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TABLE Vll.—concluded.
District or Subdivisions.
1
Khasi and Jaintia Hills ...
Dhubri ... ...
Bilashipara ... ...
Goalpara ... ...
Gauhati (Tonga) ... ...
Ditto ... ...
Barpeta ... ...
Tezpur ... ...
Mangaldai ... ...
Nowgong ... ...
Sibsagar ... ...
Jorhat ... ...
Jorhat ... ...
Golaghat ... ...
Dibrugarh ... ...
North Lakhimpur ... ...
How accupied.
2
Itinerating and Dispen-
sary.
Ditto ... ...
Itinerating...
Ditto ... ...
Ditto and Dispen-
Sary.
Itinerating ...
Ditto ... ...
Ditto ... ...
Ditto ... ...
Ditto ... ...
Ditto ... ...
Inspection ... ...
Itinerating ...
Ditto ... ...
Ditto ... ...
Ditto ... ...
Number of men on 1st
April 1910
Joined Department ...
Total ...
Resigned during the
year.
Number of men on 31st
March 1911.
Whether.
paid form
Provincial
or Local.
Funds.
3
Provincial ...
Provincial
and Local.
Ditto...
Ditto...
Provincial...
Provincial
and Local.
Ditto
Ditto...
Ditto...
Ditto...
Ditto ...
Provincial ...
Provincial
and Local.
Ditto...
Ditto...
Ditto...
46
10
56
1
55
Veterinary Inspector.
4
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
4
Veterinary Assistant.
5
1
1
1
1
1
1
...
1
1
1
1
1
...
1
1
1
1
51
Subordinate teaching
staff.
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Remarks.
7
Veterinary Inspector, Assam
Valley Districts.
Headquarters, Mariani.
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TABLE VIII.
Return of Stud Bulls for the year 1910-1911.
District.
1
Dacca ... ... ...
Mymensingh ... ...
Faridpur ... ...
Bakarganj ... ... ...
Chittagong ... ... ...
Tippera ... ... ...
Noakhali ... ... ...
Dinajpur ... ... ...
Jalpaiguri ... ... ...
Rangpur ... ... ...
Bogra ... ... ...
Pabna ... ... ...
Malda ... ... ...
Cachar ... ... ...
Sylhet ... ... ...
Khasi and Jaintia Hills ...
Goalpara ... ... ...
Sibsagar ... ... ...
Total
Number on 1st April
1910.
2
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
1
...
4
...
10
...
...
10
Property of Government.
Obtained during
the year.
Number.
3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Average price
paid.
4
Rs. a. p.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Casualties during the
year.
5
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
2
...
...
...
...
8
Balance remaining on
31st March 1911.
6
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
2
...
10
...
...
13
Number on 1st April
1910.
7
5*
3
5
9
...
2
...
1
1
2
2
2
...
...
6
...
1
...
39
Property of Local Bodies.
Obtained during
the year.
Number.
8
...
...
...
3
1
...
2
1
4
5
...
2
1
1
...
...
4
1
25
Average price
paid.
9
Rs. a. p.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
800
...
...
80 0 0
80 0 0
...
Casualties during the
year.
10
1
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
1
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
3
Balance remaining on
31st
March 1911.
11
4
3
4
12
1
2
2
2
4
7
2
4
1
1
5
...
6
1
60
Remarks.
12
*Two Jnil bulls sold to Dis-
trict Board, Dacca, at an
average price of Rs. 70.
Includes 3 jail bulls.
Jail bull, brought from Co-
milla jail.
One jail bull, bred locally.
Ditto.
Jail bulls, bred locally.
Ditto.
Two jail bulls,
Jail bull, bred locally.
TABLE IX.
Showing Main Results of the working of Provincial Cattle Farms during the year 1910-1911.
Province.
1
Eastern Ben-
gal and
Assam.
Name of
Farm,
2
Upper
Shillong
Farm.
Total ...
Sale of animals.
3
Rs. a. p.
654 2 0
064 2 0
Receipts.
Sale of produce.
4
Rs. a. p.
533 9 0
533 9 0
Other heads.
5
Rs.
8
8
Total.
6
Rs. a. p.
1,195 11 0
1,195 11 0
Salaries of estab-
7
Rs. a. p.
1,366 0 6*
1,306 0 6
Feed of animals.
8
KB. a. p.
1,993 7 6
1,903 7 6
Expenditure.
Cullivation
ex-
penses.
9
Rs. a. p.
3S6 8 9
856 8 8
Purchase of ani-
mals.
10
Rs. a p.
1,298 6 6
1,208 6 6
Total.
11
Rs. a. p.
6,013 7 3
5,013 7 3
Cattle.
12
Rs.
4,640
4,640
Valuation of stock, grain
an 1 fodder, remaining at
close of year as detailed on
Grain.
13
Rs. a. p.
41 14 8
41 14 8
reverse.
Fodder.
14
Rs. a. p.
72 8 0
72 8 0
Total.
15
Rs. a. p.
4,754 6 8
4,754 6 8
Note.—Sce reverse for details of stock in hand at close of year.
* This being wages of daily labourers. for their keep.
† Including the cost of making hay and ensiling fodder.
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Valuation Statement of Cattle, Grain and Fodder in hand at close of the year ending 31st March
1910.
Number or quantity.
No.
1
10
24
9
14
7
4
5
7
8
83
Quantity.
2
Mds. srs. chs
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
4 34 0
5 11 4
1 18 0
0 6 0
100 0 0
30 0 0
Description.
3
Cattle.
Bulls ... ...
Cows ... ...
Male stock, 2 years old & above
Ditto,
1 year old
Ditto,
calves
Female stock, 2 years old & above
Ditto,
1 year old
Ditto,
calves
Bullocks ... ... ...
Total ... ...
Grain and Fodder.
Oil Cake ... ...
Matikalai ... ...
Rice ... ...
Salt ... ...
Silage ... ...
Hay ... ...
Total ... ...
Grand Total ... ...
Average
rate.
4
Rs. a. p.
100 0 0
100 0 0
20 0 0
15 0 0
10 0 0
40 0 0
30 0 0
10 0 0
50 0 0
...
2 14 0
3 15 0
5 0 0
4 0 0
0 8 0
0 12 0
...
...
Value.
5
Rs. a. p.
1,000 0 0
2,400 0 0
180 0 0
210 0 0
70 0 0
160 0 0
150 0 0
70 0 0
400 0 0
4,640 0 0
13 15 1
20 2 0
7 4 0
0 9 7
50 0 0
22 8 0
114 6 8
4,754 6 8
Remarks.
6
Rates
given
approximately.
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TABLES X—XIII.
[BLANK.]
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TABLE
Abstract of Particulars regarding Cattle Fairs
District or Subdivision.
1
Mymensingh ... ... ...
Bakarganj ... ... ...
Dinajpur ... ... ...
Rangpur ... ... ...
Bogra ... ... ...
Malda ... ... ...
Cachar ... ... ...
Sylhet ... ... ...
Khasi and Jaintia Hills ... ...
Goalpara ... ... ...
Total ...
Number of cattle fairs and shows
held.
2
1
4
19
23
4
1
1
2
1
1
57
Bulls.
8
50
4
6,337
245
4
1
200
12
4
103
5,960
Bullocks.
4
10.369
102
79,175
64,042
7,175
121
400
164
...
2,928
154,466
Number of stock present.
Cows.
5
4,839
66
4,371
630
89
6
600
45
29
809
11,323
Young stock.
6
...
...
10,816
668
...
3
100
27
9
...
11,123
Buffalces.
7
6
...
11,848
1,006
...
18
1,760
14
...
26
14,163
Camels.
8
...
...
1.167
1,868
...
...
...
...
...
...
3,025
Others.
9
9
...
6,409
1,184
195
18
...
4
144
3
6,986
Bulls.
10
Rs. a. p.
23 0 0
64 0 0
20 0 0
46 12 0
20 0 0
...
...
...
...
6 16 9
...
Average price of
Bullocks.
11
Rs. a. p.
37 0 0
48 0 0
34 0 0
69 11 2
40 0 0
...
...
25 0 0
...
29 2 3
...
Cows.
12
Rs. a, p.
10 0 0
30 0 0
21 0 0
22 11 5
23 0 0
...
...
...
...
9 8 0
...
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XIV.
and Shows held during the year 1910-1911.
animals sold.
Buffaloes.
13
RS. a. p.
23 0 0
...
26 0 0
43 0 0
21 0 0
...
...
60 0 0
...
27 9 3
...
Camels.
14
Re.
...
...
50
49
...
...
...
...
...
...
Amount realised in fees.
15
Rs. a. p.
11,447 2 0
...
66,260 3 0
69,790 4 0
5,217 0 0
...
715 0 0
...
...
2,959 15 0
1,47,389 8 9
Total number of animals that
competed for prizes.
16
...
...
...
...
...
94
...
202
186
...
642
From Imperial Funds.
17
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Frizes awarded.
From Provincial Funds.
18
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
93
...
93
From Local Funds.
19
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
533
...
...
533
From other sources.
20
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
103
...
...
...
...
103
Total.
21
Rs.
...
...
...
...
...
103
...
533
93
...
720
Number of modal a awarded.
22
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Remarks.
24
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TABLE XlV(a).
Statement showing the Veterinary charges incurred in the Province of Eastern Bengal and Assam
during the year 1910-1911.
Heads of accounts.
1
Veterinary and stallion
charges.—
(a) Superintendence
(b) Veterinary instruction
(c) Subordinate establish-
ment.
(d) Hospitals and dispen-
saries.
(e) Breeding
operations.—
(i) Hissar Cattle Farm
(ii) Other charges
(f) Prizes ...
(g) Bacteriological
Re-
search.
(h) Camel specialist
Public Fairs and Exhibi-
tion.
(k) Cattle and horse fair
and shows.
Total
Imperial.
2
Rs.
8,480
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
8,480
Amount of Expenditure.
Provincial
3
Rs. a. p.
12,549 10 4
...
23,929 15 0
4,793 4 6
4,12514 5
...
...
...
...
...
45,398 12 3
Local.
4
Rs. a. p.
...
8,804 10 8
88,079 14 2
12,983 7 8
...
5,322 5 10
1,081 8 9
...
...
...
1,196 8 0
62,468 1 8
Total.
5
Rs. a. p.
21,029 10 4
3,804 10 3
62,009 13 2
17,776 12 2
...
9,448 4 3
1,081 3 9
...
...
...
1,196 8 0
1,16,346 13 11
Remarks.
6
2
ORDERED that a copy of this Resolution be published in the Government Gazettts
for general information.
ORDERED also that a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to the Director of
Agriculture, Eastern Bengal and Assam, for information.
By order, etc.,
J. F. GRUNING,
Secretary to Government of Eastern Bengal and Assam.
E. B. & A. G. P. (R. & G.) No. 107—1,700-7-9-1911—Tnos: E.
THE
MADRAS PLAGUE REGULATIONS AND
STANDING ORDERS
IN FORCE OUTSIDE THE PRESIDENCY TOWN
(Revised up to 31st January 1915.)
MADRAS:
PRINTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, GOVERNMENT PRESS.
[PRICE, 8 annas.] 1915. [8 pence.]
THE
MADRAS PLAGUE REGULATIONS AND
STANDING ORDERS
IN FORCE OUTSIDE THE PRESIDENCY TOWN
(Revised up to 31st January 1915.)
MADRAS:
PRINTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, GOVERNMENT PRESS.
1915.
CONTENTS,
T. The Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897
II. Notification of the Government of India, Home Department
(Sanitary— Plague) No. 2256, dated 22nd December 1906,
delegating to Local Governments powers under the
Epidemic Diseases Act...
III. Plague regulations in force outside the Presidency town
APPENDICES TO THE PLAGUE REGULATIONS.
Appendix A. — Plague notification
,,
B. — Ex-officio exemption certificate
„
C. — General exemption certificate ...
„
D. — Detention certificate
,,
E. — Plague inoculation certificate ...
IV. Standing Orders —
Part I. — General
„
II — Instructions to be observed in areas under
observation
„ III.— Instructions to be observed in infected areas ...
„ IV. — Appointment, punishment, control aud discipline
of plague staff ..,
„
V. — Accounts
„ VI. — Reports and returns and correspondence
APPENDICES TO THE STANDING ORDERS.
Appendix A. — Notes on certain matters connected with plague —
(1) General remarks
(2) Advantages of early discovery of plague
(3) Evacuation
(4) Inoculation
(5) Disinfection
(6) Rat-plague and destruction of rats
,,
B. — Part I. — Allowances of officers deputed to plague
duty
,, II. — Salaries of officers temporarily entertained
for plague duty
,,
C. — Pay and allowances of plague inspectors
„
D. — List of plague charges ...
„
E. — Half-yearly statements of plague charges to be
submitted by the Accountant- General
„
F. — Plague report to be submitted to the Collector
,,
G. — Statement to accompany proposals for placing
restrictions on fairs and festivals ...
a
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CONTENTS.
PAGE
Appendix H. — Notifications for placing restrictions on fairs aad
festivals
...
...
...
...
...
...
65
,,
I. — Half-yearly list of officers on plague duty
...
68
„
J. — Destruction of plague
records
...
...
...
70
„
K. — Distribution of spare copies ol' printed orders of
Government ...
...
...
...
...
...
71
„
L. — Distribution of copies of the notification regarding
plague-infected areas and notification stations ...
71
,,
M. — Instructions for forwarding material to the King
Institute, Guindy
...
...
...
...
...
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THE MADRAS PLAQUE REGULATIONS IN
FORCE OUTSIDE THE PRESIDENCY TOWN.
I
THE EPIDEMIC DISEASES ACT (III OP 1897).
An Act to provide for the better prevention of the spread of
Dangerous Epidemic Disease.
WHEREAS it is expedient to provide for the better prevention
of the spread of dangerous epidemic disease ; It is hereby
enacted as follows :—
Short title, extent and
commencement.
1. (1) This Act may be called the
Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897.
(2) It extends to the whole of British India (inclusive
of Upper Burma, British Baluchistan, the Santal Parganas
and the Pargarna of Spiti) ; and
(3) It shall come into force at once.
Power to take special
neasures
and
prescribe
regulations as to dangerous
epidemic disease.
2. (1) When at any time the Governor-General in Council
is satisfied that India or any part
thereof is visited by, or threatened with,
an outbreak of any dangerous epidemic
disease, the Governor-General in Council,
if he thinks that the ordinary provisions of the law for the
time being in force are insufficient for the purpose, may take
or require or empower any person to take such measures and,
by public notice, prescribe such temporary Regulations to be
observed by the public or by any person or class of persons
as he shall deem necessary to prevent the outbreak of such
disease or the spread thereof, and may determine in what
manner and by whom any expenses incurred (including com-
pensation if any) shall be defrayed.
(2) In particular and without prejudice to the gene-
rality of the foregoing provisions, the Governor-General in
Council may take measures and prescribe regulations for—
(a) the inspection of any ship or vessel leaving, or
arriving at, any port in British India and such
detention thereof, or of any person intending
to sail therein, or arriving thereby, as may be
necessary; and
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(6) the inspection of persons travelling by railway
or otherwise and the segregation, in hospital,
temporary accommodation or otherwise, of
persons suspected by the inspecting officer of
being infected with any such disease.
(3) The Governor-General in Council may, by general
or special order, direct that all or any of the powers conferred
by this Act may also be exercised by any Local Government
with respect to the territories administered by it.
Penalty
3. Any person disobeying any regulation or order made
under this Act shall be deemed to have
committed an offence punishable under
section 188 of the Judian Penal Code.
Protection to persons
acting- under .Act.
4- No suit or other legal proceeding shall lie against any
person for anything clone or in good
faith intended to be done under this
Act.
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NOTIFICATION OP THE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA, HOME
DEPARTMENT
(SANITARY—PLAGUE), DATED CAL-
CUTTA, THE 22nd DECEMBER 1906,No. 2256, DELEGATING
TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND ADMINISTRATIONS
POWERS CONFERRED BY THE EPIDEMIC DISEASES
ACT, 1897.
WHEREAS certain parts of India are visited by, and others
threatened with, an outbreak of dangerous epidemic disease
known as plague, the Governor-General in Council, in exercise
of the powers conferred by section 2, sub-section (3) of the
Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897 (III of 1897), is pleased to direct
that the powers conferred by the said Act may be exercised,
to prevent the outbreak of plague or the spread thereof, by
local Governments and Administrations with regard to their
respective territories as follows :—
(a) All the said powers by the Governors of Fort St.
George and Bombay in Council, the Lieutenant-Governors of
Bengal, Eastern Bengal and Assam and Burma ;
*
*
*
*
2. The notifications of the Government of India in the
Home Department, No. 302, dated the 4th February 1897,
No, 834, dated the 6th March 1897, No. 1330, dated the 27th
May 1898, and No. 4614, dated the 2oth November 1898, are
hereby cancelled.
III
THE following regulations issued in G.O. No. 292 P., dated
15th May 1914, embody the special powers conferred on
officers of the Government and other persons and the special
obligations laid upon the public in connection with plague :
obstruction of the former or breach of the latter render a
person liable to prosecution and punishment under the law :—
PLAGUE REGULATIONS IN POEOE OUTSIDE THE
PRESIDENCY TOWN.
WHEREAS certain parts of the Presidency of Madras are
visited by, and other parts are threatened with, an outbreak
of a dangerous epidemic disease known as plague, and where-
as the ordinary provisions of the law for the time being in
force in the Presidency are insufficient for the purpose of
preventing the outbreak or spread of the disease :
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 2, sub-
section (1), of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897, and delegated
to him under sub-section (3) of the same section by the
notification of the Government of India in the Home Depart-
ment No. 2256 of the 22nd December 1906, the Governor
of Fort St. George in Council is pleased to prescribe, in
supersession of all regulations previously issued on the
subject, the following temporary regulations to be observed
throughout the Presidency except the City of Madras for a
period of two years from the 1st day of June 1914 :—
1. In these regulations,
Definition.
(a) " Area under observation " means any area which
may be notified by the Governor in Council under these
regulations to be under observation on account of its being
imminently threatened with plague ;
(b) " Infected area " means any area which may be
notified under these regulations by the Governor in Council
or, subject to his control, by the Collector of a district, to
be.infected with plague ;
(c) " Notification station " means any railway station
or other station which may be notified as such under these
regulations by the Governor in Council ;
(d) " Inspection station" means any railway station
which is notified as such under these regulations by the
Governor iu Council for the observation and inspection cf
passengers ;
(e) " A local authority " means the local medical officer,
or if there is no such officer, the village headman, and
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includes any other person appointed as a local authority for
the purposes of plague by the Collector of the district ;
(f) " Plague officer " means the district medical and
sanitary officer in his district and the revenue divisional
officer within his jurisdiction and includes any other person
who may be appointed by the Government as plague officer
over any definite area ;
(g) " Assistant plague officer " means in any municipal
town the chairman of the municipal council and in other
areas the tahsildar or deputy tahsildar each within his own
revenue jurisdiction ; and includes any other person appointed
as such by the Collector of a district for any definite area.
Notification
of obser-
vation areas.
8. The Governor m Council may, if it appears to him
that any district, town, village or other area is imminently
threatened with plague, issue an order declaring such district,
town, village, or other area to be under observation. A copy
of such order shall be published in the next issue of the
Fort St. George Gazette.
Notification
of infected
areas and
notification
and in-
spection
stations.
3. The Governor in Council may by notification in the
Fort St. (George Gazette declare any place or area in which one
or more indigenous cases of plague have occurred, or in which
the existence of plague among rats has been proved by
bacteriological tests, to be infected with plague. In cases of
emergency the District Collector may notify by tom-tom and
by publication in the district gazette, as soon as possible
thereafter, that any such place or area is infected with plague.
The Governor in Council may in the same manner notify
as a notification station any railway station or other place,
which from its proximity to infected areas or otherwise is
liable to be used or passed by persons leaving such areas
and may notify as an inspection station any railway station
which may be convenient for the inspection and observation
of passengers by rail.
Report
regarding
dead rats.
4. In areas under observation and infected areas every
house-holder and every medical practitioner, who finds or
becomes aware of the finding of a dead rat in his house, or
in any public or private dwelling or place within the limits
of the municipality, town or village in which he resides,
shall be bound to give information of the fact with the least
practicable delay to the nearest local authority.
Closure of
markets.
5. In areas under observation and infected areas, the
Collector may close existing markets and may appoint special
places where markets may be held and may prescribe limits
beyond which it shall not be lawful for persons bringing
articles for sale from or to an infected area to pass.
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Inspection
a.nd desin-
fection of
grain and the
places used
for traffic
in it.
6. In areas under observation and infected areas the
Collector may direct that consignments of grain arriving
from plague-infected areas and that landing places, railway
goods-sheds, and bazaars used for traffic in grain shall be
inspected ; and that all rats found therein shall be killed and
burnt, and the grain or place disinfected.
Abatement
of nuisances.
7. In areas under observation or infected areas the
Collector or plague officer may, when he considers necessary,
-enter upon any premises, whether situated in a municipality
or not, at any time during daylight and summarily execute
any work required under, or summarily abate any of the
nuisances described or indicated in, sections 186, 220, 221
and 228 of the District Municipalities Act, 1884, or sections,
99 and 101 of the Local Boards Act, 1884.
Closure of
sheds likely
to harbour
rats.
8. In an infected area the Collector or plague officer may
order that any shed used for accommodation of animals and
likely to harbour rats shall be closed and shall not be
reopened without his permission.
Restrictions
011 the wash-
ing of
clothes.
9. In an infected area the Collector of the district may
preecribe that no person undertaking for hire the cleansing
of clothing or other laundry process shall store or wash or
otherwise deal with clothing except at such places and at such
times and under such conditions as he may direct.
Evacuation
and disinfec-
tion of
infected
areas.
10. (a) In an infected area the Collector, or a plague
officer with the previous sanction of the Collector, may order
the evacuation and disinfection of infected houses and houses
in their neighbourhood, or generally of any infected locality;
and no person shall re-occupy such house or locality without
the express permission of the Collector or plague officer.
(b) The Collector, or plague officer, may require the
evicted people to reside in such place as he may appoint,
under such restrictions as he may deem necessary.
(c) The Collector, or plague officer, may make such
arrangements as he thinks fit for the custody, free of charge,
of the effects of persons so evicced, provided that the Govern-
ment shall not be responsible for any loss or damage to them.
Explanation,—Houses and localities in which plague-in-
fected rats have been discovered may be treated as infected.
House
search.
11. In infected areas the Collector, with the previous
sanction of Government, may organize search parties to visit
houses for the purpose of detecting cases of plague, when
there is reason to believe that the residents are attempting to
conceal them: