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had all her papers on board and weighed anchor at
7.25.
The time actually taken to do their work by the
Quarantine Authorities was 1 hour 35 minutes;
the
total delay incurred by the steamer was two hours and
forty-five minutes.
Now, I wish to add some remarks by way of
criticism.
This criticism I have already made to
the President of the Board (Dr. Fuffer). The examination was done with combined carefulness and speed.
I do not think it could be done much quicker, nor do
I believe that any case of plague could have been
overlooked.
But with regard to the disinfection,
it is either too much or not enough. There were
from forty-one of a crew nine bags containing dirty
linen or rather soiled underclothing.
Several of
the men had only the clothes in which they stood, so
that their belongings were not disinfected at all.
Then all the bedding was left untouched, all the wood
work