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(3) In Ambawadij, No. 699, Girgaum Back Road.—There were only 4 cases and
deaths between 5fch April 1899, and 27th February 3 900. Last year on account of 23
cases and deaths it was evacuated on 3rd March 1899, and re-occupied after good
flushing and disinfection on the 5th April 1899. To take the necessary precautions
this year they were persuaded to leave, or get themselves inoculated ; the latter they
refused, but did the former ; all went into their camps. The place was carefully done
and kept shut to them till 27th April 1900—when they were allowed to occupy
it. Result—No plague, kept free.
By Capt.
Wooldridge.
(1) House No. 39, Haines Road.—This is a small house, a ground floor and a
loft accommodating about 80 persons.
The first case, imported by a basket cooly from Dongri in B Ward, occurred on
the 29th June 1899. Six contacts were removed within the next six days and they
all died. It was evacuated on the 7th July and disinfected. The landlady applied
quick lime and re-occupied it after one month ; only one case occurred since, eleven
mouths after, in the loft, i.e., on the 5th May 1900.
(2) No. 302, Haines Road, Jacob Circle.—A very well built house, with three
storeys. Open on all sides, good light and ventilation. A case was imported from
14th Laue, Kamatipoora, on the 5th January and died on 7th January 1900. Cases
continued until 7 were numbered by the 31st March. The usual disinfection was
done. In April 19 cases occurred and during this month inoculation and segregation
was carried out. Still cases continued amongst the sub-tenants and tenants who
returned from camp during the day, so in May the landlord came down and tlie
chawl was at once cleared of all sub-tenants and others who owned to too many in
one family, and evacuation and disinfection was done by floors beginning with the
top ; after thorough disinfection quick-lime was applied and no cases have occurred
since. The landlord, Mr. Govindji Lalji Dewsi, gave me the utmost assistance.
(3) No. 257, Arthur Road.—This is a two-storeyed chawl, well built and occupied
by Goanese on the upper floor, and Marathas and grain sellers below. A case was
imported from Agripada in January and was discovered on the 1st February. There
were eight cases during the month and all these were in the same corner, so the whole
lot of rooms were disinfected again and quick-lime washed and no more cases occurred
in that part again. There was one plague case in another part of the chawl on the
27th April and that is all.
(4) No. 52-60, DeLisle Road.—A row of eleven rooms with each a small
loft standing on a good plinth. On the 21st February there was one death and
8 removals.
It was evacuated and disinfected on the same day and not re-occupied for one
month and it was quick-lime washed before re-occupation. No other cases have
occurred.
(5) No. 240^ Haines Road.—There are five buildings. The front four-storied
house is well built, the north row of low rooms is bad and inside there is a large open .
space with two rows of low buildings to the west and south side; the fifth building
being a two-storied building in the north-east corner. Plague broke out in the low
rooms to the south and west sides chiefly occupied by Dhobis. The first case was on
the 2nd August 1899 ; all the buildings were attacked except the two-storied chawl
mentioned as the 5th building. Strange to say though there were 46 cases up to April,
most of which were in the two rows of rooms to the south and west, this building-
remained free with the exception of the Bhaya, a pardesi, who mixed with all collect-
ing rent. General inoculation was done and there have been no cases since the
23rd April.