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fluid. This latter is carefully removed and is
the fluid used for the prophylactic incubation.
The dose for a healthy male adult Is 20 cubic
centimetres of standard solution. and this
dose Is repeated at the end OF ten or fourteen
days. The systematic disturbance produced
by tho incubation is marked but not grave.
The body temperature rises to 1929 or 1O4'
Fahrenheit. but subsidies at the end OF twenty
four hours. Pain ia felt at tho site OF inocula-
tion for about five days. and then disappears.
No bad effects have up to the present been
noticed from the incubation.
When once the plague has made its appear
nnce In any village prompt and thorough
evacuation OF that village is by far the easiest
and best method Of preventing its spread This
has been abundantly proved by the measures
taken in the Jalandhar and Hoshiarpur dis
tricts Of the Puniab. In no single instance In
the villages OF these areas did evacuation fail
to prevent the propagation OF the disease
The patients and their friends were seRre-
gated, the villages evacuated. and the houses
in which the plague cases had occurred d!sin-
fected with carbolic. whtewashing the walls
! removing the floors to the dcpth OF four inches
and burning the removed material In a kiln.
What the future course OF the plague in Bonn
bay city will be 1t Is hard to predict. but 1t Is
| extremely probablc-almost certain-that the
disease will be endemic there for some years
TO come, and the reasons for this will be found
in the conditions OF life which obtain In the ma
tive quarter Effective evacuation OF the
plague-stricken districts Is. OF course. impossi-
bic. the size of the city and the density OF the
population precluding all attempts in that di-
rection. There is absolutely no limit to the
overcrowding. A peep into any one Of the
numerous "chawls." or native dwelling houses.
| especially during a night In the cold season.
| reveals state OF things which Is almost inde-
/ scribable. Tho natives lie huddled together
| close as herrings in q barrel. Ventilation
| there Is none. sanitary arrangements are un-
| known. light and cleanliness are not In these
dens OF filth and darkness the plague bacillus
| lives grows and nourishes exceedingly. Can
/ one then wonder that all attempts to eradicate
the plague from Bombay have proved unavail-
| ing? Is 1t not rather n matter OF surprise that
| its ravuges have not been tenfold as great ?
| The Bombay municipality has. however. REQ
| ognizcd the gravity OF the situation and sew
| eral schemes are now on foot which promise to
| effect very great improvement In the sanitary
| condition OF the city. Two plans have already
been published in the Government Gazette.
| BY one tho whole OF the first Nagpada dis
| trict which is one OF the worst plague spots in
the city, is to be acquired and will be practical
! ly remodelled. The trustees take power to
| drain and light the new streets they form. to
improve the drainage OF the locality and to
construct new sanitary dwellings in place OF
| the overcrow,led chaws."
The other scheme proposes to open up cer-
tain confined and crowded quarters OF the city
| by one long main road. with numerous branch
thoroughfares. which will be at least forty feet
| in width.
1t is surmised that before the whole scheme
| is completed the expenditure will exceed five
crores OF rupees. This is great and weighty
| undertaking. but its performance Is essential
il the plague is to be driven from It's strong.
holds and Bombay is once moro to take her
stand as Bombay. the Beautiful" The
| Queen OF Cities"