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CHAPTER IX.
MEASURES OUTSIDE THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY.
Preliminary remarks—Regulations issued under the Epidemic Dis-
eases Act—North- Western Provinces and Oudh original and
revised regulations— First orders of the Government of Bengal
— Resolution appointing the Medical Board—Notification under
the Epidemic Diseases Act—General regulations for Calcutta
and other Municipalities— Draft rules of June 1897—Revised
regulations of November 1897—Bengal Plague Commission —
Punjab rules—Madras rules—Rules in other provinces—
Measures to ascertain the existence of plague cases—Maintenance
or village registers at police stations—Rules for the detection
and report of cases enforced in the North-Western Provinces
and Oudh, Bengal, the Punjab and Madras—Measures to be
adopted on the occurrence of plague cases and epidemics-
Division of the subject—Treatment and segregation of patients
— Native opinion on the subject of segregation—Original
segregation rule framed by the Government of the North-
Western Provinces and Oudh— Revised rule—Home segrega-
tion allowed—Home segregation found impossible at Hard war
and Kankhal—Revised Bengal rule—Home segregation not
allowed—Caste hospitals—Arrangements in Calcutta—Centra!
Provinces, Punjab and Madras rules—Segregation of persons
likely to be infected—Conveyance of patients—Disinfection or
destruction of infected dwellings— Disinfection or destruction of
infected articles—Payment of compensation—General principles
—North-Western Provinces, Bengal, and Punjab rules—Dis-
posal of corpses—Feelings of the native community—North-
Western Provinces original and revised rules—Use of quicklime
—Sanitary precautions—Infected conveyances—Evacuation of
infected localities—Simple instructions on the occurrence of plague
cases in a rural locality—General sanitary measures—Summary
of rules issued by Local Governments and Administrations—
Sanitary survey of Calcutta—Shocking insanitary condition of
Calcutta—Cleansing of the city—Revised building regulations—
Reform of the Municipal Administration—Places outside
Calcutta—Sanitary improvement of municipalities near Calcutta
— Cleansing of towns in the North-Western Provinces and
Oudh—Financial—General principles regulating incidence of
expenditure—Summary of rules made by Local Governments
—Hardwar—The Hardwar Municipal Union—Hardwar out-
break of April to June 1897—Kanlchal outbreak of September to
November 1897—North-Western Provinces and Oudh Govern-
ment Resolutions describing operations at Hardwar and Kankhal
—Religious fair of April—Arrangements for dealing with pilgrims
—Sanitary arrangements—Medical staff—Hospital and segrega-
tion accommodation—Agency for detecting cases—First plague
cases—Precautions adopted—Evacuation of infected areas—
Treatment of houses—Examination of corpses—Pilgrims made to
reside in special camps—Discouraging pilgrimages to Hardwar—
Pilgrim camp—Sanitary arrangements—Fresh cases of plague-
Staff—Bacteriological examination of suspicious cases—Precau-
tionary measures in the neighbourhood—Disinfection of clothes—
Probable introduction of the disease from Sind—Location of the
plague cases— Subordinate staff—End of the epidemic and re-
moval of restrictions—Kankhal—Plague among rats—Its dis-
appearance—Cause of new outbreak—First case—Total cases—
Foci of disease—Measures adopted—Isolation—Evacuation of
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