Typhus precaution.
ary measures
in case of
infected vessels or aircraft.
Yellow
fever pre- cautionary
measures in case of
nfected vessels or
aircraft.
Yellow
fever pre- cautionary measures in case of suspected vessels or aircraft.
Yellow
fever pre- cautionary
measures in the case of contact vessels or aircraft.
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Typhus Precautionary Measures.
62. Vessels or aircraft which during the voyage had, or at the time of their arrival have, a case of typhus on board may be subjected to the following measures:-
(i) Medical inspection.
(ii) The sick shall be immediately disembarked, isolated. and deloused.
(iii) Other persons reasonably suspected to harbour lice, or to have been exposed to infection, shall also be deloused and may be subjected to surveillance during a period which shall not exceed twelve days from the date of the delousing.
(iv) Bedding which has been used, linen, wearing apparel, and other articles which the Port Health Officer considers to be infected shall be disinfected.
(v) The parts of the vessel or aircraft which have been occupied by persons ill with typhus and which the Port Health Officer regards as infected shall be disinsected.
Yellow Fever Precautionary Measures.
63. Vessels and aircraft infected with yellow fever shall undergo the following measures :—
(i) Medical inspection.
(ii) The sick shall be disembarked, and those of them whose illness has not lasted more than five days shall be isolated in such a manner as to prevent the infection of mosquitoes.
(iii) Other persons who disembark shall be kept under observation or surveillance during a period which shall not exceed six days reckoned from the time of disembarkation.
(iv) A ship shall be moored at least 200 metres from the inhabited shore and at such a distance from the harbour boats (pontoons) as will render the access of mosquitoes improbable.
(v) The destruction of mosquitoes in all phases of growth shall be carried out on board, as far as possible before discharge of cargo. If the discharge is carried out before the destruction of mosquitoes, the personnel employed shall be subjected to observation or surveillance for a period not exceeding six days from the time when they ceased unloading.
64. Ships or aircraft suspected of yellow fever may be subjected to the measures specified in paragraphs (i), (iii), (iv) and (v) of section 63.
65. A vessel or aircraft shall be regarded as uninfected, notwithstanding its having come from a yellow fever infected port, if on arriving after a voyage of more than six days it has no case of yellow fever on board and either there is no reason to believe that it transports adult stegomyia or it is proved to the satisfaction of the Port Health Officer :-
(a) that the ship or aircraft during its stay in the port of departure was moored at a distance of at least 200 metres