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the poverty of the District Board. The total expense of the plague to
Government may therefore be roughly put clown at Rs. 23,000 ; I have excluded
the Rs. 9,000 advanced by Government to Mr. Gilbert for Bándra on the
supposition that it will have to be repaid by the Municipality, if not the total
expense of the plague to Government will be increased to Es. 32,000. The
expense to the District Board so far has been Us. 8,752-3-6 and in addition the
Municipalities must have spent approximately Us. 25,000.
F.—The Plague Authorities,
97. I have already mentioned the division of the district into plague
charges. All the European Officers and Mr. "Wasudeo Shiwaji Nabar, the Dis-
trict Deputy Collector, who were the Chief Plague authorities for these charges
worked with unremitting zeal and energy. The place of honour may be given
to Mr. Reginald Gilbert, the President of Bándra, as a non-official and a volunteer.
I have already fully commented on his work in sending on his special report.
Mr. C. W. M. Hudson, the First Assistant Collector, had probably the most
arduous task owing to the great number of infected places in his charge and the
turbulence of the fisher population ; but in spite of a riot in which he was seri-
ously assaulted the operations in the Sálsette villages were steadily conducted
to a successful issue. In Kurla and Thána, Surgeon-Major A. V. Anderson, the
Deputy Sanitary Commissioner, and Surgeon-Captain C. T. Hudson, the Civil
Surgeon, had very heavy work, and performed it in a self-sacrificing way that I
am afraid somewhat injured Dr. Hudson's health. I am specially indebted to
Dr. Anderson for valuable advice during the plague, and for his excellent reports
at the end of it. Mr. DuBoulay, who was in charge of Bassein at the beginning
of the plague and got the machinery into work there, was succeeded by Mr. P.
J. Mead, who, though a very junior officer, performed his plague duties with the
most admirable efficiency. I had not intended to give my Personal Assistant,
Mr. B. H. B. Leggatt, any plague work; but the exigencies of the time forced
it on me and he undertook the duties of a plague authority with great zeal.
Mr. W. S. Nabar remained in charge of Bhiwndi from the time I left it till
the plague disappeared, and must share with the Assistant Surgeon the credit of
its early disappearance from that town. Mr. W. C. Shepherd, the Assistant
Collector, Kalyán Pránt, had less plague work than the other officers ; but gave
valuable support to Mr. Dadina, the Assistant Surgeon and Vice-President
Kalyán, and curiously was the only European officer who contracted plague.
The attack however was very slight. Surgeon-Captain Prall did excellent work
at Bándra on which I have commented elsewhere. Mr. W. A. Dubois, the Dis-
trict Superintendent of Police, gave valuable assistance in house-to-house visita-
tion to both Mr. Gilbert and Dr. Hudson, and took infinite trouble to make the
necessary police arrangements everywhere. Mr. Ommaney, the Assistant
Superintendent, also assisted in house-to-house visitations in Kalyán. I name
Khan Sáheb R. R. Dadina last ; but I am not sure that he does not deserve the
highest praise of any officer, for he alone practically succeeded in keeping the
plague out of his charge by extreme vigilance and firmness.
98. Among the medical men who worked under the chief plague
authorities mentioned above, I may specify for special commendation Dr. F.A,
Moos, Assistant Surgeon, Thána, Dr. J. F. Gonsalves, Assistant Surgeon, Bándra,
Dr. M. M. Vakil, Assistant Surgeon, Bhiwndi, Dr. M. S. Postwalla, Assistant
Surgeon, Kurla, and Mr, M. P. Sathe, Hospital Assistant, Chinchni.
Among the Mámlatdárs the greatest activity was shown by Mr. S. G.
Mandlik of Máhim ; and the Mámlatdár of Dáhánu did good work at Chinchni *
but the Mámlatdárs of Bussein and Sálsette and the Aval Kárkun of the former
deserve a passing mention. The two special plague Mámlatdárs Mr. Waman
Shiwaji Nabar and Hormasji Jamsedji Antia performed their duties to the
satisfaction of the Assistant Collectors under whom they were employed, and
deserve a considerable share of credit for the success of the operations in which
they were engaged. Mr. Nabar had once to face rioters as well as the plague
and has already received the commendation of Government for his coaduct On
that occasion. All the special Hospital Assistants did well except Gopal Ram-
chandrarao who habitually shirked and finally deserted.