CO129-180 - Public Offices & Others - 1877 — Page 328

of

The system in force is that medical inspection the working

Tofa

to the arrival of a vapet certain questions are put. If they

Satisfactorily

are all answered,

the repel and passengers are not further interfered with. If it appears that the repel is

port from an infectes poch the subjected to

happengers

are

Medical examination. If this

there have

been care

of infection distanc

examination is paped satisfactorily dis

Ceci

are tel

repel and passengers go without farther interoption

of

I which is sufficiently indicated in the accompanying printed

Order of the Local Government Board of 17 July 1973

I suppose

Ceylon Government

should be invited to modify their

5yplem

in England

in accordance with the practici

I am not aware of any objection to ther ciculation of the

present letter from the local gove

government board but 2319

and enclosures,

should point out that im a circular dated the 30

March 1869 a model Guarantin ordinance was sent out for exactment by the W. d. Colonies, which ordinance was generally

adopted by them. The question

2. Guarantin of

medical inspection does not affear to have been present to the frames of this ordinance, which rather appears to have been conceived in the spirit of securing uniforms legislation on the subject of quarantine in the W. Indier.

The small pox epidemies which have suice accurred in some

of

the W. J. Colonies, and the