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THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, JANUARY 31, 1936.

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

cautionary measures in case of suspected vessels or

aircraft.

fever pre-

measures in

63. A vessel or aircraft shall be regarded as uninfected, Yellow notwithstanding its having come from a yellow fever infected cautionary 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 aircraft. Health Officer is satisfied :-

(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.

the case of vessels or

64. (1) Any person who, on arrival in the Colony by Precaution- any vessel or aircraft, is found to be suffering from chicken- ary measures with regard pox, diphtheria, enteric, dysentery, scarlet fever, influenza, to vessels or cerebro-spinal meningitis, measles or other such infectious aircraft disease, may be removed to a hospital if a Health Officer is of opinion that he cannot be isolated or treated on board.

(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 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.

(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

infected

with certain

diseases,

Measures with regard to nuisances

and in-

sanitary conditions

on board

vessel or aircraft.

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