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(1) To inspect any building or other premises for the purpose of ascertaining the
sanitary condition thereof, and if it shall appear to him necessary for sanitary reasons so
to do, to require the owner or occupier of any building so inspected, to cause the same or
some portion thereof to be limewashed or otherwise cleansed, either externally or
internally, or both externally and internally.
(2) If it shall appear to him that any premises are in a neglected, unwholesome or
filthy condition, or, by reason of their not being properly enclosed, arc resorted to by
the public for purposes of nature, or are otherwise, in his opinion, a nuisance to the neigh-
bouring inhabitants, he may, by written notice, require the owner or occupier of such
premises to cleanse, clear or enclose the same.
(3) He may at any time, by day οr by night, without notice, or after giving such
notice of his intention as shall, in the circumstances, appear to him to be reasonable,
inspect any place in which any dangerous disease is reputed or suspected to exist, and
take such measures as he shall think fit to prevent the spread of the said disease beyond
such place.
(4) If it shall appear to him that the water in any well, tank or other place is
likely, if used for drinking, to engender or cause the spread of any dangerous disease,
he may, by public notice, prohibit the removal or use of the said water for the purpose
of drinking, and no person shall remove or use for the purpose of drinking any water
in respect of which any such public notice has been issued.
(5) On a certificate signed by any duly qualified medical practitioner, he may
direct or cause the removal, to any hospital or other place appointed for the purpose, of
any person, wheresoever found and whether provided with proper lodging or accommoda-
tion, or not, who is, in the opinion of such medical practitioner, suffering from plague ;
and the person, if any, who has charge of a person in respect of whom such order is made
shall obey such order.
(6) If he is of opinion that the cleansing or disinfecting of a building or of a part
of a building or of any article therein likely to retain infection would tend to prevent or
check the spread of plague, he may, by written notice, require the owner or occupier of
such building to cleanse or disinfect such building or part thereof or article therein, and
if it shall appear to the said Deputy Commissioner necessary, to vacate the said building
for such time as shall be prescribed in the said notice : provided that if, in the opinion of
the said Deputy Commissioner, the owner or occupier is from poverty or other cause
unable effectually to comply with such requisition, he may cause the building or part of
the building or article likely to retain infection to be cleansed or disinfected, and defray
the cost of so doing.
(7) (a) If he is of opinion that the destruction of any hut or shed is necessary to
prevent the spread of any dangerous disease, he may, after giving, to the owner or
occupier of such hut or shed, such previous notice of his intention as may in the cir-
cumstances of the case appear to him reasonable, take measures for having such hut
or shed and all the materials thereof destroyed.
(b) Compensation may be paid by him, in any case which he thinks fit, to any
person who sustains substantial loss by the destruction of any such hut or shed ; but
except as so allowed by the said Deputy Commissioner, no claim for compensation
shall lie for any loss or damage caused by any exercise of the power conferred by this
rule.
(8) He may direct any clothing, bedding or other articles which, in his opinion,
have become infected to be taken for disinfection to such place as may be provided for
the purpose by the Municipal Commissioner under the provisions of Section 427 of
the Bombay City Municipal Act, 1888. He may direct the disinfection, or destruction
of bedding, clothing or other articles likely to retain infection, and may, in his discre-
tion, give compensation for any articles so destroyed.
Brigade-Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel J. S. Wilkins is appointed Special Medical Officer
for plague operations, for the charge of such plague hospitals and for such other duties in
connection with plague operations as he may be directed to undertake by the Municipal Com-
missioner, and for the said purposes he is invested with the powers conferred on the
Municipal Commissioner by Government Notifications Nos. 228-p., dated 10th February
1897, 4691—3120-P., dated 30th August 1897, and 2675—3027-P., dated 10th May 1898, and
in addition is invested with the powers described in clauses (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8)
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