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Preface.	
Part I-	
Chapter I. - SKETCH  OF  THE  MEASURES   TAKEN   DURING  THE   PERIOD   FROM SEPTEMBER TILL THE END OF NOVEMBER 1896 -	
Section 1 . - Introductory     ...                ...                ...			1-2
Section 2. - Early   measures  taken   by   Government   with  reference  to the Plague Administration of the Municipal Commissioner of Bombay   ...		2-5
Section 3. - Early measures taken by Government as regards Railway Inspec-               ...                tion		...                 ...						5-7
Section 4. - Early measures taken with reference to departures from Bombay		by sea								7-9
Section 5. - Sketch of the early measures taken by the Municipal Commissioner for the City of Bombay   ...							9-14
Section 6. - Sketch of the history of  Plague in the Mofussil up to end of November										14-16
Section 7. - General Remarks						16
										
Chapter II. - SKETCH OF THE HISTORY OF PLAGUE ADMINISTRATION IN DECEMBER 1896 AND JANUARY 1897-	
Section 1. - Measures taken by Government with reference to Plague Administration of the Municipal Commissioner, Bombay ...                ...			17-21
Section 2. - Sketch of the measures taken by the  Municipal Commissioner  in Bombay City during this period							21-24
Section 3. - New measures for Railway Inspection in the Presidency proper ...											24-25
Section 4. - Early measures for Railway Inspection in Sind		25-27
Section 5. - Departures from Bombay by sea.   New measures regarding-...											27-30
Section 6. - The New legislation           ...                 ...           ...		31-33
Section 7. - The Pilgrim Traffic						33-40	
Section 8. - Sketch of Plague Administration in Karáchi in December 1896 and January 1897           ...                 ...                ...         		 		40-45
Section 9. - Plague in the Mofussil in December and January ...		46-49		
Section 10. - General Remarks						49-50
Appendix  A. - Report   of the   Committee appointed  by   Government to enquire into the nature and history of Plague (referred to in paragraph 3, Section 1)   	51-52
Appendix B. - Summary by Surgeon-Major Street of the action taken by him in Bombay City (referred to in paragraph 12, Section 1)				53
Appendix C. - Memorial by certain Medical men of Bombay (referred to in paragraph 15, Section 1)...                 ...                 ...					54
Chapter III. - THE PERIOD (FEBRUARY AND EARLY PART OF MARCH) FROM THE PASSING OF THE   EPIDEMIC DISEASES ACT TILL THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FIRST	
PLAGUE COMMITTEE -	
Section 1. - Rules framed under Act III of 1897				55-61	
Section 2. - Railway Inspection             ...                ...			61-64	
Section 3. - Further measures taken under Act III of 1897 for the purpose of controlling Sea Traffic                    ...                 ...					64-66
Section 4. - The City of Bombay          ...              			66-77	
Section 5. - Sketch of Plague Administration in Karáchi in February and up to the date of the appointment of the Karachi Plague Committee			77-81
Section 6. - Plague in the Mofussil in February				81-84											
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