Shimpi, in the same honse on 10th January 11)00. Besides these, there were 2
other removals, vis., (1) Rama Devji, age 20, male, Maratha, on 24th December
and died in Maratha Hospital on 25th December, (2) Savlaram Bhaoo, age 33, male
Maratha, removed on 4th January and died on 5th January 1900.
(2) In Queen's Road, 303.—A girl was brought from Byculla, on the llth Janu--
ary suffering from pkgue, from a house, where there had already been a plague
death, a day previous to her removal to the Queen's Road House. She died-on the
13th January of plague. During the illness of the deceased, one of the domestic
servants that had come from the infected house at Byculla and was attending the
deceased, died a day previous to the girl's death, i.e., on 12th January. Then on the
15th January 2 other servants of the same family died, in the same premises, of
plague (one died in Hospital, same day of removal). Besides these plague
cases there were 2 removals to Hospital on the 16th January, both died in
Hospital.
By Lt. Brack-
eiibury.
(1) In one week in August Lieut. Brackenbury brought the following 3
cases to notice :—
Infectious na-
ture of the
disease, espe-
cially pneu-
monic type.
(i.) A man died under suspicious circumstances. Seven contacts were sent
to camp and of these two developed plague (pneumonic).
(ii.) A pneumonic plague patient was isolated, as he was too ill to be removed.
A man living on another floor had been to see how the patient was
getting on, and 3 days afterwards developed plague (pneumonic).
(iii.) A woman was discovered on the third day of her illness to be suffering
from plague, but was too ill to be removed. She died that same
evening. The following day about 4 p.m. her husband developed
plague.
(2) The wee-k ending 12th March 1900 produced- a further proof of tlie
infectious character of pneumonic plague. One of a family of Banias (consisting
of 3 brothers, a sister and the wife of one of the brothers) died of pneumonic
plague. The case was seen about 3 hours before death by Dr. Sethna. After
death 3 contacts (the others were not to be found at the time) were sent to their
Mahajanwadi, where two' days afterwards the sister developed pneumonic-plague,
vvas sent to the hospital and died within 48 hours. This woman's son had escaped
detection and had not gone to camp with his mother. He afterwards developed
pneumonic plague, was concealed in another empty house in quite another part of
the district where he also died.