CO129-559-4 Quarantine and Prevention of Disease Ordinance 1936 4-2-1936 - 4-2-1936 — Page 20

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62. Vessels or aircraft suspected of yellow fever may be subjected to the measures specified in paragraphs (i), (iii), (iv) measures in and (v) of section 61.

fever pre- cautionary

case of

suspected vessels or aircraft.

Yellow

fever pre-

cautionary

63. A vessel or aircraft shall be regarded as uninfected, notwithstanding its having come from a yellow fever infected measures in port, if on arriving after a voyage of more than six days it has no case of yellow fever on board and either there is no reason to believe that it carries adult stegomyia or a Health Officer is satisfied :-

the case of vessels or

aircraft.

Precaution- ary measures

(a) that the vessel or aircraft during its stay in the port of departure was moored at a distance of at least 220 yards from an inhabited shore and at such a distance from other vessels as to make the access of stegomyia improbable; or

(b) that the vessel or aircraft at the time of departure was effectually fumigated in order to destroy mosquitoes.

Other Infectious Diseases, Precautionary Measures.

64.-—(1) Any person who, on arrival in the Colony by with regard any vessel or aircraft, is found to be suffering from chicken- to vessels or pox, diphtheria, enteric, dysentery, scarlet fever, influenza, cerebro-spinal meningitis, measles or other such infectious with certain disease, may be removed to a hospital if a Health Officer is of

opinion that he cannot be isolated or treated on board.

aircraft infected

diseases.

Measures

to

and in-

(2) Any bedding, linen, wearing apparel or other articles which such Health Officer considers to be infected shall be disinfected as he may direct.

(3) Any part of the vessel or aircraft which such Health Officer considers to have been infected shall be disinfected as he may direct.

Insanitary and Overcrowded Vessels.

65.-(1) If a Health Officer on inspection of any vessel with regard finds any decaying animal or vegetable matter, rubbish, dirt, filth or other matter, which in his opinion is likely to be injurious to health or to create a nuisance, he may serve a written notice on the master, agent or owner of the vessel to abate the said nuisance within twelve hours.

sanitary conditions on board vessel or aircraft,

(2) If such nuisance is not abated within such time the master, agent or owner shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars and to a further fine not exceeding twenty dollars for every day of continuing default.

(3) If a Health Officer on inspection of any vessel finds any crew's quarters, living spaces, water tanks, foodlockers, paintlockers, decks, lavatories, latrines or bilges to be in a dirty or insanitary state, he may call upon the master of such vessel to carry out to his satisfaction such cleansing, dis- infection, white-washing or painting as he may direct.

(4) Any master of a vessel who neglects to comply with such orders within such time as a Health Officer directs shall be liable to a fine not exceeding fifty dollars and to a further fine not exceeding twenty dollars for every day of continuing default, and the person whose duty it is to grant a port

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