THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 18TH JULY, 1874.
CHAPTER VII.
HEALTH OF SEAMEN.
seamen to fur-
resident in
health.
XV. Every keeper of a licensed boarding-house for seamen, Keepers of in the list of seamen resident in his house, which he is required licensed board- to furnish to the Harbour Master, shall report as to the state ofing-houses for health of each seaman, so far as he may be able to ascertain the nish Harbour same; and every seaman who may be reported, or may be Master with otherwise discovered, to be affected with a contagious disease, weekly lists shall be removed by warrant under the hand of the Harbour of the seamen Master to a hospital, where he shall be kept until he be, by the their houses, Visiting Surgeon thereof, discharged as cured, and shall have and report obtained from such Visiting Surgeon a certificate of his having been their state of so discharged, which certificate he shall produce and show to the Diseased Harbour Master when required so to do; and the expenses which seamen to be may be incurred in and about the maintenance and treatment of any removed to a such seaman in such hospital, shall be a debt due to the Crown, Hospital. and shall be paid by such seaman; or, in case of the keeper of the [Ordinance boarding-house in which such seaman shall have resided before 63.] his removal to hospital not having reported, or having made a false report as to the state of health of such seaman, then such ex- penses shall be paid by such boarding-house keeper, in case it shall appear to, and be certified by, the Visiting Surgeon of the hospital to which such seaman may be removed, that the disease with which he may be affected is of such a nature as that the keeper of the boarding house could, with ordinary and reasonable obser- vation, have ascertained its existence; and in all cases, such ex- penses shall, in case of non-payment, be sued for and recovered by the Harbour Master on behalf of the hospital."
10 of 1567, sec.
removal to
2. If any seaman affected with a contagious disease, and Penalty for reported so to be by the keeper of the boarding-house in which offering any such seaman may be residing, shall refuse or offer any hindrance obstruction to or obstruction to his removal to a hospital; or having been re- Hospital. moved to a hospital, shall attempt to leave the same before he shall [Ibid, sec. .64. be properly discharged cured; or having been discharged cured, shall refuse to produce his certificate of discharge when required by the Harbour Master authorized to demand the same; or being affected with a contagious disease, shall neglect or refuse to inform the keeper of the boarding-house in which he may be residing,- then, and in every such case, such seaman so offending shall be liable to be brought before the Harbour Master and subjected to a fine not exceeding twenty-five dollars, or to imprisonment with or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding one month.
3. The master of any merchant ship, before shipping any Masters of seaman, may require that such seaman shall be inspected by the ships before
shipping Colonial Surgeon, by notice in writing to that effect, addressed to seamen may the Harbour Master or a Visiting Surgeon appointed in pursuance require them of this section, and the Colonial Surgeon or such Visiting Surgeon to undergo upon such inspection is to give a certificate under his hand as to medical
inspection. the state of health of such seaman, which certificate such seaman
[Ibid, sec. 65.] is to produce and show to the master of the ship in which he may be about to serve; and for every certificate, there shall be paid the fee of fifty cents, to be paid by the master or agent of the ship in case such seaman should prove to be in sound health, and by the seaman himself, or the boarding-house keeper with whom he shall be residing, in case he shall prove to be affected with any contagious disease; such fee to be received by the Harbour Master, and in case of non-payment to be sued for and recovered by him, and paid into the Colonial Treasury for the purposes of this
section.
4. Every person violating the provisions of this section, or Every offence of any regulation or bye-law made in pursuance thereof, shall against this be guilty of a misdemeanor.
CHAPTER VIII.
MEDICINES AND MEDICAL STORES.
section a misdemeanor. [Ibid, sec.71.]
XVI. This chapter applies to all British or Colonial registered Application of ships being within the waters of the Colony, other than those section. already provided with medicines and medical stores under the provisions of "The Merchant Shipping Act, 1867," or of any legislative enactment or regulations in force in any British pos-
session.
accordance
2. The owners, agents, or master of every such ship navigating ships to between this Colony and any place out of the same, shall cause to carry medi- be kept on board such ship a supply of medicines and medical stores cines, medical in accordance with the scale appropriate to such ship as laid down stores, &c. in in the published scales of medicines and medical stores issued by with scale the Board of Trade, and also a copy of the book or books issued issued by Board by the said Board containing instructions for dispensing the same See M. S. A., pursuant to paragraph 1 of section 4 of "The Merchant Shipping 1867, sec. 4.] Act, 1867."
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