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APPENDIX 14.
Notification.
Whereas on account of the coming into Poona of persons suffering from a dangerous
disease namely Bubonic Fever, the Poona Cantonment is threatened by an outbreak of such
disease amongst the inhabitants thereof, and the General Officer of the Bombay Command
is of opinion that the ordinary provisions of the Cantonment Rules, or of any other law in
force in Poona, are insufficient for the purpose of effectually preventing the spread of such
disease, Public Notice is hereby given that, with the sanction of Government and pursuant
to the provisions of the General Order by the Government of India No, 1160, dated 23rd
October 1896, republished in Notification 4801 at page 1104 of the Bombay Government
Gazette for 1896, Part I, the General Officer of the Bombay Command hereby prescribes
the following temporary regulations to be observed by the public and all persons concerned,
and further that the General Officer of the Command will, if necessary, take such special
measures as are hereby indicated for carrying into effect the object of the said regulations : —
1. No person suffering from Bubonic Fever shall enter or be conveyed or be caused
to be conveyed into the Cantonment limits.
2. Every person having the control or charge of any building, or part of a building,
shall, on demand by the Cantonment Magistrate, the Principal Medical Officer, Poona
District, the Staff Surgeon, or any other Medical Officer, appointed in this behalf by the
Principal Officer, or the Executive Officer of the Cantonment immediately cause such
building or part of a building to be opened and shall permit the Cantonment Magistrate or
any other such officers as aforesaid to cleanse and disinfect the same, and to cause the
removal for disinfection or destruction of any bedding or clothing or of any other goods or
articles found therein.
For the purpose of carrying into effect the objects aforesaid the Cantonment Magistrate
or any such officer as aforesaid, will whenever he shall deem it necessary so to do, break
open and forcibly enter any such building or part of a building, and without previous notice
to the owner or occupier thereof, will cleanse and disinfect the same, and direct or cause
the forcible removal and disinfection or destruction of any bedding, clothing, goods as
articles as aforesaid.
3. Any person suffering from Bubonic Fever, wheresoever, found, shall on a certificate
signed by the Staff Surgeon or by any duly qualified Medical Officer or practitioner that
such person is suffering from the said disease, be liable to be removed to the Sassoon Hospital
or such other hospital as may from time to time be appointed for the reception of patients
suffering from Bubonic Fever for treatment.
For the purpose for carrying into effect the objects of this regulation the Cantonment
Magistrate, the Executive Officer or any Police Officer empowered by the Cantonment
Magistrate in this behalf, will, whenever he shall deem it necessary so to do, cause any
person in respect of whom such certificate as aforesaid has been made, to be removed to the
Sassoon Hospital and it shall be lawful for the Medical Officer for the time being in charge
of the Sassoon Hospital to require such person to remain in the said hospital until he shall
have been pronounced free from the said disease.
Provided always that no person suffering from the said disease shall be so removed if,
in the opinion of the Principal Medical Officer, Poona District, the Staft Surgeon or any
other Medical Officer appointed in this behalf by the said Principal Medical Officer, such
person is provided with proper lodging or accommodation and is being properly cared for.
4. Every house in which any case of the aforesaid disease exists or has existed shall
for so long as the Cantonment Magistrate shall deem necessary, be isolated in accordance
with such orders as the Cantonment Magistrate may in each case prescribe, and every
occupant of such house and other person who may be therein, or who may resort or desire
to obtain access thereto, shall obey any order, which he may receive from the Cantonment
Magistrate or any Cantonment or Police Officer, empowered by the Cantonment Magistrate
in that behalf, prohibiting ingress or egress from such house.
For the purpose oí carrying into effect the objects of this regulation the Cantonment
Magistrate or any Cantonment or Police Officer as aforesaid will, if necessary, forcibly
prevent persons from entering or leaving such house.
5 Whoever commits a breach of any of the aforesaid regulations shall bo liable to be
punished under Section 188, Indian Penal Code, with imprisonment for six months, or with
fine which may extend to Rs. 1,000 or with both.
By order,
E. D. NEWNHAM SMITH, Lieut.-Colonel,
Cantonment Magistrate, and Secretary,
Cantonment Committee.
20th January 1897.