'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY, FOR THE YEAR 1907-1908' [‎8v] (15/137)

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BOMBAY ADMINISTRATION REPORT.
[1907-1908.
visits from the Euling Chiefs of the Eewa Kanfcha Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , afterwards attending
a Garden Party at which the Chiefs and Thakors of the Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. were present.
On the 27th His Excellency visited various institutions in the town and opened the
Talukd&ri School. His Excellency left Godkra on the 28th for Ahmedabad via
Kaira. On his arrival he was presented with a municipal address at the Railway
Station. On the 29th the foundation stone of the Ranchhodlal Chhotalal Techni
cal School was laid, and on the 30th visits were paid to the mills and other places
of interest. His Excellency left Ahmedabad on the 31st and was the guest of
His Highness the Gdekwar of Baroda till the 3rd February, when he returned
to Bombay. On the 19th March Sir George Clarke left for Kolhapur. Cere
monial visits were exchanged on the 20 th, and on the 21 st His Excellency
unveiled the statue bust of Her Majesty the late Queen Empress, and attended
the marriage ceremony of the daughter of His Highness the Maharajah. Dajipur
was visited on the 22 nd and Panhala on the 23rd. On the 24th March His
Excellency returned to Bombay.
4 . Plague was prevalent during the year ending 81st May 1908 to a
greater extent than in the preceding year, the figures being
Cases. Deaths.
1907-1908 ... ... 156,260 113,053
1906-1907 ... 189,691 99,301
The month of June was the month of lowest mortality, the number of cases
and deaths reported being 2,403 and 1,768 respectively. The figures rose
during—
Cases.
Deaths.
July
5,372
3,601
August
14,744
10,090
September
36,121
25,017
October
42,316
30,850
An improvement was noticeable during November
(cases 19,731 deaths
and it continued during December (cases 7,215
deaths
5,395) and
(cases 5,268 deaths 3,776). The figures again rose in February (cases 6,320
deaths 4,o76) and March (cases 7,980 deaths 6,124). In the following two
months plague declined as usual, viz. in April (cases 6,250 deaths 5,034) and
in May (cases 2,540 deaths 2,129).
In Bombay City the disease was prevalent throughout the year, but was
at its worst during March (cases 1,660 deaths 1,472), April (cases 2,064 deaths
1,839) and May (cases 1,075 deaths 962). In Karachi also plague was prevalent
throughout the year becoming epidemic from March to May. There were 2 715
cases and 2,540 deaths compared with 2,737 cases and 2,525 deaths in the pre
ceding year.
Aden remained free from plague during the year.
The districts and agencies most severely affected were Ahmedabad Kaira
Sdtara, Belgaum, K4thiaw£r and Kolhapur and Southern Maratha Country
States. Plague occurred to a less extent in every other district and Political
Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. except Upper Sind Frontier, Thar and Pdrkar, Khairpur and Janjira
which remained almost free from the disease.
The incidence of the disease among Europeans was as follows :
“ In Bombay City 4 cases 3 deaths during the year under report
against 12 cases 5 deaths in the previous year. In the mofussil 4 cases
1 death against 23 cases 11 deaths in the preceding year/’