CO129-303 - Public Offices & Others - 1900 — Page 351

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passengers and crew as he may deem necessary, and

the Master of every such vessel shall comply with any

instructions that the Health Officer may give as to

the disinfection and pumping out of bilge water, the

disinfection of drinking water tanks, and the pro-

vision of a proper and adequate supply of fresh drink-

ing water.

Provided that any person certified by the Health

Officer to be suffering from any illness which such

Officer suspects may prove to be infectious or con-

tagious disease may either be detained on board the

ship or may be taken to some hospital or other place

appointed for the purpose and detained there for a

period not exceeding two days in order that it may be

ascertained whether his illness is or is not conta-

gious: and that during such period the vessel may

be treated as an "infected" vessel.

(b). On the arrival of a "suspected" vessal at

the quarantine Anchorage the Health Officer shall

medically examine all persons on board such vessel.

The passengers and crew shall, if found to be free

from any infectious or contagious disease,

be per-

mitted to land but shall be kept under surveillance at

their residences on shore for such period of time as

the Health Officer may deem necessary: Provided that

such surveillance shall in no case extend for a longer

the period than ten days or in case of cholera five days

from the date of arrival of the vessel in the

Harbour limits of Victoria, The Health Officer shall

then proceed with the disinfection of the vessel and

with