public Health
mid limitation.
PLAGUE DECLARATION.
Plague in Calcutta.?A Calcutta Gazette Extraordinary, issued on the 2Gth ultimo, contains the following Resolution:? Bv a Notification No. G02G issued by the Municipal
of this Government on the 10th October 1893, it was announced that Calcutta was free from plague, no fresh case of, or death from, the disease having occurred since the 28th September. In a Resolution published on the same date, the Lieutenant-Governor drew attention to the danger of a possible reappearance of plague, and expressed his desire that the ward family and caste hospitals which had been opened under private management should be maintained in working order, and that the precautions which had been taken to stave off an outbreak, and to deal with it if it should arise, should not be relaxed.
(Medical) Department
March
1899.]
PLAGUE IN
CALCUTTA,
Since these announcements were ruade, dropping of a suspicious character have been reported from time to time, some of which were of such a charac ei been as to leave little room for doubt as to their having so genuine plague. Until recently, these have been ar few in number, so isolated, and for the most part so to open to doubt that it has not been found necessary in were withdrawn which restrictions the re-impose October ; and the Lieutenant-Governor, while tully cognisant of their significance, has thought it suincien ie to report their occurrence from time to time to Government of India, and to the various Foreign ov the elll.c ernments, as required by the terms of 1 wi i Convention, still entertaining the hope that would cold season disappear. of the they passing 2.
cases
Foreign Governments would have just cause for plaint if the measures adopted locally were such
111 comas
to
lead to the concealment of cases ; nor can the Local Government hope to cope successfully with an outbreak if the regulations in force are so repugnant to the sense of the people affected as to drive them to withhold information and hide away their sick instead of bringing them forward for treatment. Experience has shown that success has attended the system prescribed in Rule 46 of Plague Regulation No. 9, by which persons found to be suffering from plague are, at their
to resort to ward, caste, or family hospitals, maintained by private contributions, instead of being removed for segregation to the special plague hospitals at Maniktala, Marcus Square, and the BudgeBudge Road. Still more satisfactory has been the arDuring 3. This hope has unhappily not been realised. rangement frequently resorted to by which persons are January 15 cases with 13 deaths were reported.theie u.rl permitted to set apart portions of their dwelling ia
discretion, permitted
=
the present month, up to the 23rd instant, been 27 cases with 24 deaths, and the numbers repoi ie ed during the latter part of the month aie giea than in the beginning. In some wards of t ie also, and notably in Ward No. V, the total regis in a markeu mortality from all causes has lately risen t lei manner above the normal rate, and though no direct evidence that this is due to plague, absence of any other known cause is at least a S10 for suspicion. Reports have also reached Governni which point to the possibility that attempts may made to conceal the occurrence of cases, the suneiei ?* being turned out of their houses by the landlords oi other inmates, through fear of infection oi < i reasons, and forced to seek shelter elsewhere. tion has been received that the authorities in . < have decided to apply the plague rules against an from Calcutta: and orders have been issued Government of India that the regulations of the < Convention shall be enforced against Calcutta ports of Aden, Madras and Rangoon. _
4. Iu these circumstances the Lieutenant-Governor is compelled, with much regret, to re-impose the restrictions which were withdrawn in October 1898. A^ ves lution is under issue prescribing that the inspection o the passengers and crews of vessels leaving Oalcu for ports out of India shall again be conducted j\ < a i< on shore at the time of embarkation, and the iac this has been done will be endorsed on the bill of ie
mid limitation.
PLAGUE DECLARATION.
Plague in Calcutta.?A Calcutta Gazette Extraordinary, issued on the 2Gth ultimo, contains the following Resolution:? Bv a Notification No. G02G issued by the Municipal
of this Government on the 10th October 1893, it was announced that Calcutta was free from plague, no fresh case of, or death from, the disease having occurred since the 28th September. In a Resolution published on the same date, the Lieutenant-Governor drew attention to the danger of a possible reappearance of plague, and expressed his desire that the ward family and caste hospitals which had been opened under private management should be maintained in working order, and that the precautions which had been taken to stave off an outbreak, and to deal with it if it should arise, should not be relaxed.
(Medical) Department
March
1899.]
PLAGUE IN
CALCUTTA,
Since these announcements were ruade, dropping of a suspicious character have been reported from time to time, some of which were of such a charac ei been as to leave little room for doubt as to their having so genuine plague. Until recently, these have been ar few in number, so isolated, and for the most part so to open to doubt that it has not been found necessary in were withdrawn which restrictions the re-impose October ; and the Lieutenant-Governor, while tully cognisant of their significance, has thought it suincien ie to report their occurrence from time to time to Government of India, and to the various Foreign ov the elll.c ernments, as required by the terms of 1 wi i Convention, still entertaining the hope that would cold season disappear. of the they passing 2.
cases
Foreign Governments would have just cause for plaint if the measures adopted locally were such
111 comas
to
lead to the concealment of cases ; nor can the Local Government hope to cope successfully with an outbreak if the regulations in force are so repugnant to the sense of the people affected as to drive them to withhold information and hide away their sick instead of bringing them forward for treatment. Experience has shown that success has attended the system prescribed in Rule 46 of Plague Regulation No. 9, by which persons found to be suffering from plague are, at their
to resort to ward, caste, or family hospitals, maintained by private contributions, instead of being removed for segregation to the special plague hospitals at Maniktala, Marcus Square, and the BudgeBudge Road. Still more satisfactory has been the arDuring 3. This hope has unhappily not been realised. rangement frequently resorted to by which persons are January 15 cases with 13 deaths were reported.theie u.rl permitted to set apart portions of their dwelling ia
discretion, permitted
=
the present month, up to the 23rd instant, been 27 cases with 24 deaths, and the numbers repoi ie ed during the latter part of the month aie giea than in the beginning. In some wards of t ie also, and notably in Ward No. V, the total regis in a markeu mortality from all causes has lately risen t lei manner above the normal rate, and though no direct evidence that this is due to plague, absence of any other known cause is at least a S10 for suspicion. Reports have also reached Governni which point to the possibility that attempts may made to conceal the occurrence of cases, the suneiei ?* being turned out of their houses by the landlords oi other inmates, through fear of infection oi < i reasons, and forced to seek shelter elsewhere. tion has been received that the authorities in . < have decided to apply the plague rules against an from Calcutta: and orders have been issued Government of India that the regulations of the < Convention shall be enforced against Calcutta ports of Aden, Madras and Rangoon. _
4. Iu these circumstances the Lieutenant-Governor is compelled, with much regret, to re-impose the restrictions which were withdrawn in October 1898. A^ ves lution is under issue prescribing that the inspection o the passengers and crews of vessels leaving Oalcu for ports out of India shall again be conducted j\ < a i< on shore at the time of embarkation, and the iac this has been done will be endorsed on the bill of ie
