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7th.—The brother of No. 2, by name Abdul Rahinian, was attacked on
3rd April 1897 and died on 4th April 1897.
There was a long interval
between the imported and indigenous cases in this house.
8th.—The brother of No. 6 was attacked on the 3rd April 1897.
9th.—Abdul Kadir was attacked on the 3rd April 1897. He apparently
had no connection with any of the others.
10th.—Maryambibi, daughter of Bhawoo Russul, was attacked on 3rd April
1897.
Masúra.—The first plague case occurred at Belosi on 16th March 1897.
This was a woman named Anandi, wife of Dhondu Palav, who arrived from
Bombay on 16th March and was attacked the same day. She died on 19th
March. Another imported case occurred on 5th April and proved fatal on the
7th April. Five more imported cases occurred and proved fatal during the
interval between 13th and 25th April. Two indigenous cases occurred respectively
on 15th and 19th April and proved fatal on 17th and 20th April 1897. In all
nine cases proved fatal. The indigenous cases occurred in the houses where
imported cases had proved fatal. The tenth case was that of Sakharani Babaji
Palav. He came from Bombay about four months previously and was attacked
on 8th April. The 10 cases took place in five houses, which were quite close to
one another.
Bánkot and Veshwi.—The first indigenous case occurred at Bánkofc on 5th.
April 1897 and at Veshwi on the 7th instant.
Dhondu Kama (the first indigenous case of plague at Bánkot) was an idiot
He used to haunt the dharmshála near the bandar and the shops close to it. He
subsisted on the charity of passengers who put up there waiting for the steamers
He used to accept articles of food and raiment from the passengers. There are
many instances of persons concealing plague cases and running, away with their
effects, after disposing of the dead, from Bombay and other affected localities.
It is a practice of the natives to give in charity the clothing, &c., belonging to
the dead. Dhondu, in his intercourse with the passengers, may have received
such clothing and thus contagion may have been communicated to him. After he
was attacked, a shopkeeper in the same locality was attacked the next day. All
the houses in which plague cases occurred are close together. The majority of
cases occurred in a lane near the dharmshála. There were three houses in
which more than one case occurred. In all there were 13 houses where there were
cases.
Changu bin Damn was the first person attacked at Veshwi. He had come
from Bombay only four days before he was attacked. He had gone there to see
one of his relations in Bombay who was attacked with plague. After the
relation's death Changu came to Veshwi with all his effects.
Chiiocli.—Two indigenous cases. These were brother and sister. They died
on 22nd and 23rd January respectively. A relation of them living 500 yards off
in the same village had come from Bombay with the plague and died on the
11th. The others had visited him.
Velas.—There were five indigenous cases in three houses in the same alley
between 30th March and 7th April. There was only one imported case discover-
ed in the village, which occurred on 15th February, and cannot therefore have
caused the indigenous cases.
Niwendi.—One indigenous case. The son of a man who came with plague
from Bombay. Both were taken ill on 2nd March and died on the 5th.
Shirgaon.—Three indigenous cases. The first was wife of a man who came
from Bombay, and managed to elude the examining officer. He had a bubo
when he arrived at Shirgaon on 18th March and he died on ¿3rd April. His
wife died on the 2nd. The other two were wife and son respectively of a man
who came from Kárwár and died on the 2nd April, some 15 days after arrival.
The wife died on the 5th and the son on the 13th of the same mouth. The two
houses are about 30 yards apart.