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measures primarily designed to wrevent the introduction into the country of diseases only coming to us from abroad, and which involved international. considerations, would be misapplied if used for the purpose of preventing the importation of diseases ordine arily existing here, the limitation

of which

and not the exclusion could aloue lue

ui question. -

3. The measures which have been-

substituted for quarantine aganist cholera- the only foreign epidemic which at

present much concerns thee healtte of this country cousist in the "systems of

"

medical inspection "the details of are set forth in the accompanying Order of the Local Government Board (17th July 1873) [ Appendix 1 ].

which

differs from

This place it will be seen

"Quarantine "un the following essential

respecto

(a.) It affects only such stups as have been ascertanced to be, or as there is

reasonable ground to suspect of w benig, infected witte bholera ou~ bhobraic Diarrhoea, (no vessel, according to the Order, benig deemed infected

unless there has been actual

currence of cholera or

or of

choleracc

diarrhoea ou board in the course of the voyage./-

(b.) It provides for the detection of the vessel only so long as is necessary for the requirements of a medical inspection

for dealing with the side (if any) in the manner it prescribes, and for

carrying out processes of disinfection.-

This

(e)