CHAP. V.]
in the Bombay Presidency.
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Locality.
Bombay City
Mandvi Town (Cutch State)
Poona City ...
'I hana District
Janjira State
Surat District
' ...
Kolaba District
Navsari Division (Baroda State)
Cutch State ...
Poona District
Satara District
Ratnagiri District
Palanpur State
Ahmedabad District
Nasik District
Goa
Kolhapur State
Savantvadi State
Kathiawar, including Amreli Divi-
sion (Baroda State).
Ahmednagar District ...
Broach District
Sholapur District
Kadi Division (Baroda State)
Khandesh ...
Baroda Division (Baroda State) ...
Kaira District
Bhor State ...
Mahikantha State
Kanara District
Belganm District
Dharwar District
...
...
TOTAL FOR THE BOMBAY PRE-
SIDENCY PROPER.
Karachi City
Shikarpur District
Hyderabad District
Karachi District
Upper Sind Frontier District
...
Thar and Parkar District
TOTAL FOR SIND
GRAND TOTAL
Population
according to
the census
of 1891.
Number of
plague
seizures.
Number of
seizures per
100,000
persons.
Number
of plague
deaths.
BOMBAY PRESIDENCY PROPER.
821,764
38,155
161,390
904,868
81,780
640,989
509,584
319,443
520,260
906,410
1,225,989
1,105,926
645,526
921,712
843,582
†420,868
913,131
192,948
2,032,592
888,755
341,490
750,689
1,098,742
1,460,851
817,023
871,889
155,669
581,568
446,351
1,013,261
1,051,314
...
105,190
915,497
918,646
459,681
174,548
298,203
* 12,795
4,359
2,543
4,974
287
2,154
1,329
563
840
1,186
1,179
377
167
163
136
62
127
25
280
54
19
29
3°3
3
12
22
2
3
1
2
2
33,755
SIN
4,181
696
641
238
4
3
6,063
39,818
1,557
11,424
1,576
550
351
331
261
176
161
131
96
34
26
18
)6
15
14
13
10
6
6
4
3
2
I
2
I
I
22
19
19
D.
3,974
109
70
52
2
I
*10,813
3,853
1,819
3,857
164
1,632
1,172
456
640
826
844
316
101
96 -
98
16
100
24
181
37
12
25
24
18
12
18
2
I
I
I
1
27,163
3,398
699
409
178
3
2
4,779
31,942
Number of
deaths per
100,000
persons.
1,316
10,098
1,127
4 36
201
251
230
143
123
91
69
29
16
10
12
4
11
12
6
4
4
3
2
1
I
2
]
17
22
09
09
3,230
76
54
39
2
1
...
...
* These figures are the sums of the reported seizures and deaths. It is, however, known that especially
during the early period of the epidemic the reporting of cases was not complete and that the actual number
of cases was much greater than the number reported. During the period from the week ending the 1st
September 1896 to the week ending the 20th April 1897 (inclusive) the excess of the total mortality of the
city over that of the corresponding period of the previous five years was 20,828. After that period the
reporting was more accurate and the general mortality of the city first sank below the normal and then
rose above it, owing to an outbreak of cholera and other causes. Adding to the figure 20,828 the reported
plague deaths from the 21st April up to the 27th August (inclusive), we obtain a total of 21,614, and this
approximates more nearly to the actual number of deaths from plague. It gives a proportion of above
2,630 deaths per 100,000 of the population according to the last census. The accuracy of the calculation
is to some extent vitiated by the fact that during the worst period of the epidemic the population was
largely diminished by emigration. The Municipal Commissioner of Bombay made a calculation based
on total mortality and the estimated population of the city from month to month which gives a total
number of 25,828 deaths from plague up to the end of July.
t Population according to census of 1881.
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