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Obligation to give information about vessel, etc.
Examination of persons on board vessel on arrival, and proceedings thereafter.
** Infected **
vessel.
**Suspected ** vessel.
Hongkong-Port Regulations, &c.
5. The master or other person having the control of any vessel shall give to the Health Officer, or Boarding Officer such information about the vessel and the voyage and the health of the crew and passengers and otherwise as the Health Officer or Boarding Officer may require, and shall answer truly and fully all the questions put to him by the Health Officer or Boarding Officer.
6. (a) On the arrival of an * infected vessel at the Quarantine Anchorage, the Health Officer shall medically examine all persons on board such vessel, and shall arrange for the removal of any persons suffering from any of the above mentioned diseases to a hospital, and for the removal of any dead hodies for burini. The passengers and crew shall thên be kept under observation either on board such vessel or at an Observation Station to be appointed by the Governor-in- Council, or shall be permitted to land, and he kept under surveillance at their residences on shore at the discretion of the Health Officer : Provided that such observation or such surveillance shall in no case extend for a longer period than 10 days in the ease of sinall-pox or in the case of cholera and plague 5 days, and six days in the case of yellow fever from the date of arrival of the vessel in the waters of the Colony, The Health Officer shall then forthwith proceed with the disinfection of the vessel and with the disinfection or destruction of such of the merchandise on board, and of the baggage and personal effects of the 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 hilge water, the disinfection of drinking water tanks, and the provision of a proper and adequate supply of fresh drinking water. Further in case of small-pox, the whole of the passengers aud crew shall be vaccinated, before the vessel is granted practique, unless such passengers or crew can produce evidence of successful vaccination to the satisfaction of the Health Officer of the Port.
Provided that any person certified by the Health Officer to be suffering from any illness which such Officer suspects may prove to be an infectious or contagious 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 days, in order that it may be ascertained whether his illness is or is not infectious or contagious; and that during such period the vessel may be treated as an "infected" vessel.
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(.) On the arrival of a suspected" vessel 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 permitted 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 period than 10 days, in the case of small-pox, 5 days in the case of cholera and plague and 6 days in the case of yellow fever, from the date of arrival of the vessel in the Harbour limits. The Health Officer shall then proceed with the disinfection of the vessel and with the disinfection or destruction of such of the merchandise on board and of the baggage and personal effects of the passengers and crew as he
Hongkong-Port Regulations, &c.
may deem necessary and the Master of every such vessel shall com- ply with any instructions that the Health Officer may give as to the disinfection and pumping out of bilge water, the disinfection of drink- ing water tanks, and the provisions of a proper and adequate supply of fresh drinking water.
(c.) A "healthy" vessel shall be visited and the passengers and crew medically examined by the Health Officer, and if found to be free from any infectious or contagious disease, such vessel shall be admitted to free practique immediately on arrival, irrespective of the nature of her bill of health. 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 provision of a proper and adequate supply of fresh drinking water. The passengers and crew may, moreover, at the discretion of the Health Officer, he kept under surveillance for a period of time not exceeding 10 days in the case of small-pox, 5 days in the case of cholera and plague and 6 days in the case of yellow fever, from the time of leaving the infected port.
7.-(a) If any vessel in the waters of the Colony is known to have any case of any infectious or contagious disease on board, or is a vessel which, in the opinion of the Health Officer, ought, according to these regulations, to be placed under observations, the Health Officer shall order such vessel to the Quarantine Anchorage, and the Master or person in charge of such vessul shall thereupon hoist a yellow flag (letter in the International Code of Signals) upon such vessel and remove such vessel to the Quarantine Auchorage, and all the regulations applicable to “infected" vessels shall apply to such vessel.
(6.) Should any vessel in the waters of the Colony while being attended by any private medical practitioner be found to have any infectious disease on bourd, such vessel shall at once be considered as an "infected" ship and come under these Regulations. It shall be the duty of such private medical practitioner to inform the master of the nature of the diseases and notify the same in writing to the Health Officer of the Port, All further action as regards the patient, the members of the crew, the passengers or the vessel shall be under the direction of the Health Officer of the Port. The unster of such vessel shall at once take such steps as are necessary to inform the Health Officer of the Port of the facts of the case and hoist the Quarantine Flag, he shall not permit any further communication with the shore, but wait for instructions from the Health Officer of the Port.
(e.) In case of a vessel in the waters of the Colony not having a private medical attendant and having any sickness on board, the nature of which the master is unable to make out he shall at once hoist the call flag for medical assistance and take such other measures as may be necessary to inform the Health Officer of the Port and wait for his decision.
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Healthy vessel.
Ondering of vessel to Quarantine Anchorage,
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