CO129-559-4 Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Ordinance 1936 4-2-1936 - 4-2-1936 — Page 18

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If no valid certificate is produced, a Health Officer may after inquiry and inspection

(a) himself carry out deratisation of the vessel, or cause such operations to be carried out under his direction and control. On completion of these operations to his satisfaction he shall issue a dated Deratisation Certificate. He shall decide in each case the technique which should be employed to secure the practical extermination of rats on board, but details of the deratising process applied and of the number of rats destroyed shall be entered on the certificate. Destruction of rats shall be carried out so as to avoid as far as possible damage to the vessel and cargo (if any). The operation must not last longer than twenty-four hours. In the case of vessels in ballast the process shall be carried out before taking cargo. Any charges made in respect of these operations shall be determined in accordance with section 41; or

(b) issue a Deratisation Exemption Certificate if he is satisfied that the vessel is maintained in such a condition that the rat population is reduced to a minimum. The reasons justifying the issue of such a certificate shall be set out in the certificate.

Cholera Precautionary Measures.

53. Cholera-infected vessels and aircraft shall be sub- Cholera jected to the following measures:

(i) Medical inspection.

precaution-

ary measures in case of infected vessels and

(ii) The sick shall be immediately disembarked and aircraft, isolated.

(iii) The passengers and crew may be kept under observation or subjected to surveillance during a period not exceeding five days reckoned from the date of arrival.

(iv) Bedding, soiled linen, wearing apparel and other articles, including foodstuffs, which, in the opinion of a Health Officer, have been recently infected, shall be disinfect- ed.

(v) The parts of the vessel or aircraft which have been occupied by the patients or which are considered by such Health Officer as infected shall be disinfected.

(vi) Unloading of cargo shall be carried out under the supervision of such Health Officer, who will take all measures necessary to prevent the infection of the persons engaged in unloading. They shall be subjected to observation or to surveillance which shall not exceed five days from the time they cease unloading.

(vii) When the drinking water on board is suspected it shall be turned off and emptied out after being disinfected and shall be replaced, after disinfection of the tanks, by a supply of water of good quality.

(viii) Such Health Officer may prohibit the emptying of water ballast which has been taken in at an infected port, unless such water ballast has first been disinfected.

(ix) Such Health Officer may prohibit the emptying or discharge of human dejecta and of waste waters of the ship into the waters of the port unless such dejecta or waste waters have first been disinfected.

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