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means, and shall go at once to the village. The Tahsildar
shall arrange to be accompanied or followed by the nearest
Medical officer with a supply of medicines and disinfectants,
and by a staff of constables and peons.
19.  On arrival at the village, the Plague Inspector (or
Medical officer if there is no Plague Inspector) shall supervise
the isolation of the patient and the disinfection of his residence,
clothing and excreta, and the person and clothing of his attend-
ants, and shall continue such supervision until relieved under
the orders of a Plague officer and sent back to other duty;
the Tahsildar shall act as follows:-
(a) If the plague patient be a traveller newly arrived at
the village, or a resident newly returned to it from an infected
locality, and have been with his attendants put into complete
isolation from the beginning of his sickness, the Tahsildar
may content himself with continuing such isolation, with pro-
viding the patient with medical attendance, and with thorough
disinfection as above. But (b) if he thinks it necessary, or
is so ordered by superior authority, and provided the attack
shall have been declared by a Medical officer to be probably
plague, after first completely isolating the patient and his
attendants by a cordon of police, peons and taliaris, &c., he
shall construct-
a Hospital into which he shall remove the patient and
which he shall provide with a guard;
a Suspect Camp, where he shall remove, disinfect and
detain all persons who have been in attendance on,
or in contact with, the patient,  and which he shall
surround with a cordon; and
a Staff Camp, to house the Ambulance and  Cordon
Staffs on their arrival.
20.  On receiving information of a case of plague, the duties
of a Plague Officer (defined below, Regulation 26) shall be as
follows:-
He shall send telegraphic information to the Collector
and the District Medical and Sanitary officer.
He shall then go to the scene of outbreak, and shall
enforce the measures mentioned above. He may also isolate
the whole village or part of it by cordons, patrols, chowkies,
gates, or in such other manner as he may deem expedient.
He may also, when authorized by the Collector, compel the
evacuation of the village or any part of it, and the removal of
the inhabitants to a Health Camp, provided sufficient shelter is
available, and may isolate the Health Camp with a cordon and