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of principal inspection stations, and method of examin-
ation at such stations—Account of the principal inspection
stations—Arrangements within the Bombay Presidency—
Inspection of up-trains in and near Bombay City—Arrange-
ments for protection against Cutch-Mandvi—Method of inspec-
tion—Orders of the Government of Bombay—Co-operation of
the servants of Railway Companies—Detention of suspicious
cases—Hospital
and segregation accommodation—Minor
inspection stations—Sind—Arrangements at Kalyan and Bhusa-
wal—Inspection staff—Female inspectors—Success of the Bom-
bay arrangements—Orders of the Government of the North-
Western Provinces and Oudh—Principal inspection stations—
Examination of passengers—Segregation of suspects and treat-
ment of plague cases in hospital—Companions and attendants—
Rules for minor inspection stations and way-side Estations—
Inspection circles—Staff—Female inspectors—Arrangements at
Manikpur—The Punjab general rules—Inspection of passengers
—Segregation of suspect cases—Friends and attendants—
Stations without inspecting officers—Hospitals and staff—
Female inspectors—Hospital and segregation sheds—The
Bengal general rules—Segregation of suspect cases—Females—
Hospitals and temporary accommodation—The Khana Inspec-
tion station—Arrangements in the observation camp—Inspec-
tion of trains—Examination of passengers—Suspects from
Bombay—Disposal of suspects—The camp—Police force —
General rules for observation camps in Bengal—Staff—Rules
issued by other Local Governments—Hospital accommodation
and medical staff in different Provinces—Prevention of the eva-
sion of inspection—Examples from Sind, Baluchistan, Shikar-
pur, and Khanpur—Rules of the Madras and Bengal Govern-
ments—Lighting of stations—Travellers by goods trains—Results
of the inspection system—Surveillance of travellers—Orders
issued by the Government of India—Registration of the names,
addresses, etc., of passengers for communication to local author-
ities—Functions of the railway staff—Rules made by Local
Governments and Administrations—Central Provinces—Bombay
Presidency—Sholapur District—North-Western
Provinces-
Bengal—General regulations for the surveillance of travellers
from infected localities enforced in the North-Western Provinces,
the Punjab, and the Central Provinces—Registers maintained
for villages in communication with Bombay Presidency and of
arrivals from that Presidency—Disinfection of clothing and
baggage—Special arrangements at principal inspection stations
—Rules framed by Local Governments—Instructions issued by
the Government of India for disinfection of baggage near the
Bombay frontier—Method of disinfection—Principal disinfection
stations at Hotgi, Bhusawal and Rule in the Bombay Presidency
—Disinfection and observation station at Khanpur in the
Punjab—Examination of passengers and removal to camp—The
camp—Disinfecting arrangements—Compensation—Inspection
of passengers and observation of the suspicious—Statistics—
Special arrangements for female passengers—Disinfection of
railway carriages—Disinfection of carriages in which cases of
plague have been discovered—Disinfection of non-suspect vehicles
from the infected area—Relaxation of the rules for non-suspect
carriages - Measures to prevent the spread of infection by road
and river—Measures adopted in the Bombay Presidency—
General rules issued by the Government of Bombay to control
intercourse between infected and healthy localities, for the inspec-
tion of persons coming from infected areas, for the establishment
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