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6. The temporary doctors obtained from England must
be utilised to the best advantage. They should be required
to travel and organize, and be employed less as direct exe-
cutive officers. It is impossible to allow a Medical officer for
each infected town, and it is only at places where plague is,
or is likely to be, very bad that the resident doctors should
be stationed.
(G.O., No. 209, Public, dated 18th February 1899.)
7. The charge of plague operations in an infected district
must be regarded as part of the general duty of an executive
officer. No encouragement should be given to an impression
that duty connected with the plague involves greater risks or
is deserving of more favourable treatment than attendance in
the infectious wards of a hospital or in a camp afflicted with
cholera, which is accepted as part of the officer's ordinary
duty. Except in exceptional cases no recommendation should
be made for the grant of special salary, allowance or pension
for plague duty.
(G.O., No. 175 P., dated 3rd February 1899; G.O., No. 218, Financial, dated 11th
February 1899.)
8. The following leave concessions have, however, been
temporarily sanctioned by the Secretary of State:-
(i) To officers who have been employed on duties
connected with the plague for a period of not less than five
months-
Either (a) one month's extra privilege leave, or
(b) full pay instead of half pay for the first two
months of furlough or other leave for which
half pay is ordinarily admissible.
(ii) To officers so employed for a period of not less
than ten months-
Either (a) two months' extra privilege leave, or (b)
full pay instead of half pay for the first four
months of furlough or other leave as above.
These concessions may be availed of at any time before the
29th June 1900 for plague service rendered at any time before
that date. The leave may, however, with the consent of the
Local Government, be enjoyed after the 29th June 1900 in
cases where the exigencies of the public service have necessi-
tated the refusal of leave when applied for, and have thus
prevented the grant of the full concessions earned within the
prescribed period. For the future plague duty performed in
addition to ordinary work is to be remunerated specially (if