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Sanitary authority, and such clerk shall thereupon transmit the same
to the local authority of the district in which such intended place of
destination is situate.
Every such person who, within forty-eight hours after landing,
shall arrive at any place of destination or address other than such
place or address as aforesaid, shall forthwith upon such arrival notify,
in writing, his place of destination and address to the Medical Officer
of Health of the Sanitary authority, or to the Local authority, of the
district in which such place is situate.
Art. 16. The Medical Officer of Health shall, in the case of every
ship certified to be infected, give directions, and take such steps as
may appear to him to be necessary, for preventing the spread of in-
fection, and the master of the said ship shall forthwith carry into
execution such directions as shall be so given to him.
Art. 17. In the event of any death from cholera, yellow fever, or
plague taking place on board such ship while detained under Article
10, the master shall, as directed by the Sanitary authority or the
Medical Officer of Health, either cause the dead body to be taken
out to sea, and committed to the deep, properly loaded to prevent its
rising, or shall deliver it into the charge of the said authority, who
shall thereupon cause the same to be otherwise lawfully and properly
disposed of.
Art. 18. The master shall cause the clothing and bedding and
other articles of personal use likely to retain infection which have
been used by any person who may have suffered from cholera, yellow
fever, or plague on board such ship, or who, having left such ship,
shall have suffered from cholera, yellow fever, or plague during the
stay of such ship in any port, to be disinfected or destroyed ; and if
the master shall have neglected to do so before the ship arrives in
port, he shall forthwith, upon the direction of the Sanitary authority
or the Medical Officer of Health, cause the same to bs disinfected or
destroyed, as the case may require ; and if the said master neglect
to comply with such direction within a reasonable time, the Sanitary
authority shall cause the same to be carried into execution.
Art. 19. The master shall cause the ship to be disinfected, and every
article therein, other than those last described, which may probably
be infected, to be disinfected, or destroyed, according to the direc-
tions of the Medical Officer of Health.
Art. 2o. Where a ship is not ascertained, or certified to be infect-
ed, but has passengers on board who are in a filthy or otherwise
unwholesome condition, or has come from a place infected with
cholera, yellow fever, or plague, the Medical Officer of Health may
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if, in his opinion, it is desirable with a view to checking the introduc-
tion or spread of cholera, yellow fever, or plague, give a cetificate
in duplicate in the following form, or to the like effect, and shall
deliver one to the master, and retain the other or transmit it to the
Sanitary authorities : —
Certificate.
, t ..day of.
, 189..
,.,
,,..District [or Town] Council,
or
Port Sanitary authority.
I hereby certify that I have examined the ship
from
, now in the port of
, and that such ship has passengers on board in a filthy or
otherwise unwholesome condition [or has come from an infected
place], and that, in my opinion, it is desirable, with a view to check-
ing the introduction or spread of cholera, yellow fever, or plague,
that the persons on board such ship should not be allowed to land
unless they satisfy me as to their names, places of destination, and
addresses at such places.
(Signed)
Medical Officer of Health (or Medical Practitioner
appointed or employed by the Sanitary authority).
Art. 21. When such certificate has been given, no person on
board the ship shall leave or be allowed to leave the same unless he
satisfy the Medical Officer of Health as to his name, intended place
of destination, and intended address at such place ; and such name,
intended place of destination, and address shall forthwith be given
by the Medical Officer of Health to the clerk to the Sanitary authority,
and such clerk shall thereupon transmit the same to the local
authority of the district in which such intended place of destination
is situate. Every such person who, within forty-eight hours after
landing, shall arrive at any place of destination or address other
than such place or address as aforesaid shall, forthwith upon such
arrival, notify, in writing, his place of destination and address to the
Medical Officer of Health of the Sanitary authority, or to the local
authority of the district in which such place is situate.
Art. 22. If the Medical Officer of Health have reason to believe
that any ship coming or being within the jurisdiction of the Sanitary
authority is infected, or has come from an infected place, he may
direct all bilge-water and water ballast to be pumped out in some
suitable place before such ship enters any dock or basin :
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Provided that, in every case where there may be reasonable cause
to apprehend that the ship may be endangered by the removal of
the water ballast, the Medical Officer of Health may cause any tank
or other receptacle containing the water ballast to be sealed, and
thenceforward, so long as the ship remains within the jurisdiction
of the Sanitary authority, no person shall, whithout the permission
of the Medical Officer of Health, break or remove such seal, or
discharge or remove from such tank or receptacle any part of the
water ballast.
On the Sanitary authority providing a proper supply of water for
drinking and cooking purposes for persons on board any such ship,
the Medical Officer of Health may direct all casks or tanks on board
the ship containing water for the use of such persons to be emptied
and cleansed, and the master shall cause the said direction to be
carried into effect.
Art. 23 The master of any ship, or any other person, shall answer
truly all such questions put to him by, and give all such information
to, any Officer of Customs or Medical Officer of Health as may be
necessary for any purpose of his order ; and no person who is required
in pursuance of this order to give to the Medical Officer of Health,
or to notify to any local authority, the name and intended place of
destination and address of such person shall knowingly give or
notify a false or fictitious name, place of destination, or address, or
refuse to give or notify as aforesaid the true name, intended place of
destination, and address of such person.
Art. 24. The Sanitary authority may appoint one or more legally
qualified medical practitioners to act in the execution of this Order,
either in place of, or as an assistant or assistants to, the Medical
Officer of Health, and may pay such practitioner or practitioners
reasonable remuneration for his or their services.
PART IV.
Art. 25. The master of every ship infected with cholera, yellow
fever, or plague shall, when within 3 miles of the coast of any part
of England or Wales, cause to be hoisted at the masthead, or where
best seen, a large flag of yellow and black, borne quarterly, and shall
keep the same displayed during the whole of the time between sun-
rise and sunset, and no person (other than an Officer of Customs or a
person acting in the execution of this Order) shall leave such ship
until after such visit of the Officer of Customs as is mentioned
in Article 2, or until after the visit of the Medical Officer of Health
in pursuance of Article 8.
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PART V.
Art. 26. Nothing in this Order shall render liable to detention,
disinfection, or destruction any article forming part of any mail
(other than a parcel mail) conveyed under the authority of the Post-
master-General, or of the Postal Administration of any foreign Gov-
ernment, or shall prejudicially affect the delivery in due course of any
such mail (other than a parcel mail) to the Post Office in accordance
with the provisions of the Post Office Acts.
Given under the seal of office of the Local Government Board,
this 9th day of November, in the year 1896.
(L.S.)
(Signed)
(Signed)
HENRY CHAPLIN, President-
HUGH OWEN, Secretary.
Notice.—"The Public Health Act, 1896," provides by sub-section
(3) of section 1 that if any person wilfully neglects or refuses to obey
or carry out, or obstructs the execution of, any Regulation made
under section 130 of "The Public Health Act, 1875," or in pursuance
of that section as extended to London by " The Public Health
(London) Act, 1891," and as amended by " The Public Health Act,
1896," he shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding 100l., and in the
case of a continuing offence to a further penalty not exceeding 50l.
for every day during which the offence continues.
No. 3. Regulations of the French Government based on the
Venice Convention.
Le Président de la République française.
Sur le rapport des ministres de l'intérieur et des finances.
Vu l'article 1er, de la loi du 3 Mars, 1822, sur la police sanitaire.
Vu le décret du 9 Mars, 1897, relatif aux provenances des pays
contaminés de peste.
Vu les délibérations du comité consultatif d'hygiène publique de
France, des 27 Février et 5 Avril, 1897.
Vu le règlement sanitaire général annexé à la convention sanitaire
de Venise du 19. Mars, 1897 (chap. 2, titre IV), relatif aux marchan-
dises ou objets susceptibles d'être prohibés à l'importation.
Décrète:
Art. 1 er . Est interdite jusqu' à nouvel ordre l'importation en
France et en Algérie des drilles, des chiffons, des débris frais d'ani-
maux, des onglons, des sabots venant directement ou indirectement de
toute localité ou la peste aura été constatée.
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Art. 2, Est également interdit le transit à travers la France ou
l'Algérie des objets désignés à l'article 1r, toutes les fois que ce transit
donne lieu à un débarquement ou à une manipulation quelconque.
Art. 3. Seront admis après désinfection les laines brutes ou manu-
facturées venant directement de toute localité contaminée de peste,
les linges de corps ayant servi ou n'ayant pas servi, les hardes ou
vêtements ayant servi ou n'ayant pas servi, les objets de literie ayant
servi ou n'ayant pas servi, les cuirs verts et peaux fraîches venant
directement ou indirectement de toute localité ou la peste a été
constatée.
Art. 4. Aucun navire provenant d'une localité reconnue conta-
minée de peste ou portant des objets énumérés à l'article 3 ne pour-
ra pénétrer en France ou en Algérie que par un des ports suivants :
Marseille, Alger, Pauillac, Saint-Nazaire, le Havre et Dunkerque.
Art. 5. Tout colis contenant quelqu'un des objets visés aux
articles 1 et 3 du présent décret et provenant d'un des ports de
l'océan Indien autre que ceux reconnus contaminés de peste, depuis
Máscate, y compris les ports du golfe Persique, jus'qu'au cap Comorin,
doit être accompagné d'un certificat d'origine visé par un agent con-
sulaire français.
Art. 6. Est rapporté le décret du 6 Mars, 1897, susvisé.
Art. 7. Le ministre de l'intérieur et le ministre des finances sont
chargés, chacun en ce qui le concerne, de l'exécution du présent
décret, qui sera publié au Journal Officiel et inséré au Bulletin
des lois.
Fait à Paris, le 15 Avril, 1897.
Regulations of the Italian Government based on the
Venice Convention.
No. 4.
Maritime Sanitary Notice No. 3, dated the 8th May, 1897.
The Minister of the Interior :
Seen the Law for the protection of public hygiene and health
(sections 49 and 50) and the Maritime Sanitary notices of December
29th, 1896, No. 4, and January 14th, 1897, No. 1
Seen the International Sanitary Convention concluded at Venice
on the 18th March 1897 ;
Whereas it is deemed expedient to place the proposals made at
the said Conference in harmony with the sanitary measures intended
to prevent the importation of plague into the Kingdom.
Having heard the Superior Board of Health; hereby decrees;
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Section 1.-All vessels coming from ports infected with plague or
belonging to local areas containing plague-stricken places, before
being admitted to free pratique in the Kingdom, must undergo a
medical inspection of the persons on board and disinfection of their
soiled wearing apparel or other effects. The bilge-water will be
pumped out after disinfection and good drinking-water substituted
for the water stored on board.
The following rules must also be observed :
1st.—Vessels provided with a Medical Officer and with a disin-
fecting apparatus will be admitted to free pratique,
provided such Medical Officer will declare upon oath :
(a) that no wearing apparel or other domestic effects
or luggage were received on board without having
been previously disinfected, or that the said articles
were properly disinfected on board ;
(b) that neither at the time of sailing, nor during the
voyage, did any actual or suspected cases of plague
occur on board.
2nd.—Vessels having on board a Medical Officer, but not pro-
vided with a disinfecting apparatus, will be admitted to
free partique, provided it is substantiated by a sworn
declaration of the Medical Officer :
(a) that no wearing appparel or other effects, nor luggage
were shipped without previous disinfection ;
(b) that neither at the time of sailing, nor during the
voyage, did any actual or suspected cases of the
disease occur on board.
3rd.—Vessels which are not provided with a Medical Officer, nor
with a disinfecting apparatus, but which were free from
disease during the voyage, will be admitted to free pra-
tique after having gone through the treatment set forth in
the first paragraph of this section, as well as after having
undergone all such other precautionary measures as the
Sanitary authorities may deem expedient to order, in
special cases, as to make sure of the healthy condition of
the vessel.
Section 2.—Vessels on which either at the time of sailing or dur-
ing the voyage, actual or suspected cases of plague have occurred,
can be admitted to free pratique subsequent to the carrying out of
all the measures set forth in section 1, paragraph 1, and provided
the following conditions are observed :
1st.—In the case of vessels having a Medical Officer and a dis-
infecting apparatus, free pratique will be granted if such
Medical Officer will declare on oath that at least 12 days
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have elapsed since the death or complete recovery of any
stricken person on board ; and that the effects and articles
belonging to the person so stricken, the persons who at-
tended upon them, and the cabins in which the sick per-
sons were laid up, have been disinfected.
2nd.—In the case of vessels which are provided with a Medical
Officer, but not with a disinfecting apparatus, they will be
admitted to free pratique provided such Medical Officer
will, upon oath, declare that 14 days at least have elapsed
from the date of death or complete recovery of the stricken
persons, and that the chemical disinfections mentioned in
the preceding paragraph have been carried out.
3rd.—In the case of vessels not provided with a Medical Officer
nor with a disinfecting apparatus, but which may have
had on board suspected or actual cases of plague, even
before 14 days, they will not be admitted to free pratique
till after they have been ordered off to a quarantine sta-
tion and kept there for such period of time as may be
deemed necessary for their disinfections, and to make
sure that they have been restored to a healthy condition.
Section 3.—Vessels which at the time of their arrival have on
board ascertained or suspected cases of plague, or which may have
had such cases since less than 12 days, will, none excepted, be ordered
off to a quarantine station, where they will undergo such treatment as
will in each case be prescribed by the Minister of the Interior.
Section 4.—The importation, either direct or indirect, of the
following goods from plague-stricken places is forbidden :
(a) worn wearing apparel or other domestic effects carried as
wholesale merchandise ;
(b) rags, even if compressed by hydraulic power and carried as
bale merchandise ;
(c) raw, fresh, or dry hides ;
(d) animal refuse, nails, hoofs, bristle, hair, raw wool ;
(e) hair.
The prohibition mentioned in this section will be extended to goods
of a similar description, although originating from other countries in
all cases when their transport was effected on vessels which may
have shipped susceptible articles at infected ports, excepting in cases
when such goods shall have been placed in special holds apart from
the goods, importation whereof is forbidden.
Section 5.—All goods specified in section 4, originating from a
healthy port belonging to a country in which there are plagues-tricken
districts, must be accompanied by a medical certificate and a
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certificate of origin issued by the competent local authorities and visaed
by the Italian Consul or Consular Agent within whose jurisdiction
the place of shipment is situated,
Section 6.—The medical inspection of ships must take place
during the day-time.
Section 7.—The Sanitary measures set forth in the present notice
will be applied at the first port of call, excepting in special cases.
All the subsequent ports of call, provided nothing abnormal occurs
during the voyage after the first port of call, the Sanitary measures
will be limited to a general medical inspection of all persons on board
and to the disinfection of the effects intended to be landed.
For the present vessels ordered to proceed to a quarantine station
will all be sent to the Asinara station; but should opportunity arise,
another station will be appointed.
Section 8.—Notices, dated 29th December 1896, No. 4, and 14th
January 1897, No. 1, are cancelled.
The prefects of the Maritime Provinces and the Harbour author-
ities are directed to carry out the objects of the present notice.
No. 5.
Maritime Sanitary Ordinance No. 5, dated the 20th June, 1897.
For the purpose of affording shipping and trade all the facilities
consistent with the requirements of the Sanitary service and parti-
cularly for the purpose of avoiding delays in granting free pratique
to steamers which, though free from disease, have to undergo medical
inspection and disinfection for the sole reason of their coming from a
place infected by plague.
Seen the Law of 22nd December 1888, No. 5849 (3rd series), for
the protection of hygiene and public health.
The Minister of the Interior decrees :
In cases when the owners or masters of steamers coming from Indian
ports specified in the Maritime Sanitary Ordinance of the 1st May
last, and bound for Italy, make a formal application to that effect,
a doctor, to be appointed in each case by this Ministry, can be
embarked on such steamers at Port Said.
Section 2.—The said doctor will be entrusted with the general
sanitary surveillance on board the ship during the crossing from Port
Said to the Italian ports of destination, and within 24 hours preceding
the arrival of the steamer in an Italian port, he is to ascertain that
the disinfection of the soiled articles of wearing or domestic apparel
has been carried out, and will proceed to a medical examination of
all persons on board.
Section 3.—It will besides be the doctor's duty to lodge with the
Harbour authorities on arrival of the steamer, a written declaration
showing the hygiene and sanitary conditions on board, and suggesting
the treatment to be adopted.
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Should everything prove to be in good order, the steamer will, as
far as the sanitary formalities are concerned, be admitted to free
pratique. Should, however, any abnormal circumstances have been
detected, the steamer will, in that case, have to undergo all those
measures which are in respect of the various cases set forth in the
Sanitary Maritime Ordinances now in force.
Section 4.—The above-mentioned doctor will be entitled to passage
and first class fare on board, free of charge, and his fee, which, in
each case, shall be fixed with the approval of this Ministry, will be
defrayed by the masters of the steamers.
Section 5.—The dispositions of Sanitary Maritime Ordinance of
8th May last, No. 3, remain unchanged in their substance, as the
present Ordinance is meant only to modify the formalities regarding
the carrying out of the medical inspection and of the disinfections
of such steamers as were constantly in a normal condition from the
time of their departure to that of arrival.
The prefects of the Maritime Provinces and the Harbour author-
ities of the Kingdom are charged with the execution of the present
Ordinance.
Regulations of the Belgian Government based on the
Venice Convention.
Rapport au Roi.
No. ó.
Bruxelles, le3 Avril, 1897.
Sire,
En signant la Convention Sanitaire Internationale de Venise, du
19 Mars, 1897, la délégation Belge, suivant l'exemple d'autres pays, a
déclaré que, vu l'urgente nécessité de se défendre contre l'invasion
de la peste, le Gouvernement, pour autant que cela lui sera possible
n'attendra pas l'expiration des délais de ratification, pour appliquer,
en ce qui le concerne, les dispositions de la Convention.
C'est pour donner suite à cette déclaration que j'ai l'honneur de
soumettre à votre Majesté le projet d'Arrêté ci-joint.
Les mesures actuellement en vigueur, dans le but de protéger le
pays contre l'invasion de la maladie, ont été décrétées par l'Arrêté
Royal du 8 Janvier, 1897, rendant applicables à la peste les disposi-
tions de l'Arrêté Royal du 15 Juillet, 1895, relatif au choléra.
D'autres mesures ont été appliquées dans la suite par la Commis-
sion Sanitaire de l'Escaut, agissant à titre provisoire.
Le nouvel Arrêté ci-joint a pour objet de mettre cet Arrêté et ces
mesures en harmonie avec les principes de la Convention.
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La prophylaxie de la peste, telle qu'il l'organise, comprend les
mesures sanitaires à prendre dans les ports et aux frontières de terre,
à l'égard des voyageurs, des marchandises, et des bagages.
Les unes ont pour objet la visite médicale, l'isolement, et la dés-
infection des navires, des passagers et de l'équipage ; les autres, les
précautions à instituer quant aux voyageurs arrivant dans le pays par
voie ferrée, aux voitures et wagons de chemin de fer.
La Convention n'impose pas la prohibition absolue des marchan-
dises qui sont considérées comme suspects. Elle reconnait la faculté
de les soumettre à des défenses d'importation et de transit ou à la
désinfection.
Usant de cette faculté je propose de prohiber les marchandises et
objets suivants, sauf des dérogations, autorisées par décisions,
motivées, et moyennant de prescrire des précautions spéciales d'em-
ballage, de désinfection, ou autres :—
1. Les linges de corps, hardes et vêtements portés (effets à us-
age), les literies ayant servi, lorsque ces objets sont transportés
comme marchandises ;
2. Les chiffons et les drilles ;
3. Les sacs usés ; les vieux tapis ; les broderies ayant servi;
4. Les cuirs verts et les peaux fraîches ;
5. Les débris frais d'animaux, onglons, sabots, crins, poils, soies
et laines brutes ;
6. Les cheveux.
Cette défense d'importation et de transit est édictée d'une manière
générale pour les objets, classés sous les Nos. 1 à 3, parce qu'à raison
de leur nature, de l'usage qu'on en a fait ils ont pu être en contact
avec des malades ou séjourner dans leur voisinage immédiat.
Les objets, rangés sous les Nos. 4 à 6, sont prohibés de même parce
qu'ils proviennent de personnes (les cheveux) ou de certaines espèces
d'animaux, tels que les rats, les souris, indubitablement subjets à
contracter la peste et à la propager, les chiens, les moutons, les
chèvres, les buffles, les boeufs, les porcs, que l'on suppose, sans en
avoir toutefois la certitude, être susceptibles d'avoir également la
maladie.
Des dispositions spéciales règlent ce qui a trait d'une part au
transit des objets emballés de telle façon qu'ils ne puissent être mani-
pulés en cours de route, d'autre part à l'importation et au transit de
ceux qui n'ont pu être souillés pendant leur transport à travers une
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