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house and its contents, and for the prevention of the spread
of plague to the neighbouring dwellings.
The inoculation certificate shall be in the following form.
But when in a certificate issued under authority, the thumb
impression has not been taken, other satisfactory evidence of
identification may be accepted:-
[COUNTERFOIL.] Plague Inoculation [Royal Arms]
No. Certificate.
Name No.
Father's name CERTIFIED that , father's name Street , resident of Street Village Town ,Village
Town ,Taluk ,District Taluk has been inoculated by me,and
That his thumb-mark was at the time impressed before me.
District Space for left thumb-mark. Signature and
Date designation.
Initials of operator. Dated
NOTE.-Unless suffering from, or suspected to be suffering from,
plague, the holder of the certificate is exempted from segregation,
from detention when travelling, and from ten days' observation
under the passport rules. It does not, however, exempt him from
liability to evacuate an infected house, except in the case where all
the occupants of the house have been inoculated, or to have his
clothes disinfected when travelling. The certificate is valid for
a period of six months.
32. Every inoculated person (who is exempted from
segregation, detention and observation under the preceding
Regulation 31) shall be bound, when called upon to do so by
the officer mentioned in Regulation 17-ii, to produce the certificate
showing that he has been inoculated by M. Haffkine's
process, and also to make an impression of his thumb-mark
for the purpose of identification.
(2)-NOTIFICATION No. 531, FORT ST. GEORGE GAZETTE, DATED
5TH JULY 1898, PART I-A, PAGE 194.
Under the provisions of the Epidemic Diseases Act, 1897,
His Excellency the Governor of Fort St. George in Council
directs that all passengers who arrive at Pdanr from plague-
* G.O., No. 1462-P., dated 19th November 1898; Notification No. 1024, Fort
St. George Gazette, dated 20th December 1898, Part I-A, page 378.