CO129-180 - Public Offices & Others - 1877 — Page 364

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Act, and by direction of the Privy Counal un assisting the Local Savitary Auttiorities,

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proceed to state them. Ou the botto

Apiel, 1861, the boumisscovers of bustoms "addressed a buicular letter (No 35 ) to the bollectors of the several Porto, directing theme to "unstruct the proper Officers at their Ports in the event of the arrival ~. 'of a vessel in which there was any case of bholera, small pox, typhus or typhoid fever, or in which any disease whatev was extensively prevalent, forthwith to report tae same to the Local Authorities in order

that they may take such measures as they "see fit for the protection of the Public Health "within their jurisdiction." This direction has: been acted upon suice that date; and in 1873 under a minute (No 114) dated ant October, the Commissioners gave mistrusetions that the practice of interrogating vessels from;

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Foreign ports followed in the Port of London, should be observed at all Ports uithe wited Kingdom, so far as local arcumstances would admit. The practice referred to is thus w

described in this Minute:-

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Statement of the Practice pursued at the Port of Loudon for the interrogation of Masters of vessels arriving from ~ Foreign as to the Health

of the brew and Passenger? Every vessel arruing at the Port of Loudon from Foreign pork is bound to hoist ter bolour by day and to exhibit a light by night, on reaching

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the Quarantine ground for the information of the Board Officer. On seeing such

When no special Quarantine ground

has been appointed, this must be read as

the Boarding Station of the Port.