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FORM XIX.
Weekly Diary of Medical Officers on Plague Duty.
For the week ending Saturday
, 190
Name of Officer
, Designation
— ,
Dated
, Place
,
Tahsil
, District
.
Notes by other officers.
Diary.
Margin for
Dinding
purposes.
Nothing to be
written
within this
line.
Extract from direction's for the submission of the 1901-02 Plague Report, reprinted as
a guide to the matters which should be not ced in this Diary,
3. The class and character of the population of the infected area should be noticed,
their bearing in the presence of the epidemic, and their attitude towards plague measures,
Brief reference should also be made to the nature of the soil, the climate, and the water-
supply in infected areas, especially if these differ in "different parts of the district.
4. Brief notes are required with regard to—
(a) Measures taken with a view to prevent outbreaks of plague in unin-
fected places ; the extent to which surveillance over arrivals from infected
places was resorted to (especially in towns), and the methods adopted ;
also the extent to which the inhabitants of infected villages availed
themselves of the power of refusing access to persons coming from infect-
ed places.
(b) The arrangement for obtaining information concerning plague attacks and
deaths and any methods adopted for checking the returns received.
(c) The extent to which evacuation was adopted, the degree of thoroughness
with which it was carried out, and the effects of the measure ; the extent
to which cordons or guards were employed over sites of evacuated villages
should be mentioned.
(d) The extent to which the segregation of sick and of contacts was observed.
(e) The extent to which the people accepted medical treatment.
(f) The extent to which disinfection of (a) houses and (b) effects was resorted
to, the methods of disinfection employed, and the effects noticed.
(g) The extent to which inoculation was practised ; the attitude of the people
with regard to it ; any special objections made against it on account of re-
ligious obligations, social customs or other reasons ; the methods adopted
for inducing its acceptance ; the arrangements made for carrying out ino-
culation and the method of its performance ; the effects of the measure.
5. A concise statement of facts observed with regard to the following points should
be given :—
(1) The manner in which the infection of plague is—
(a) conveyed to, or re-appears in, places ;
(b) disseminated through infected places ;
(c) contracted by human beings and other animals.
(2) The influence of local conditions, such as climate and season, soil, 'water-
supply, sanitary surroundings and habits of the people upon the course
and extent of epidemics.
(3) The extent to which rats or other animals have suffered from plague; the
relation as to time and extent between outbreaks of plague among rats
and human beings.
Any measures taken with regard to rats should be described here and their
effects noted.
(4) The type and severity of the disease—
(a) The proportion of the bubonic to other, pneumonic and septicæmic,
forms of plague.
(b) Variations in the type and severity of the disease at different
seasons and different periods of the epidemic.
(c) The liability or immunity of special classes to attack, as, for example,
persons employed on plague duty.
(d) Any unusual features of the disease.
(5) Any methods of treatment which have given especially favourable results.
(6) Any other matters of interest and importance in connection with plague
together with any suggestions which are likely to be useful.
(7) The names of persons, official and non-official, who have rendered con-
spicuous service in connection with plague.