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on both causeways, and they were furnished with permits in the
following form :-
BOMBAY PLAGUE COMMITTEE.
Not transferable.
Please permit No...................name....................................to make
use of the..................Causeway without detention (if free from plague or other
infectious disease dangerous to life) for the month ending..................189.
M.B., C.M.,
Supdt., Causeway Inspections.
Bombay, ........................189.
Passengers leaving Bombay meaning to return were furnished with
metallic tokens on payment of a deposit of two annas each, which
deposit was refunded to them on their returning the tokens. Passen-
gers detained were given a meal and sent in batches under Police
guards, by trains, to Victoria Terminus on the G. I. P. and Grant
Road Station on the B. B. C. I. line, at which stations they were
handed to Plague and Police authorities. Many people coming from
infected areas refused to undergo detention. These were permitted to
go back, but not allowed to enter the Island.
Results.
In all 190 persons from infected areas were detained on the Sion-
Kurla Causeway, and 136 on the Mahim-Bandora Causeway, and sent
into detention camps. During the autumn months arrangements were
made on both causeways for detaining and sending famine-stricken
persons into relief camps : 202 persons were thus sent from the Sion-Kurla
Causeway, and 225 from the Mahim-Bandora Causeway. During the
period under report 62 persons were sent to hospital from the Sion-Kurla
Causeway, and 164 from the Mahim-Bandora Causeway.
On the 31st of March 1898, the staff stood as is shown in the
following table:-
Sion-Kurla Causeway.
Mahim-Bandora Causeway.
Dr. K. M. Hiramaneck.
Dr. Dallas.
Dr. Shamrao Narayen.
Dr. Dordi.
Mr. D. B. Painter.
Dr. Horsedealer.
Mr. B. B. Rele.
Mr. Sanjana.
Mr. P. A. D'Mello.
Mrs. Saunders (for women).
Mr. A. B. Sonalkar, Clerk.
Mr. R. B. Dabolkar, Clerk.
Mr. V. B. Phatak, ,,
Mr. P. l. Rodrigues, ,,
Mr. A. M. D'Mello, ,,
Mr. F. D'Souza, ,,
Mr. Bomanjee Shapurjee, Sub-Insp.
4 Police sepoys.
Mr. Jacob Solomon, ,,
10 Watchmen.
Mr. Govind Shankar, ,,
Pancham Nunda, Peon.
Surjee Laloo, ,,
Natha Khan, Bhisti.
8 Watchmen and 2 Policemen.