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Mándvi, Bhúj and Anjár, there are not half a dozen towns with 5,000 inhabitants,
and most have a population of 2,000 and under. There is always ample waste
ground close by, and the villages are not numerous and some distance apart. Of
course it would be necessary to exercise strict supervision to prevent the persons
turned out wandering to other villages. The healthy condition of the people
who left Mándvi and encamped out in the surrounding vádis (gardens) and
waste ground and along the sea-shore was very noticeable. Out of some 800 to
1,000 persons encamped along the sea-shore, not a single case of plague, that I
heard of, occurred during the 2 1/2 months I was there, although these people
chiefly belonged to the village of Salaya, a suburb of Mándvi, which was
thoroughly impregnated with plague. It was the same also where the camps
were out on waste open dry ground. In the vádis (gardens), however, where the
camps were under thick trees which did not admit much sun, and close to wells
where the ground was more or less damp, several cases were found, showing
clearly that the scientific opinion that heat, sun and dryness are deadly enemies
to the baccillus, is correct.
Disinfection.
I have been informed that in many cases merely taking- off the tiles to
admit sun-lignt, burning grass on the floors, and keep-
ing the house open to the air, has proved sufficient in
When it can be clone, therefore, turning out the entire
the wav of disinfection.
population and thoroughly cleaning and opening up the houses would appear to
be the easiest and quickest method of getting rid of the plague.
PLACES IN WHICH PLAGUE CASES HAVE OCCURRED.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
13.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
21.
22.
23.
24.
Lakbápur ...
Bháchao ...
Wondh ...
Nagalpur ...
Náni Khákher ...
Dhunoi ...
Ghasro
...
Gundála ...
Rainani ...
Desalpur ...
Bhúj ...
Mánkuwa ...
Mádhápur ...
Samatra ...
Anjar ...
Khári Roher ...
Máthda ...
Khedoi ...
Nakhtrána ...
Angia ...
Dhávda ...
Sutbri ...
Náransar ...
Koteshwar ...
Imported cases only.
... 6 miles north of the sea-port of Mimdra,
... 47 miles north-east of Bhúj, 23 miles from Anjár.
... 4 miles east of Bbáchao.
... 3/4 mile north of Mándvi.
... North-east of Mándvi, 6 miles from coast.
... 18 miles south of Bhúj midway between Bhúj and Mándvi
... North-east of Mundra, 10 miles from coast.
... North-east of Mimdra, 5 miles from coast.
.. North-west of Mundra, 12 miles from coast.
... North-west of Mundra, 8 miles from coast.
... North-of Mándvi, 36 miles from coast.
... South-west of Bhúj, 7 miles.
... South-east of Bhúj, 2 miles.
... South-west of Bhúj, 11 miles.
... South-east of Bhúj, 24 miles.
... South-east of AD jar, 12 miles.
... North-east of Mundra, 12 miles from coast
... South-west of Anjár, 7 miles.
... Well inland, 25 miles west of Bhúj
... Near Nakhtraua, 4 miles.
... Do.
5 do.
... West of M ándvij 3 miles from coast.
... Near Lakhput on border of Sind.
... On Khori Creek, borders of Sind.
As will be seen by a reference to the return marked A all the above have
had very few cases.
Exclusive of Mándvi there have been 128 imported cases in Cutch with 134
deaths. Mándvi has had 92 cases with 39 deaths, making a total of 220 im-
ported cases and 153 deaths. Of the 128 imported cases exclusive of Mándvi,
20 were from Bombay, 19 from Karachi and Sind, and the remainder occurred
in villages in Cutch and were from Mándvi.
The following places have had indigenous cases
as well as imported :—
Indigenous cases.
1. Mándvi
... 36 miles south of Bhiij, the most important sea-port of the State
and from which a considerable portion of the revenue of the
State in the shape of customs is derived
2. Durgápur
Salaya, a suburb or Mándvion the bank of the Rukhmávati River,
about two or three hundred yards across, and may be included
in Mándvi.
... 4 miles from Mándvi, 3 miles from coast.