Cholera precaution-
ary measures in case of suspected vessels and aircraft.
Effect of bacteriolo- gical ex- aminations.
Cholera precaution-
ary measures in case of
vessels and aircraft,
Cases clinically
cholera to be classed
as cholera.
Germ carriers.
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54. Vessels or aircraft suspected of cholera shall be subjected to the measures prescribed under paragraphs (i). (iv), (v), (vii), (viii) and (ix) of the preceding section. The passengers and crew may be subjected to surveillance for a period not exceeding five days from the date of arrival.
55. If any vessel or aircraft has been declared infected or suspected only because of cases on board presenting the clinical features of cholera and if two bacteriological examina- tions made with an interval of not less than 24 hours between them have not revealed the presence of cholera or any other suspicious vibrios, it shall be classed as uninfected.
56. A vessel or aircraft shall be regarded as uninfected if, although arriving from an infected port or having on board persons proceeding from an infected area, there has been no case of cholera either at the time of departure from such infected port, during the voyage, or on arrival. Such vessel or aircraft may be subjected to the measures provided under paragraphs (i), (vii), (viii) and (ix) of section 53. In addition the passengers and crew may be subjected to surveillance during a period which shall not exceed five days from the date of arrival. The crew may be prevented during the same period from leaving the ship or sanitary aerodrome except on duty of which a Health Officer has been notified.
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57.--(1) Cases presenting the clinical symptoms cholera in which no cholera vibrios have been found or in which vibrios not strictly conforming to the character of cholera vibrios have been found shall be subjected to all measures required in the case of cholera.
(2) Germ carriers discovered on the arrival of a vessel or aircraft may be treated in the same way as cases of disease.
Smallpox precaution
ary measures
in the case of infected vessels or aircraft.
Smallpox Precautionary Measures.
58. Vessels or aircraft which during the voyage had, or at the time of their arrival have, a case of smallpox on board shall be subjected to the following measures :-
(i) Medical inspection.
(ii) The sick shall be immediately disembarked and isolated.
(iii) Other persons reasonably suspected to have been exposed to infection on board, who, in the opinion of a Health Officer, are not sufficiently protected by recent vaccination or by a previous attack of smallpox, may be subjected to vaccination or to vaccination followed by observation or surveillance, the period of observation or surveillance being specified according to the circumstances, but in any case not exceeding fourteen days reckoned from the date of arrival of the vessel of aircraft.
(iv) Bedding, soiled linen, wearing apparel and other articles which such Health Officer considers to have been recently infected shall be disinfected.
(y) Those parts of the vessel or aircraft which have been occupied by persons ill with smallpox and which such Health Officer regards as infected shall be disinfected.