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Complaints-contd.
Redress-contd.
As regards the house-to-house visitation, the deputation asked that no searching should take place except in the morning between 6 and 10 a.m.; that females be examined by female doctors only, and that patients with temperature not exceeding 100 be exempt from removal to hospital.
It was explained that house-to-house visitation was carried on only between seven and ten in the morning and between four and six in the evening; that visits were not made at any other time unless information of a case had been given; and that such special visits were not made at night. The wish regarding the examination of females by a female doctor and that no patient with a temperature under 100 should be sent to hospital would be respected so far as was possible. The Committee were always anxious that search-parties and others should be accompanied by one or two local residents. The Committee hoped that this help would be given them now more freely than in the past.
The deputation complained of orders forbidding the export of second-hand sacks.
It was explained that no such order was in force.
The deputation asked that at the bunders thermometers should not be put in the mouths of passengers.
It was explained that instructions had already been issued with a view of lessening, if not putting a stop to the practice, and that these would be repeated.
Movements of
the people.
Arrivals-
Excess.
Rail
87,656
Road
85,996
Sea
38,233
211,885
DECEMBER
Departures-
Rail
104,426
Road
87,781
Sea
35,059

227,266
15,381
JANUARY 1898.
Sickness and
mortality.
In area the plague had now spread from 21 to 25 districts, includ-
ing Dhobi Talao, Phanaswadi, Girgaum, Walkeshwar, Mahim and Parel.
In the 2nd week (8th) the recorded total death-rate roso from 075 to
1,061, and the Plague mortality from 200 to 302. In the 3rd week
(15th) the total deaths rose from 1,061 to 1,307, and the recorded