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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE. JANUARY 31, 1936.

Smallpox precaution-

ary measures

in the case of contact vessels or aircraft.

Ordinance No. 12 of 1923.

Typhus precaution-

ary measures in case of infected vessels or aircraft.

Yellow

fever pre- cautionary measures in case of infected

vessels or aircraft,

59. Vessels and aircraft which are not infected with smallpox but which come from a port declared to be infected with the disease shall be subjected to the following

measures:-

(i) Medical inspection.

(ii) Any passenger or member of the crew who is not protected by vaccination or by a previous attack of smallpox, and who has left a local area where smallpox is epidemic within the previous fourteen days before landing in the Colony, may be subjected to vaccination followed by surveillance.

Provided that nothing in this section or in section 58 shall derogate from the powers in respect of vaccination or detention conferred by sections 17 and 18 of the Vaccination Ordinance, 1923.

Typhus Precautionary Measures.

60. Vessels or aircraft which during the voyage had, or at the time of their arrival have, a case of typhus on board shall be subjected to the following measures :-

(i) Medical inspection.

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

(iii) Other persons reasonably suspected to harbour lice, or to have been exposed to infection, shall be deloused and may be subjected to surveillance during a period which shall not exceed twelve days from the date of the delousing.

(iv) Bedding, linen, wearing apparel and other articles which a Health Officer considers to be infected shall be disinfected.

(v) The parts of the vessel or aircraft which have been occupied by persons ill with typhus and which such Health Officer regards as infected shall be disinfected and dis- insectised.

Yellow Fever Precautionary Measures.

61. Vessels or aircraft infected with yellow fever shall be subjected to the following measures:-

(i) Medical inspection.

(ii) The sick shall be disembarked, and those of them whose illness has not lasted more than five days shall be isolated in such a manner as a Health Officer may direct to prevent the infection of mosquitoes.

(iii) Other persons who disembark shall be kept under observation or surveillance during a period which shall not exceed six days reckoned from the time of disembarkation.

(iv) A ship shall be moored at least 220 yards from the inhabited shore and at such a distance from other vessels as will render the access of mosquitoes improbable.

(v) The destruction of mosquitoes in all phases of growth shall be carried out on board, as far as possible before unloading of cargo. If the unloading is carried out before the destruction of mosquitoes, the persons employed shall be subjected to observation or surveillance for a period not exceeding six days from the time when they ceased unloading.