(1) On the appearance of cholera, plague, small-pox or any other disease in epidemic form, or unusual mortality amongst rats in any police station jurisdiction, the officer in charge of the police station shall at once inform the Superintendent of Police, the District Medical Officer of Health and the Medical Officer of the nearest dispensary. (2) After the first report regarding the out-break of cholera, plague, small-pox or other infectious disease has been made, the watchmen of infected villages shall continue to make, as long as the villages remain infected, weekly reports at the police station of the number of cases and deaths; and the officer in charge of the police station shall transmit this information weekly to the District medical Officer of Health. (3) If and when an alternative reporting agency has been established, these weekly re- ports shall be discontinued, but where required they shall be submitted on stamped addressed postcards supplied by the Districts Medical Officers of Health for the purpose. (4) On receipt of information as in sub-rule (1) the Superintendent of Police shall also notify the District Medical Officer of Health (or in his absence, the Civil Surgeon) and shall inform the Inspector General of Police by telegram.