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was General view of Plan.
In taking a general view of this plan, it will be noticed that in October the plague
epidemic in the following places :-
Mandvi. Dongri
Umarkhadi. Chakla.
Lower Colaba.
These Districts represent a normal population of 165,899.
Subsidence of
Plague.
In November there was a marked subsidence of plague and no fresh District is
registered as being epidemic. This represents a curious feature noticeable in the course of
plague in this City and which will be further referred to hereafter, namely, that lulls which
give false security occur in the disease, which again breaks out with increased virulence.
Disease over a large
area.
In December the disease broke out suddenly over a large area, and the mortality
chart (Flan No. 3) shows a sudden and continued rise from the 30th of November onwards.
The Districts in which the disease became epidemic in December are :-
Fort, North, Fanaswadi,
Market, Girgaum,
Bhuleshwar, Chaupati,
Kharatalao, Kamatipura,
Kumbarwada, 1st Nagpada,
Dhobitalao, 2nd "
Byculla, Tarwadi,
Tardeo, Mazagon,
Khetwadi, Mahalakshmi,
representing a normal population of 408,786 souls.
North of the Island.
Up to the end of January the whole of the North of the Island, represented by
Worli, Parel, Sewree, Mahim and Sion had been practically free from disease, owing probably
to the fact that its population, according to its area, compared with the rest of the City, was
small and less overcrowded. But at the end of February and . the beginning of January a
large influx of people from the rest of the City occurred, bringing with them, without doubt, the
disease, and in a short time the whole of the above-mentioned Districts became affected. With
them also Walkeshwar and Fort South, representing a normal population of 140,239'.
Upper Colaba.
In February, Upper Colaba, containing 4,338 souls, the District occupied by the
Royal Artillery and British Infantry Regiments, became badly affected and epidemic, in spite of
its practically isolated position and the strict sanitary supervision maintained there.
District of the
Esplanade.
The District of the Esplanade with its 10,064 inhabitants is the only one in the
whole City that can boast of having but little plague in it during the whole nine months, and
that it never became epidemic.
Health Department
returns.
The whole of the above figures in reference to plague cases have been compiled
from the Municipal Health Department returns.