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Progress of plague be-
tween the middle of April and
1 st of May.
15. By the middle of April the plague in the town had been steadied.
On the 17th, in his weekly report, Dr. CJevela-nd
stated : "There have been 16 fresh cases during the
week, i.e., 10 less than last week, making a total of
127 cases. The number of deaths during the week
was 15 against 16 in the former week, The percentage ol deaths in plague
cases is now 62.9 as compared with 58—the percentage up to last week. All the
cases are indigenous. This was the turning point, because the next week, Satur-
day, April the 24th, the report was more favourable, viz. : " There bave been
8 fresh cases of plague during the week with 5 deaths." " From these figures
it appears that the plague is now decreasing. House-to-house visitation is
carried out all over the town, and I do not think that there can be any conceal-
ment of cases." " To make more certain, the burning and burial grounds are all
watched." "Railway inspection is carried on as before." "Five people have
been detained as suspicious cases but no case of plague has been found."
Plague cases from 1st May
to 18th May 1897.
16. On May the 1st the fresh cases were two and there had been two
deaths. For the week ending May the 8th, two fresh
cases and two deaths. Previous to these there had
been no fresh case since the 24th April. This re-
appearance of the plague after it had remained quiescent could not be explained
In the week ending May the 15th there Were two fresh cases and one death
This was the first and last case among the Borah community. The report says
"With the exception of one purdah woman all the members of this family wen
segregated and the house was thoroughly cleaned and disinfected. In fact the
whole street in which the Borahs live was cleaned and disinfected with carbolie
acid solution by means of the fire-engine."
The plague being over, the
people return to the town.
Orders concerning re-occu-
pation of infected houses.
17. By Saturday the 22nd May the plague was reported to be e over. '
The people began to return to their houses. An order
was issued that no person should reoccupy an empty
house unless he produced a certificate stating that it
had been thoroughly disinfected. No case of plague
occurred in a house which had been disinfected. Long
after the plague ceased in the town, a passenger, a Pathán, travelling from Bom-
bay to the north, was taken out of the train with symptoms of plague on him.
He was detained in the shed hospital, where he was very troublesome and where
he died on the 5th June. This was the very last of the plague in Pálanpur. In
the town it practically ceased by the 11th May. Among the population of the
town itself there had been altogether 141 indigenous cases and 90 deaths plus
2 imported cases which ended fatally.
Appends a return of the
daily casualties, &c.
18. I append a return showing the daily casualties, also the number
of patients segregated, of non-affected persons
segregated, and the number of houses disinfected. The
cost of the operations came to about Rs. 12,000.
Concluding Remarks.
19, To Surgeon-Captain Cleveland's good-natured energy and personal
exertions tne success of tbe operations was mainly
due. The State officials and subordinates worked
well under his direction when once there was a system, and they knew what to
do. His Highness the Dewán behaved with courage and good sense throughout
and set a capital example to his people. The people were much frightened by
this new and insidious form of death. While acknowledging the advantage of
segregation they shrank from its details which to them were horrible, especially
the removal of women from their homes. Happily there was no contre*
temps although some soreness must have been caused.
I have the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
F. H. JACKSON, Lieutenant-Colonel,
Political Superintendent, Pálanpur.