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suspects (1) that such person is infected with bubonic plague, or
(2) considers that he is actually suffering from bubonic plague, the
Health Officer shall, if he considers it necessary, arrange for the
removal of such person (1) to an observation shed, or (2) to a tempo-
rary hospital established for the purpose and for his detention, diet-
ing and medical treatment therein; also for the removal of the other
occupants of the house to segregation huts, tents, or suitable struc-
tures constructed at a distance from the town, to be detained under
observation for ten days."
Revised
North-Western
Provinces rule.
The rule in this form was most unacceptable to the Muhammadan
and Hindu communities of the North-Western Provinces and Oudh,
and in the second set of regulations the arrangements for the segre-
gation of plague patients were considerably modified and stated
in much greater detail. The Local Government gave the following
description of the modified rule:-
Home
segregation
allowed.
Private
hospitals.
Private medical
practitioners.
" Isolation may be effected either in the residence of the sick
person or in a segregation hospital or camp. In this matter the
Lieutenant-Governor desires to apply to the native community the
same rules which will apply to the European community. If, in the
opinion of the sanitary authorities, isolation and segregation can
be effectively carried out at the sick person's residence, it will
not be necessary to remove such sick person to a hospital or segre-
gation camp; but, if isolation and segregation in the sick person's
residence is not, in the opinion of the sanitary authority, practicable,
then it is essential that such authority should have the power to
direct removal to a segregation camp or hospital established in a suit-
able situation. This segregation camp or hospital may be a suitable
house or hut or collection of huts licensed for the use of a particular
family; or a suitable house or collection of huts licensed for the sole
use of particular castes or classes of the people; or, lastly, a hospital
or collection of huts established for the general use of the public by
Government. The Government will, whenever necessary, construct
such huts or hospitals, or help private persons to construct them. In
designing these huts or hospitals particular care will be taken that the
customs of the country regarding the maintenance of purdah* shall
be strictly observed, and that those members of the family who wish
to accompany the sick person shall be comfortably accommodated,
submitting themselves merely to the sanitary precautions which
are required by the rules. It is also to be understood that private
medical practitioners of all classes must be allowed free access to the
sick who desire their attendance, and that it is incumbent upon no
one to submit himself to European medical treatment. Each patient
may choose freely his own medical attendant."
i.e., the privacy of women who do not appear in public,