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APPENDIX III.
The extracts given below are from Chapters IV to VII of the Punjab Plague Manual
1902 :—
CHAPTER IV.
ARRANGEMENTS FOR PERFORMING INOCULATION.
Inoculations usually to be performed free at public
stations, but arrangements to be made for free " par-
dah " inoculation of " pardah " women unable to pay
fees and for private inoculation on payment of other
persons.
31. The arrangements and method in accord-
ance with which inoculations are actually to be perform-
ed are as follows : —
See paragraph 43 (6) below.
In every village in which inoculations are performed a public inoculation station shall be fixed upon
for each officer inoculating in the village in consultation with the leading men of the village for the conveni-
ence of all concerned. Twelve hours' notice through the Zaildár and Lambardárs should be given in the
village and the neighbourhood of the time when inoculations will be performed at the public station, and the
Inoculating Officer shall at the time and place fixed inoculate free of charge all who offer themselves for the
operation. The Inoculating Officer shall also arrange for the free inoculation at private houses, under
"pardah" conditions, of "pardah" women whose means do not admit of paying the fee prescribed for
private inoculations. In the case of other persons who desire the performance of inoculations in any place
other than a public inoculation station the Inoculating Officer may, in so far as he can do so without preju-
dicing his free inoculation work, perform inoculations on payment in private houses or other places where it
is desired that the operation should be performed. It should be made known that private inoculationson
payment will be done and that those who desire it must submit a written application for it to the Inoculating
Officers together with the necessary fee. A fee of Rs. 10 must in every case be paid with the application, but
in case the number of persons privately inoculated in any one place on an application amounts to 50 or more,
Rs. 5 out of the fee shall be returned to the applicant. On receiving more than one application for private
inoculations the Inoculating Officer shall go by preference to that place where the largest number of people
will offer themselves for the operation. The forms pres-
cribed below shall be used for receipts on account of fees
and for the record of other necessary details concerning private inoculations.
Arrangements for inoculation.
32. Whether inoculations are done in public or in private, an inoculation certificate shall be prepared
for each inoculated person and the details prescribed
shall be entered up in the inoculation registers. The
following arrangements will be found useful in dealing
with large assemblies of people in order to prevent the gathering of crowds around the inoculator and his
assistants and for the orderly and rapid passage of persons past the inoculator :—
Preliminary arrangements.
(1) Each Inoculating Officer wilt be provided with a compounder and one or more clerks, and it will
be his duty to see that these men are
properly instructed in their duties and
perform them satisfactorily. His es-
tablishment should precede the Inoculating Officer to the place where inoculations are to be
performed and while the clerks should proceed with the writing up of the certificates of
candidates for inoculation the compounder should arrange the prophylactic and inoculating
apparatus and should fill the syringes to be used with carbolic lotion, 1 in 20. The Inocu-
lating Officer's establishment with the help of the leading men of the place, should also
arrange to obtain the services of persons to assist in matters to be presently described and
should as far as possible get everything ready so that the inoculator may be able to begin
work immediately on his arrival. The inoculator on his arrival should choose his seat, prefer-
ably under a large tree, and a number of charpoys (native bedsteads) should be arranged so
as to form a ' queue ' wide at the distant end and narrowing gradually, until just before
reaching the inoculator's seat there is room for only one person to pass at a time. A fence
of charpoys should also be placed around the inoculator and the compounder with his
assistant.
Certificates : method of making copies.
(2) No person should be admitted into the 'queue' till he or she has obtained a certificate
filled in with the necessary details.
Each certificate must be on a
printed bilingual form which will be
supplied by Government. A piece
of thin paper is affixed to the back of each certificate, and in order that this thin paper may
contain a reproduction of every entry made on .the certificate each person who makes any
entry on the certificate must do so in lead pencil after laying the certificate on to a copying
tablet so that the thin paper lies between the certificate and the tablet. The tablets are of
wood, and as many as are required will be supplied, together with bottles of copying com-
position : before use each day a thin layer of the composition should be smeared on the
prepared side of the tablet and the composition should be renewed as often as the copies
obtained from it become faint. The use of the tablets will ensure that each piece of thin
paper contains copies of all the entries made on the certificate to which it is attached, and
as the paper is transparent the copies can be read through it. When all the entries on the
certificate are completed, the thin paper is detached and retained in order that the entries
on it may be copied into the Inoculation Register, and the original certificate is handed
over to the inoculated person to takeaway with him.
Entries on certificates.
(3) The details which should be filled in on his certificate before any candidate for inoculation
is admitted to the 'queue' are
all entries down to and including
'place' excepting the serial number,
and the clerk responsible for preparing certificates will also see that the impression