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live in, and occupied by people of the very poorest classes of filthy habits. Dead
rats were found in many houses before and after occurrence of Plague cases. In
house No. 240 Bbandari Street, several Plague cases occurred. (Search was made
for dead rats and a large number were found. A few days afterwards a case of
Plague occurred in the adjoining house, which, up to this time, had escaped. Tho
same thing happened in 151 and 145 Bhandari Street.
During the epidemic special difficulties were met with, as Plague shewed itself
in various forms and simulated Remittent Fever, Typbo-Remittent Fever, Simple
Pneumonia, Cholera, A.cute Diarrhoea and Dysentery. Owing to this, many cases
of Plague may have been certified to as Remittent Fever, &c.
Captain Dunbar Stuart summarizes the epidemic history of
D Ward, as follows :—
B Ward.
Girgaum and Kheticady.—There is no doubt that Plague began in Gfirgaum and
Khetwady about the same time, and I am of opinion that the infection come across
the border in the case of Girgaum by probably Bhuleshwar, Khetwady from
Kumbarwada side. The extraordinary fact about these two sections is that, they
have nothing to do with one another ia the way of Plague, though they are con-
nected by Ardeshir Dady Street and 3 Parsiwadas, there is no link of Plague
to unite the sections. Again, Girgaum Back Road separates the two sections, and
yet again there is no link, so that for this reason I state that they got the infection
from the borders.
Klietwady.—Khetwady again, though separated from. E Ward by Grant Road,
got none of its infection from that border, so that Khetwady and Girgaum in-
dependently started and ran northwards. Kbetwady being bad about Goolpita end
of Falkland Road, ran along Trimbuck P. Street, along Grant Road, through
infected or seasonal houses.
Chowpaty.—Chowpaty got bad in August and September on account of three
imported cases from Dongri, it then ceased ; again it began from another imported
case, and spread round its own infected centre ; no connection with Girgaum, as there
is a distinct line of cessation of Plague between the two.
Mahahixmi.—Mahaluxmi got bad about December and that at the south end,
and I am convinced that Khetwady is responsible for that, as the infection before stated
ran along Grant Road, jumped across the bridge and got into Tardeo Road, only a
distance of 200 yards or so ; it then ran northwards, into Arthur Road, branching
off into the Temple Compound, where a few were found : not half so bad as last year.
WalkesJnvar.—It is exceedingly hard to say where it got its infection from,
most of the cases were among servants on the hills and in the Temple Compound
I daresay, as before explained, that Plague was kept up on account of the insanitary
state of the place at the time of cleansing the tank.
There is no doubt that this year's Plague was more of a cerebral nature than
Bubonic, probably due to the parties succumbing long before the buboes developed.
E Ward,
West.
Kamatipura.—The weekly record of Plague and suspicious deaths
shows that Kamatipura never enjoyed any freedom from the disease. The
epidemic period began in the middle of July and lasted till after the
close of the year, the worst week being that ending 17th March 1900.
Tardeo.—In Tardeo the Plague mortality did not reach epidemic
dimensions till the middle of November; it was at its worst during the
week ending 3rd March 1900, and, though the deaths wer-e steadily