The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1897-04-16

out counting the number OF people WHO
left the city by road and by country craft.
II allowance is made for these and fer
the exodus of February. the numbers Tor
which have not yet been published. the
total number OF desertions cannot Doe
much less than 5O0.O 00 Deductng 10000
from the census population, leaves an eN-
isting population Of 32l 76i. from which
should be deducted 10000. who have died
from the plague during the present cpl
demic thus making the actual population
not much over three lakhs. This Us the
nearest we can get 10 the actual popula-
ton. and II receives no little coul-nltion
from the deserted condition OF our streets.
The Gulerau and Marthi municipal
schools for primary education have on
their rolls some 5000 pupils. or these not
forty have been attending school since
the outbreak of the plague. one school
with $50 names on the list Yesterday had
twenty boys i'm attendance. Another with
go dwindied 10 seven. and in another 20
four or five.
The special weekly sanitary report
shows that I'm the past week the plague
officers visited 11fj houses condemned
5a7. ordered alterations On rs. iisinfected
6S. lime-washed 1.727. opened the r0lfs
Of $50 burned down 49, and closed 2l)
During the week 3l6 patients We're adj
mitted into the hospitals. Of whom %
died and AZ were cured. 176 remaining M
der treatment. There are now 10n per-
sons IN the segregation camps.
a Hindu lady Sukahai Shedarkarin.
who recently fell a victim 70 the plague
IN Poona. has I'm her will bequeathcd
Re-. 1900 70 Ferguson College.
The railway restrictions as 10 thiri-o'ess
passengers still continue. but third-class
passengers continue 70 arrive from
through stations.
From karachi; The railway authorities
are using all precautions 10 s'p the
spread OF the plague IN the native cm-
ployes' quarters. The police enforce their
orders and cleaning operations are rrr.ct-
IS Carried ont. More medical aid has
been applied for. and Will doubtless be-
sanctioned. The shOpkeepers IN Elphin-
stone street are beginning TO share in the
panic and one more jewellers shop wa
closed to-day. All the prophyiactic lymph
IS exhausted. and as great numbers have
applied to be inoculated quantities are be-
ing obtained from Bombay. Tor those
in infected areas. who are too poor 20
leave Karachi. segregation camps are be-
ing built In all vacant and open sites out
side the crowded parts Of the town. Or
Cornwall is said 10 be closely occupied
In making observations Of plague patients
In his charge. Lancing the bpboc5 los
been found 20 give relief Quarantine is
imposed al Jungshai. and several small
stations, the police being koenly on the
alert 10 prevent any one going into he
towns who has not n pass. Natives say
they dread segregation more than the
plague itself
a railway committee Of district officers.
with Mr.. Tickner as chairman. has been
formed 10 carry out tho measures neces-
sary for stoppage Of the plague I'm the
railway employees lines. Every house m
which the plague occurs IS cleansed and
disinfected, all the bedding and the cloth
ing OF the deceased burnt. and their fam
lies segregated The police patrol rne
lines night and day 10 prevent outsiders
coming 10 the lines. medical officer in
spects the workmen while at work and re-
ports on suspected people. All infected
railway carriages are washed out with
disinfectant. then closed hermetcally and
fumigated with sulphur. The whole water
supply Of the y. W. Railway at Karachi
is obtained from Malir by piping and taps
Three nuns from the Convent OF ST.
Joseph, assisted by one Of their pupils and
two nurses. are in nursing charge OF the
Civil Hospital. Six plague patients have
been discharged cured in the last few
days.
The plague returns up 20 noon on the fth
instant show f3 fresh cases and 80 deaths.
The totals now are 2.l5l cases and 1gl2
deaths
The Mohammedans are still the heaviest
sufferers. and unfortunately Or. Bora
daile's suggestion 81 hospital has had 10
be abandoned IL having been represented
70 the Commissioner by Sirdar Mahomcd
Khan that the scheme would meet with
opposition from Mahomedans owing to tho
strict observance Of the purdah system.
Two more cases are notified In tho Sadar
I'm spite OF all the exertions made 70 keep
away the plague. Great anxiety IS felt
at the prevalence Of the plague I'm the
Lyari. The poorer people are either being
sent away or are leaving OF their own
accord at last realizing the danger or
staying in infected quarters. Whenever
possible plague cases IN the town or the
Sadar are taken 10 the Civil Hospital
unless the patient Is already under medl-
cal treatment
From Madras: Dr. Yersin has stated
TO an interviewer that he IS carrying 40
little bottles OF his serum 10 Bombay He
sometimes used two. three, and very often
four bottles fer one case OF the plague
when It was raging in Hong Kong. lie
believes that so far the plague I'm Bombay
Is Identical with that which prevailed IN
China, though much more virulent IN
form. II he finds his serum az effective
I'm Bombay as II was IN Hong Kong. he
will return 10 Anam and supply tho med
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