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Observation Circles.
6. For the taluks necessary in his opinion to be watched,
the Collector may appoint the requisite number of Plague
Inspectors,* who should be given a range with a radius not
usually exceeding 5 miles. For non-municipal towns, Assist-
ant Plague Inspectors may be appointed.
The Collector may also appoint Plague Supervisors to
check the work of Inspectors and Assistant Inspectors, who
shall report through them to the District Sanitary officer.
7. This observation staff shall work under the District
Medical and Sanitary officer in subordination to the Collector.
Its duty will be to constantly and systematically patrol the
circles in order to gain the earliest possible information of a
case of plague, so that immediate action may be taken, and
to report any pressing sanitary need to the District Medical
and Sanitary officer. It should also check the possession
of passports or passes in the case of persons arriving from
an infected locality. Should any person so arrive without a
passport or pass, or having broken its conditions, any member
of the observation staff may detain him and cause him to be
produced before a Plague Authority who may subject him to
isolation in the nearest proper place.
Inspectors and Assistant Inspectors shall keep a record
of all persons suffering from continuous fever for more than
twelve hours, and shall arrange with the village Headman to
have such persons inspected twice daily. If a member of the
observation staff shall discover a case of plague, he shall act
as is laid down in Regulation 17.
Ambulance and Cordon Staffs, &c.
8. The Collector shall keep in readiness in a central posi-
tion-
Two stretchers with awnings.
Medical stores, disinfectants and comforts, hospital
furniture and clothing.
9. The Collector shall make all arrangements for being
able to concentrate immediately, when desirable, the following
Ambulance Staff in the same central position:-
Two trained nurses.
Four male ward attendants.
* Note.-The Government has since decided that the employment of special officers
should be restricted and that for obtaining information regarding plague and for the
proper working of the passport rules, the chief reliance must be placed on the existing
village and Revenue officers (G.O., No. 878.P., dated 12th June 1899).
As amended by G.O., No. 878-P., dated 12th June 1899; Notification No. 512,
Fort St. George Gazette, dated 13th June 1899, Part I-A, page 235.