The Plague in India, 1896, 1897, 4 vols. (Simla: Government Central Printing Office, 1898), I, pp. 291–297

The early efforts made to prevent the spread of plague infection by persons travelling by land are described in succeeding sections of this chapter. The whole subject of the principles governing these efforts came under careful discussion in February and March 1897, in connection with proposals to impose quarantine against the Bombay Presidency or to prohibit third class railway traffic from stations within the Presidency.