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area.    It may be necessary to constitute special search parties
under European officers.
23.  If a case of plague be detected in a town (including a
municipal town) the Collector may not, without the sanction of
Government, cause the evacuation of the whole town, but may
cause the evacuation of a section containing  not more than
200 houses.
Such evacuated area may be surrounded by a cordon, if
necessary by breaking down walls or houses, but with as little
injury to property as possible; and its inhabitants may be
removed into a Health Camp.
24.  When there is a town or large village in the vicinity
of an infected area, the  Collector  may  establish a Camp of
Observation at such town or village and may order detention
and disinfection in such camp of all suspected persons coming
from such area without passes.
Dissolution of Hospitals and Camps, &c.
25.  No Hospital or Suspect Camp or Observation Camp
shall be closed without the special orders of the Collector.
Provided there have been no actual or suspected case of
plague therein, the Collector shall, in his discretion, allow a
Health Camp to be closed after ten days, and a village or
town or section of a town to be re-inhabited one month after
evacuation.
Administrative Staff.
26.  For administrative  purposes in connection with the
plague, the Collector shall have under his orders the follow-
ing Plague Authorities:-
(a)  A  Superior   Staff consisting  of   Plague  officers
appointed by Government.
(b)  A Subordinate Staff consisting of Assistant Plague
officers appointed by the Collector.
(a) Plague officers include Divisional-officers, Assistant
Collectors and the District Medical and Sanitary officer, and
also Personal Assistants to the Collector;
Special Divisional-officers (either to relieve Divisional-
officers engaged in plague operations or to be in plague charge
of a division);
Extra Assistants to be in charge generally of a Taluk but,
if necessary, of a smaller area.
(b) Assistant Plague officers shall be Tahsildars and
Deputy Tahsildars (ordinary or special) ex-officio; or persons
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