?30
Sadar Bazaar and Cantonments, and Captain Mennie, 30th Bombay Infantry,
their indefatigable Honorary Secretary.
And now follows the long roll of that fine body of officers, the Superintend-
ents of quarters, on whose shoulders rested every thing, in whose hands all
authority was concentrated, and who each and all worked with tact, energy
and patience the whole day long, week after week, month after month, with the
same painstaking attention to detail, the same gentle compulsion and persuasive
decision, first turning people out of their houses and then putting the people
safely back into their houses, till at length they were rewarded by success and
the confidence of the people.
Mr. P. R. Cadell, I. C. S., both in Karáchi and afterwards at Sukkur, did
splendid work, the worst quarters in each falling to his share. His cleaning
of Gharibabad in Sukkur was a fine bit of work under trying heat.
Messrs. Gloster and Lawrence did excellent work in the worst infected
quarters from the beginning, and were conspicuous for the method of their
arrangements and the authoritative weight that they lent to the Superintendents
generally. To the work of these three officers must be attributed that change in
the attitude of the people which prepared the way for medical treatment. They
were seconded in the city by the Secretary to the Port Trust, Mr. R. H. Cum-
ming, and by the Abkári Inspector, Mr. G. J. Barker, who each had an independ-
ent charge. Mr. Crouch, the Public Prosecutor, voluntarily undertook a distant
charge, and visited it daily, while Major Morris was indefatigable at Keamari.
Later on, Mr. Doig, the Chief Engineer, Lieutenant-Colonel Mayne, 30th
Bombay Infantry, Mr. Forrest Brunton, Manager of the Tramways, Lieutenants
Anderson, 30th Bombay Infantry, Law, 1st Wiltshire Regiment, Rambaut, R. A.,
and Dalby, 1st Wiltshire Regiment, did excellent service.
In the Trans-Lyari extensive and troublesome district, Sardár Khán Bahá-
dur Muhammad Yakub was in responsible charge, and his remarkable success is
one of the most gratifying episodes in the history of the plague, and this
distinguished officer has again earned the thanks of Government. Under him,
Khán Sáheb Rasul Baksh worked with energy and tact, as did the Muhammadan
Doctors, Assistant Surgeon Subhan Ali, and specially Hospital Assistant Sheikh
Abdul Rahman and Mr. Fazul Ahmed.
The work of the Civil Surgeons, Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonels Henderson
and McCloghry, has been noticed in the report, as also the services of Surgeon-
Lieutenants Niblock, Cornwall and King. All these were in charge of Plauge
Hospitals. Of the untiring devotion of these Medical officers to the sick, it is
impossible to speak too highly.
To the Nursing Sisters and the Nurses and the ladies who helped, the
Acting Commissioner would tender his respectful thanks for their ready and
devoted aid in an hour of great need and in a work of danger. They and the
doctors have done a great work in demonstrating to the people the determi-
nation of Government to do all that was possible to abate the plague and all
that was possible to succour the sufferers. After Sister Heriberta, Miss Horne
must be mentioned, for she returned to her work in the Plague Hospital after
her recovery from plague.
In charge of camps are mentioned Surgeon-Captains Bray, Rivers and
Fleury, A. M. S., each of whom did thorough work, and passed the population
through with attention to every detail.
The thanks of all Karáchi are due to Surgeon-Captain Jenney, I. M. S.,
for his able and thorough arrangements under the direction of the Plague
Committee to prevent, if possible, the introduction of plague into Karáchi
through arrivals by sea. The observation camp is supervised by Lieut. Law.
Upon these officers, and upon Surgeon-Lieutenants Niblock and Cornwall, who
watch the town, the sickness and the mortality, very great responsibility rests.
They are all careful officers and specially selected.
The train examinations at Karáchi still continue as an additional precaution,
and one very necessary against arrivals by land or coasting boats from Cutch.
Throughout the plague, Surgeon-Lieutenants Rainier and Gwyther, I. M. S.,