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those of 44 and 38 were inoculated. The disease then travelled northwards to
Matarpaoadi, Mount Road and Goculdaswadi, but did not take a great hold,
owing to inoculation. On its reaching Narielwadi village, in the extreme north
of the section, there were a few cases only, owing to the inhabitants of the place
vacating in a body.
In Gorupdeo section it started at the most southern part of the section, viz.,
Tank Bunder Road Irats, Ambewadi, Sassoon Mill compound, and then proceeded
on towards the north gradually to Koliwada ; thence to Gunpat Manekjee's chawls,
Dhakjee Parbhus' Wadi, Husanally's chawls, Albert Road, Buban's chawl, Tapidas-
wadi and Moorgi's chawl. In the first week seven cases were noted and the numbers
gradually increased weekly, until the maximum of forty was reached in the last week
of March 1900. The decline then came gradually week by week, till in the last
week of May no Plague case was noted in the section.
Bycnlla.
Of Byculla Captain Wooldridge writes as follows :—
This is the fourth year of the Plague epidemic, and the disease has been more
severe in this than in previous years. This District was not free from Plague at
any time during the past year; it only slumbered during the months of July,
August, and September 1899, and the average weekly Plague death-rate was 7.
Also from the beginning of June 1899 to the end of September of the same
year, the average weekly mortality was below normal, that is, about 28.
From the 1st October to the 2nd December it gradually rose, fluctuating
between 30 and 49, and then for the week ending 9th December, it rose to 65 and
increased steadily to 164 in the week ending 3rd March 1900. The fall
vras the same as its rise, gradual, and in the last week in May it fell to
74, and this gives a period of 25 weeks during which the mortality was more than
twice, and even rose to more than five times, the normal rate. I attach a rough
diagram showing both the total and Plague mortality of the ward. It will be seen
that Plague deaths averaged about 50 per cent, of the total mortality throughout
the whole year. There has been no other epidemic of a serious importance.
The total mortality is 3,645. Last year this ward was not worked separately, so I
cannot say what the rise is. I think 1,300 in the total and 752 in Plague. With the
exception of Parel and Clare Roads, tbe whole ward lias been thoroughly infected.
The former is open, and the houses on the east side are mostly detached bungalows.
On the west the chawls are few and far between. If it had not been for 6
dirty insanitary low buildings, off the road, near Topa Wani's ohawl, Plague would
most probably not have appeared. With the exception of Pallonji's hotel and the
two adjoining buildings there has been no Plague in Clare Road ; as it was, there-
were only 5 and it began in Pallonji's Hotel. The residents are well-to-do people.
P & G Wards.
Captain Boileau gives the following account of the course of the
epidemic in F. and G. Wards.
This ward cannot be said to have boon free from Plague at any time during tho
past year under report; but the epidemic proper did not begin until October. As
early as July many sporadic cases occurred all over the District. Dr. Dady Burjor,
from Mahim-sub-Division, writes:—
" Plague in Dharavi broke out, as usual, during the monsoon, and the Mahim
hospital was opened for the benefit of the people ; but nearly all the cases were con-
cealed, and, when found, they were usually dead. At no time had this whole snb-
Division a clean bill of health. In Mahim itself hardly had the disease showed signs
of subsidence from the previous epidemic than people from infected localities outside
came flocking in and started it again. Thus the first Plague case proper of the year
pnder report came to Agar Bazaar t'romNasik. LusmanNarher, 20 years old, Mah-