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APPENDIX 15.
Instructions in carrying out search for plague cases and disinfecting houses and segregation in
the Poona Suburban Municipal District.
(1). Persuasion and gentleness to be used.
(2). The privacy of women to be disturbed as little as possible and only by women.
(3). Caste and religious usages of the people to be treated with, all consideration.
1. Before entering a house for purpose of inspection, intimation to be given and the
inmates asked to come out of it to admit of inspection of the house, women to be permitted
to withdraw if they so desire into a portion of the house where their privacy will be disturbed
by women only and women only visit them. The inspection oí a room to which women have so
withdrawn will be made by women only, all other portions of the house will be visited in the
course of the inspection by the searching party.
2. Cooking rooms and rooms devoted to sacred purposes will not be entered, but every
facility must be afforded by the occupant of the house to satisfy the search party that no one is
concealed in such places. If it is suspected that a sick person is concealed in such a place it will
have to be searched, caste and religious usages being treated with all consideration. To admit
of dark rooms being searched lanterns will be used.
3. Any cases of plague found will be segregated by the patient being required on the Muni-
cipal or other Medical man in attendance declaring it to be a case of plague, to go to a Hospital
recognized for the treatment of such cases. The Hospitals at present so recognized are —·
(1) The General Plague Hospital on the Sangam.
(2) The Mahomedan Plague Hospital on the Shankarshet road.
(3) The Hindu Hospital.
4. In houses in which plague cases have occurred or been found the healthy members of
the family shall be required to remove from the house to a segregation camp for eight days, at
the end of which time should all have continued healthy, they will be permitted to return.
5. In the meantime the building in which the case of plague may have occurred shall
be opened out, cleaned and disinfected according to the special rules issued by the Plague
Committee or by other authority for the purpose. The house so vacated shall not be re-
entered until application be made to the Chairman of the Managing Committee of the Poona
Suburban Municipality and on the written authority of that Officer who will, if necessary,
obtain the orders of the Plague Committee before giving authority to return to vacated
houses.
6. Houses found closed will be opened by search parties ; if the servant or person in
charge delays to open them to admit of inspection, while the main building found closed is being
opened by the servant or person in charge the examination of out-houses will proceed to prevent
waste of time.
7. In the case of houses where there is no person in charge, the houses will be opened
and reclosed after examination by the search party, staples being put on to secure the entrance
door.
8. Houses examined shall be marked in a conspicuous place with the letter B about 3
or 4 inches in length to denote that the house has been examined.
9. The Municipal Inspector of the Division will attend the search parties, and keep a
register of all houses searched showing the Municipal numbers. This Register should in addition,
to the main building show the number of out-hoases searched, bearing the particular Municipal
number registered. The Register should also show date of inspection by the search party.
10. At the close of each day's work, which will begin at 6-30 A.M. and close of 11-30
A.M., the Divisional Inspector or other Municipal Official in attendance on the search party shall
submit a report to the Secretary of the Municipality containing the following particulars :—
(1) Number of nouses visited.
(2)
Do.
limewashed,
(3)
Do.
of roofs opened.
(4)
Do.
of floors dug up.
(5)
Do.
vacated.
(6)
Do.
condemned as insanitary and unfit for human habitation.
(7)
Do.
requiring alteration with reference to ventilation or as the case
may be.
(8)
Do.
of cases plague found and sent to a Plague Hospital.
(9)
Do.
of persons required to go to a segregation camp.
11. The present daily returns for the Municipal District show (1) the number of
attacks and (?) deaths.
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