25
and rules accompanies. Similar camps of observation were sanctioned for
Umbargaon and Bhiwndi on the 21st April and 25th April respectively, and
were removed at the beginning of June. None of the apprehensions of the
Government of India in the telegrams preambling Government Resolution
No. 1976, dated 12th April last, have been verified in the case of these camps.
93. By a notification of the Commissioner, N. D., dated the 21st March,
under Government Resolution No. 1211, dated the 6th idem, quarantine against
boats was established in 15 of the principal parts of the district, in fact
wherever there was any establishment to work the rules. The notification is
still in force but has not led to any perceptible results, though it may have
helped to deter infected people from travelling by sea.
94. In March the officers of the Salt Department began to utilise their
salt cordon to keep infected persons from entering the Thána District from
Daman, which was rapidly becoming a hot-bed of plague. On the 30th March
the Governor of Daman made a complaint to me of the severity of the cordon ;
but the necessity of keeping uniformity with Surat prevented me from making
any of the concessions he desired, and the cordon is still maintained. It has no
doubt been of the highest use in keeping the plague out of Umbargaon.
95. The Railway Inspectors at Kalyán and Pálghar may briefly be noticed
here, though they are not in any way under my control. These were established
on February 12th, with a Commissioned Medical Officer and 12 Hospital
Assistants at each place ; but the staff was modified more than once afterwards.
The number of persons taken out at each place with plague has up to the
present been :
Kalyán . . .
Pálghar ...
... 182
... 50
During February, March and April these examinations undoubtedly prevented
an immense amount of infection from getting from Bombay and Thána into
Gujarat and the Deccan, They have not been of any great importance to the
Thána District as both were purposely placed at the outer limit of the local
trains.
E.—The Cost of the "Plague.
96. In consequence of the plague the ordinary staff of the District (excluding
the Kalyán and Pálghar examinations) was increased by the following officers :—
Mr. E. H. E. Leggatt, I.C.S., Personal Assistant
" "W. S. Nabar, Special Plague Mámlatdár, Sálsette
" H. J. Antiá, Special Plague Mámlatdár, Bassem
Hospital Assistant Mr. Gopal Ramchandrarao
"
Mallu Suraji . . .
"
Nagindas Lallubhai
"
Balwant Hari...
"
Prabhakar Vishnu
From.
February 26
"
22
"
27
"
20
"
23
"
25
"
26
" 28
To.
June
1
" 30
" 30
May
9
" 16
" 30
" ...
" 11
Total Rs....
Pay and allow-
ances for that
period.
Es.
2,669
795
789
128
187
165
163
136
5,032
1 G. R. No, 907— 375-p., dated 18th
February 1897
2 G. R. No. 1684— 1160-p., dated 26th
March 1897
3 G. B. No. 2555— 1973-p., dated 11th
May 1897
Es.
Es.
5,000
L
5,000
10,000
20,000
In addition to the above, out of the Rs. 20,000 allotted to this District
for plague by the three Government
Resolutions mentioned in the margin,
Rs. 17,088-10-0 have been expended
up to the 7th instant. Of this Rs.
8,457-5-9 have been expended in the
Kalyán and Pálghar Railway exami-
nations and cannot be recovered, and
of the remaining Rs. 8,631-4-3, I fear
that little can be recovered owing to