 The people who hid sick people or the peddlers ("both Jewish and Christians") were expelled from the city and their belongings were burnt.In August, due to the spread of the plague, the request to allow people to flee the city was approved, Caradja asking the ispravnics to take care to avoid contact with the villagers.To avoid crowds, markets and schools were closed down, most judicial proceedings were stopped, and the people in the debtors' prison were freed.