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Table L. "Suspected vessel.
"Healthy" vessel.
Ordering of vessel to Quarantine Anchorage.
No. 10 of 1899.
MERCHANT SHIPPING.
(b) On the arrival of a "suspected" vessel at the Quarantine Anchorage, the Health Officer shall medically examine all persons on board such vessel. The passengers and crew shall, if found to be free from any infectious or contagious disease, be permitted to land, but shall be kept under surveillance at their residences on shore for such period of time as the Health Officer may deem necessary:
Provided that such surveillance shall in no case extend for a longer period than 10 days, or in the case of cholera 5 days, from the date of arrival of the vessel in the Harbour limits. The Health Officer shall then proceed with the disinfection of the vessel and with the disinfection or destruction of such of the merchandise on board and of the baggage and personal effects of the passengers and crew as he may deem necessary: and the master of every such vessel shall comply with any instructions that the Health Officer may give as to the disinfection and pumping out of bilge water, the disinfection of drinking water tanks, and the provision of a proper and adequate supply of fresh drinking water.
(c) A "healthy vessel" shall be visited and the passengers and crew medically examined by the Health Officer, and if found to be free from any infectious or contagious disease such vessel shall be admitted to free pratique immediately on arrival, irrespective of the nature of her bill of health. The master of every such vessel shall comply with any instructions that the Health Officer may give as to the disinfection and pumping out of the bilge water, the disinfection of drinking water tanks, and the provision of a proper and adequate supply of fresh drinking water. The passengers and crew may, moreover, at the discretion of the Health Officer, be kept under surveillance for a period of time not exceeding 10 days from the time of leaving the infected port.
7.—(a) If any vessel in the waters of the Colony is known to have any case of any infectious or contagious disease on board, or is a vessel which, in the opinion of the Health Officer, ought, according to these regulations, to be placed under observation, the Health Officer shall order such vessel to the Quarantine Anchorage, and the master or person in charge of such vessel shall thereupon hoist a yellow flag (letter Q in the International Code of Signals), upon such vessel and remove such vessel to the Quarantine Anchorage, and all the regulations applicable to "infected" vessels shall apply to such vessel.
(b) Should any vessel in the waters of the Colony while being attended by any private medical practitioner be found to have any infectious disease on board, such vessel shall at once be considered as an "infected ship" and come under these Regulations. It shall be the duty of such private medical practitioner to inform the master of the nature of the diseases and notify the same in writing to the Health Officer of the Port. All further action as regards the patient, the members of the crew, the passengers or the vessel shall be under the direction of the Health Officer of the Port. The master of such vessel shall at once take such steps as are necessary to inform the Health Officer of the Port of the facts of the case and hoist the Quarantine Flag, he shall not permit any further communication with the shore, but wait for instructions from the Health Officer of the Port.
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