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Mode of lealing with
cases on ressels in quarantine.
Release of vessel,
When vessels
Colony may be ordered
4. The Quarantine Anchorage shall be within the following boundaries, and the Master every
vessel shall remove his vessel to any part of the Quarantine Anchorage as and when required by the Harbour Master :-----
of
Western Boundary.-A line drawn from the West side of Stone Cutters' Island
West side of Green Island (on Admiralty Chart marked as Harbour bounde Southern Boundary. That part of a line having the Naval Coal Sheds at Kauling bearing E. by S., commencing where it meets the Eastern Boundary, and terminating where it meets the Western boundary.
Eastern Boundary-A South line drawn from a white mark on South side g
Stone Cutters' Island until it reaches the Southern boundary.
Northern Boundary.-Five fathom line of soundings.
5. The master or other person having the control of any vessel in quarantine shall give the Health Officer or Boarding Officer such information about the vessel and the voyage and the health of the crew and passengers and otherwise as the Health Officer or Boarding Other may require, and shall answer truly and fully all questions put to him by the Health Office or Boarding Officer.
6. When any vessel is in quarantine--
(a) If, in the opinion of the Health Officer, any persons on board are suffering fro any infectious or contagious disease they shall be removed to the Hospita ship Hygeia or be otherwise disposed of under his directions. (b) Where, in the opinion of the Health Officer, there are any cases he suspects t
be cases of infectious or contagious disease on board, the persons suspected shall be detained on board, or otherwise disposed of, unde observation, for a period not exceeding 48 hours from the time that th Health Officer completes his examination of the passengers and crew. (c) When the examination of the passengers and crew by the Health Officer ha
been completed, all who appear to him to be free from any infections contagious disease may be allowed to land at once.
rson placed on board the Hygeia shall leave the same
1 or boat, or take or send any person or thing whate
egit
g first received the express written permission of the Heau Viticer, or Medical rge and observing such precautions as the Health Officer may require. person other than the Health Officer, or Medical Officer in charge, or persons puted by them, shall go on board or approach within 30 yards thereof, or hold on with the Hygeia or with any person in it, or receive or take anything ectly or indirectly from the Mageia or from any person in it without having 1 the express written permission of the Health Officer, or Merlical Officer in id observing such precautions as such Officer may require.
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Hygein.
Ditto.
14. The Captain Superintendent of Police, and any officers that he may appoint for the Power of rpose of enforcing quarantine, may order any person leaving or coming from any vessel Police. that is in quarantine or from the Hygeia, or taking or sending any person or thing whatever from any such vessel, to remain in or return to and to return such persons or things to h vessel or the Hygeia and may by such necessary force as the case requires compel any son neglecting or refusing to observe such order to obey the same.
15. The above regulations shall not in any way interfere with the internal management Internal of any of Her Majesty's Ships, or of Foreign Ships-of-War, or with their freedom to proceed management
to sea, whenever the Officer in command may deein such course requisite.
war not Affected.
(d) Any costs charged or incurred by the Government for the medical attendane and maintenance of any person, whether on the ship's articles or not, wh is removed to the flygeid or any other hospital or place under sub-sectionsisting in any way in the commission of such breach and the master or other person having regnations. (a) or (b) of this Regulation shall be paid to the Government by the agent control of any vessel or boat on board of which such breach has been com nitted, or which has been in any way engaged in the commission of such breach shall be severally of the vessel from which such person is removed whether such vesse
answerable for such breach, and shall be deemed guilty of the same. continues in quarantine or not.
16. Where any breach of any of the above regulations is committed, all the persons Breach of
7. After the passengers and crew have been dealt with as in section 6 the vessel n be released from quarantine by the express written order of the Health Officer, after sue precautions by way of burning clothing and fumigating or otherwise, as he may direct, law been carried out.
8. If any vessel in the waters of this Colony is known to have any case of an waters of infections or contagious disease on board, or is a vessel which in the opinion of the Healt Officer ought according to these regulations to be in quarantine, the Health Officer may ord such vessel into quarantine, and the master or person in charge of such vessel shall ther upon hoist the Quarantine Flag upon such vessel and remove the vessel to the Quarantis Anchorage, and all the regulations applicable in relation to vessels in quarantine shall apply
tantiue.
Disposal of bodies.
Corammi-
quarantine Vessels.
to such vessel.
9. In case of a death happening on board any vessel in quarantine, or ordered in quarantine, or on board the Hygeis, the body shall be disposed in such manner as may ordered by the Health Officer; and the Master of the vessel shall carry out such orders a the Health Officer may give him in relation to the disposal of the body.
10. When any quarantined vessel is in the waters of the Colony, no person shall leat cation with the vessel, or hold communication from the vessel with the shore, or with any other vese or boat, or take or send any person or thing whatever out of the vessel, until the express written permission of the Health Officer las been communicated to the master or othe person having the control of the vessel, and such precautions as the Health Officer mal require have been observed.
Ditto.
11. When any vessel is in quarantine, no person other than the Health Officer or persons in his boat shall approach within 30 yards of such vessel, or hold any communication wi such vessel or with any person on board of it, or receive, or take any person or thing whatever directly or indirectly from the vessel or from any person on board of it, withou having first received the express written permission of the Health Officer, and observing such precautions as the Health Officer may require.
COUNCIL CHAMBER,
HONGKONG.
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