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round Matunga some temporary camps in an organized form were constructed. Generally, when a camp was built and occupied, clusters of huts sprang up round it and were immediately occupied, thus showing that, if an initiative in this direction were at once taken, the example would be sure to be followed. The Plague Committee encouraged such spontaneous vacating.
Water-connections were given to these camps or groups of huts as necessity arose. Halalkor service was provided. Sweepers, and in some cases watchmen, were also given, and general sanitary supervision over all the camps was provided.
The following is an approximate estimate of the numbers who went to live in these parts either in permanent or temporary buildings :-
Sion and Dharavi
1,000
Matunga, Vadala, Bhoivada
1,500
On the east of the G. I. P. Railway beyond Parel (not
including the Plague Committee's camps)
9,000
Between the two Railway Lines beyond Parel
8,000
Mahim Proper
5,000
Dadar and Naigaum
2,000
Parel village, including -

Golanji Hill
1,000
Sewri
1,000
Worli
250
Total
28,750
Of Private Camps, the Parsi Panchayet, the Times of India, Mr. Kashinath Dhuru's, Mr. S. N. Lund's, Rao Saheb Vaidya's, and Mr. Vizbhukhandas Atmaram's Camps deserve special mention.
The Parsi Panchayet built and maintained a number of small camps for the use of their community. They accommodated altogether 324 families or, roughly, 2,500 people. The largest of these camps were :-
The Marine Lines Camp, which contained
50 huts.
The Chaupati Camp
43 huts.
The Delisle Road Camp
47 huts.
Matunga Camp
54 huts.
Three cases of Plague occurred in the Parsi Camps.