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Committee, of which the Collector was President, worked snuparingly. Mr.
Mountford, at Rohri, conducted the operations most successfully, and with an
amount of personal labour that secured to him the sympathy of the town. He
was well assisted by Mr. Tiloksing Jethsing, the Municipal Secretary, of whom
Mr. Mountford speaks highly. Surgeon-Lieutenant King, whose management of
the Plague Hospitals has been noticed, was helped by the Sisters Seraphina,
Izabel and Louisa, by Nurse Murray, and by Miss Driscoll and the other
Zenana Mission ladies. Among other helpers in the operations are mentioned
Mr. Bahadurji, Sub-Judge, the late Mr. Harrison, of the Indus Conservancy, a
very earnest worker, Mr. Hayter, Assistant Superintendent of Police, Mr.
Dracup, Mr. Rochiram, the City Magistrate, who deserves credit for taking his
son to hospital and his family to the camp, Mr. D'Abreo and Ráo Bahadurs
Choithram Girdhardas and Chandumal and Khán Bahadur Pir Baksh, Deputy
Collectors, Ráo Sáheb Kimatsing, Mukhtyárkar, Seths Suliman and Motandas,
the only two Municipal Commissioners who stayed to aid, Sanitary Inspector
Marker and Hospital Assistant Benjamin. Mr. Cooke, District Superintendent
of Police, and Mr. Märston, Assistant Superintendent, conducted the Police
duties well. Ráo Bahadur Shaukiram, the Divisional Forest Officer, was very
active in looking after the comfort of the camps. Lieutenant Beadon and the men
of the Wiltshire Regiment deserve special thanks, as do also Lieutenants Leith,
Hislop and Bailey.
The Acting Commissioner cannot forget the support rendered by the
Principal Medical Officer, Sind District, at a time of great anxiety, and begs to
thank him for it.
Mr. E. Giles, Educational Inspector, merits special thanks for the full
assistance of his Department ; and to Messrs. Dayaram Gidumal and M. B.
Tyabji cordial acknowledgment of their voluntary service must also be conveyed.
The able and willing assistance afforded by Surgeon-Major Baker has been
frequently acknowledged by the Acting Commissioner, and to Surgeon-Captain
Borradaile, also, thanks are given for his readiness to assist.
The Acting Commissioner would also beg permission to thank Colonel Brack-
enbury, R. E., the Manager of the North-Western Railway, and the officers of
the Railway, Messrs. Tickner, Bean, Rickie, Strong and Gwyther, for unstinted
active practical help.
To Captain Finney, R. I. M., the Port Officer, the thanks of the Acting
Commissioner are also due.
The Collector of Karachi speaks of much help received from K. B. Framroz
E. Panthaki, the Mukhyárkar of Karachi, and Mr. Phillipowsky of the Customs,
was a good Supervisor.
Many names have been left out. Where all Departments united forces, it
is difficult to mention every one, and the Acting Commissioner is aware that,
even where plague never appeared, Deputy Collectors and Mukhtyárkars worked
hard to protect their charges.
The Acting Commissioner has endeavoured to present a picture of the
whole, but with this Report must be read the Report of the Karachi Plague
Committee, in which General Cooke describes with fuller knowledge the opera-
tions subsequent to the formation of the Plague Committee.
To the troops employed, to the Royal Artillery, to the Wiltshire Regiment,
to the Baluch Regiments at Karáchi and Hyderabad, to all ranks, the thanks of
Government are due, not only for doing unusual work well but for mixing among
the people kindly. General Cooke set an example of personal courtesy that was
followed by all. That the contact has raised the British soldiers in the estima-
tion of the people there can be no doubt whatever.
The European population of Karachi met the approach of plague without
fear or clamour, with a quiet helpfulness and confidence that were of the utmost
assistance in allaying panic among the Natives.
To the people the Acting Commissioner would offer bis thanks for the
patient trustfulness with which the plague measures were tolerated, and the
general submission with which inconveniences were put up with.