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Christian Pri-
vate Health
Camp, Cruick-
shank Road·
This camp was opened on the 21st of January and consisted of 15 tenements
with accommodation available for about 100 persons, but the maximum number
was 96. There was still room enough for three or four huts, but as they were erect-
ed at the personal expense of the tenants, none came forward. Dr.-F. X. Ferreira
and Mr. J. Godinho were the Secretaries representing the community. Three
water taps and ten privies were provided, also 6 lanterns, besides the services of one
cooly and one Halalkore for keeping the camp clean.
Dai-wadnya
Private Health
-Camp, Cruick-
shank Road.
This camp was opened on the 1st January and consisted of 55 tenements
available for about 350 persons, but the maximum in occupation was 394. There
•was still room enough for 8 or 10 tenements. Six water taps and eleven privies
were provided, besides the services of one halalkore and one cooly for keeping the
camp clean. A large number of the huts wore allotted to the poorer classes of the
community who could not afford to subscribe. Mr. Ganpat Rao Nana Shete, the
Honorary Joint Secretary, and Rao Bahadur V. J. Shunkersett lived in tents on
the premises. There were three deaths from ordinary causes, and one case of
plague removed to the Hindoo Fever Hospital on 9th February, a boy, aged 16,
who handled some dead rats-at his house on his way home from school. Two Police
Ramosees watched the camp, one during the day and one at night. Eight lanterns
were provided for lighting the camp.
Parsee Pri-
vate Health
Camp, Cruick-
shanfc Road.
This camp was opened on the 1st of January and consisted of 58 tents with
detached cook-rooms and bath-rooms available for about 400 persons, but the
maximum accommodated was 405. The privy accommodation, water taps, and
lanterns for lighting the camp were provided at the expense of the Parsee
Punchayot, of which Mr. Jivvanjee Jamsetjeo Mocly is the Secretary. Applications
were made to this gentleman for tents, a certain number of which were allowed to
the poor classes free of charge, the well-to-do folk had to pay a nominal rent of four
rupees per tent per month. There were only two plague cases in the camp which
occurred within a day or two of their arrival from infected quarters. Two coolies
for keeping the camp clean and one halalkore were provided at Municipal expense.
The camp was medically inspected daily by Dr. Dadysett.
Parsee Pri-
vate Health
Camp, Marine
Lines.
This camp was opened on the 7th of January and was intended for the portio:
of the community residing in Charniwady, Dhobi Talao, &c. It consisted c
26 tents and 36 cacljan tenements with detached cook-rooms and bath-roomi
Tho available accommodation was 450, bat the maximum actually accommodate
•was 481. There were two plague cases removed to the Parsee Fever Hospital, on
on the 2nd of March and the other on the 7th of April, both imported. One deat
from plague occurred in a tent on the 22nd of April, an imported case froi
Charniwady. The allotments for tents, &c,, were made similar to the Cruickshan
Road Camp, the Punchayet bearing the expense of lighting, water taps and priv;
accommodation. Dr. Gimi, S. M. 0., in Dhobi Talao C Ward, medically inspecte
the camp. Three coolies and one halalkore were provided at Municipal expense.
Mody Khana
Private Health
Camp.
This camp was attached to the Parsee Auxiliary Fever Hospital at Mody Bay, the
maximum number accommodated was 107 in 18 tenemsnts. All· expenses for light-
ing, privies, water taps, and the wages of one cooly for keeping the camp clean were
borne by the Punchayet. Halalkore service alone was rendered by the Municipality.
In addition to the staff enumerated in each of the abovementioned camps, there
were two additional halalkores, one stationed at Marine Lines and the other at the
camps north of the Hindoo Gymkhana, to assist the camp halalkores fora short time
only to remove the privy water from the cess-pools. A night-soil cart also attended
the camps north of the Hindoo Gymkhana for the same purpose twice daily.
The services of a Sub-Inspector were entertained for keeping the muster of all the
staffin the private camps situated ou the Kennedy Sea Face and CruickshankRoad.