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V.—If, during the period a vessel is at the quarantine anchorage
aforesaidj any case or cases of plague should occur on board, the
said vessel shall remain in quarantine for a period of fifteen
days from the date of the last case occurring, and be subject to all the
prohibitions provided for in rule IV.
VI.—When any vessel has been'placed in quarantine as aforesaid, the
Health Officer may direct the removal of so many of the passengers and
crew as may not be suffering from illness, and whose services may not
be required on board the vessel, to such particular spots as may from
time to time be selected as places of quarantine, there to remain for a
period of fifteen days. If a case of plague occurs among such passengers
and crew during any such period, they shall remain in a place of
quarantine for a period of fifteen days from the date of the occurrence
of the last case of such illness.
VII.—Any mails or cargo which may be brought by any vessel so
arriving shall be landed under such precautions as the Health Officer
may deem necessary to prevent the spread of the disease.
VIII.—It will be the duty of the Port Officer to facilitate the convey-
ance to all vessels in quarantine of such supplies of provisions, stores
or other articles as may be required by those on board. Such supplies
will be placed on the boats of the vessels in quarantine, to be subse-
quently removed by members of their crews.
IX.—All vessels arriving at the'port which may have communicated
with infected vessels coming from Bombay shall be subjected to the
same quarantine as vessels arriving from Bombay with plague on
board.
No. 43.
Telegram, dated 2nd January 1897.
From—Madras, Marine, Madras,
To—Home, Calcutta.
Your telegram 562-Sanitary. Quarantine against Karachi will be
imposed at port of Madras with effect from the 6th instant. Copy of
rules follows.
No. 44,
Telegram, dated 6th January 1897.
From—Madras, Marine, Madras,
To—Finance, Calcutta.
Sanction requested to issue of Quarantine rules against Bombay
and Karachi for port of Tuticorin, similar to those sanctioned for
Madras. Steamers occasionally arrive at Tuticorin from the infected
ports named.
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No. 45.
Telegram, No. 10, dated 8th January 1897.
From—Home, Calcutta,
To—Secretary to the Government of Madras, Marine Department.
Your telegram dated 6th. Governor General in Council sanctions,
as a temporary measure, the issue of Quarantine rules against Bombay
and Karachi for port of Tuticorin, similar to those sanctioned for
Madras. Please wire date of Notification publishing rules, and send
copy for publication in Gazette of India.
No. 46.
Telegram, dated the nth January 1897.
From—Madras, Marine, Madras,
To—Home, Calcutta.
Your telegram 10-Sanitary. Quarantine against Bombay and
Karachi will be imposed at port of Tuticorin with effect from the 13th
instant. Copy of rules follows.
No. 47. Notification of the Government of India in the Home Department, No. 33, dated
the 15th January 1897.
Rules at Madras
against Karachi.
The following rules for quarantine against plague, which have ,
been made by the Government of Madras in exercise of the power
conferred by section I, Act I of 1870, with the previous sanction of
the Governor General in Council, are published for general inform-
ation.
The rules have effect from the 6th January 1897 as a temporary
measure at the port of Madras :—
I.—The Commander of every vessel arriving from Karachi shall,
before entering the port, indicate his arrival by signal.
II.—Such Commander shall not, except as hereinafter provided,
allow any communication, either with the pilot boat, except orally,
or with the shore, or with any other vessel or boat in the port.
III.—Immediately on any such arrival being signalled, the Health
(or other Medical) Officer of the port shall go alongside the vessel and
ascertain by inquiry from the Commander whether any person on
board is suffering, or has during the voyage suffered, from plague,
If there is no case of plague on board, pratique may be granted at the
discretion of the Health Officer whether the vessel carries a qualified
Medical Officer or not. Pratique granted at Colombo will be recog-
nised.
IV.—If the Health Officer shall have reason to believe at the time
when the vessel arrives in the port that any person on board is
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hoist a yellow flag, and indicate by signal the port from which she has
come, and shall keep such flag and signal flying until permitted to
take it down as hereinafter provided. The pilot on going alongside a
vessel from Karachi shall direct the flag prescribed above to be hoisted
if it has not already been done.
* N.B.—Pilotage is compulsory for
all vessels over 100 tons in the Port of
Calcutta.
II.—The Commander shall not, without first having obtained permis-
sion as hereinafter provided, allow any
communication except orally with the
shore or any other vessel or boat,
excepting only with the boat supplying the Pilots* from the Pilot Brig
and in that case communication shall be limited to receiving on board
the Pilot, his Leadsman, servant and baggage.
III.—If there is any case of sickness on board, and the Pilot has
reason to believe that it is plague, he shall telegraph to the Port
Officer from Saugor, and not proceed beyond Diamond Harbour
without the permission of the Port Officer.
IV.—If the Pilot has no reason to believe that there is any one
suffering from plague on board, he shall bring the vessel up the river
to Mateeabrooj, and shall anchor it there till the Health Officer has
visited it,
V.—The Health Officer, as soon as he has received information of
the vessel at Mateeabrooj, shall visit it, and ascertain by enquiry from
the Commander or the Medical Officer on board, or other sources of
information, whether any person on board is suffering or has suffered
from plague.
VI.—If the Health Officer is satisfied that no one is suffering from
plague, or has suffered from plague since the vessel left Karachi, and
if the vessel has been allowed pratique at any intermediate port
including Colombo, he shall allow the passengers to land, but shall
detain the vessel at Mateeabrooj, till such measures have been taken
for the disinfection of the mails and cargo and hold as he may consider
necessary.
VII.—When he is satisfied that the necessary measures have been
taken for the disinfection of the mails, -cargo and hold, he shall allow
the mails and cargo to be landed, and shall by writing under his band,
to be delivered to the Commander, permit such vessel to haul down
the yellow flag, and to proceed upwards in the Port, and to hold free
communication with the shore and with vessels and boats in Port.
VIII.—If the vessel has not been allowed pratique at Colombo or
other intermediate ports, or if through her not carrying a qualified
Medical Officer, or for other reasons, the Health Officer is not satisfied
that no one on board has suffered during the voyage from plague, he
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shall direct the Commander to take the vessel to the quarantine
anchorage at Mateeabrooj or elsewhere duly appointed by the Port
Officer, there to remain for a period of eight days from the date of
arrival in harbour. The Health Officer shall also direct the Commander
to prohibit, during the period for which the vessel remains at the
quarantine anchorage as aforesaid, all communication, except such as
is hereinafter provided for, between such vessel and the shore or other
vessels or boats in the harbour.
IX.—If the Health Officer, as the result of the enquiry made under
paragraph V above, shall have reason to believe, at the time when the
vessel arrives in the harbour, that any person on board is suffering from
plague, or if during tne time the ship is in quarantine at Mateeabrooj
under Rule VIII, any case of the disease breaks out, he shall direct the
Commander to take the vessel to the quarantine anchorage at Diamond
Harbour or elsewhere duly appointed by the Port Officer, there to
remain for a period of fifteen days from the day of arrival in the
harbour ; and shall further direct that during such fifteen days, in-
tercourse between the vessel detained under this Rule, or Rule III, and
the shore or other vessels or boats in the harbour, shall be prohibited
as provided in Rule II.
X.—If during the period a vessel is at the quarantine anchorage
aforesaid, any case or cases of plague should occur on board, the said
vessel shall remain in quarantine for a period of fifteen days from the
date of the last case occurring, and be subject to all the prohibitions
provided for in Rule IX.
XI.—When any vessel has been placed in quarantine as aforesaid,
the Health Officer may direct the removal of so many of the passen-
gers and crew as may not be suffering from illness, and whose services
may not be required on board the vessel, to such particular spots as
may from time to time be selected by the Port Officer as places of
quarantine, there to remain for a period of eight days if under Rule
VIII, or if the vessel has been placed in quarantine for fifteen days,
for a period of fifteen days. If a case of plague occurs among such
passengers and crew during any such period, they shall remain in a
place of quarantine for a period of fifteen days from the date of the
occurrence of the last case of such illness.
XII.—It will be the duty of the Port Officer to facilitate the convey-
ance to all vessels in quarantine of such supplies of provisions, stores
and other articles as may be required by those on board. Such sup-
plies will be placed on the boats of the vessels in quarantine, to be
subsequently removed by members of their crews.
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No. 49. Notification of the Government of India, in the Home Department, No. 28, dated
the I4th January 1897.
Rules at
Rangoon against
Karachi.
The following rules for quarantine against plague which have been
made by the Chief Commissioner of Burma in exercise of the power
conferred by section t, Act I of 1870, with the previous sanction of
the Governor General in Council, are published for general inform-
ation.
The rules have effect from the 1st January 1897 as a temporary
measure at the port of Rangoon :—
I.—The commander of every vessel, including junks or other
native craft, arriving from Karachi, shall, on arrival at
the pilot brig, hoist a yellow flag and indicate by signal
the port from which she has come.
II.—Such commander shall not, except as hereinafter provided,
allow any communication either with the shore or with
any other vessel or boat except with the boat supplying
a pilot from the pilot brig, and in that case communi-
cation shall be limited to receiving on board the pilot,
his servant, if any, and baggage.
III.—The pilot shall not take such vessel higher than Elephant
Point, but shall anchor it there until the Health Officer
of the Port has visited it and ascertained by inquiry
from the commander whether any person on board is
suffering, or has during the voyage suffered, from
plague. If the Health Officer is satisfied by such
enquiry that no person on board is suffering, or during
the voyage has suffered, from plague, the Health Officer
may, by writing under his hand to be delivered to the
commander, permit such vessel to haul down the yellow
flag and proceed upwards in the port and hold free
communication with the shore and with vessels and
boats in port. Provided that, if the vessel has under-
gone since leaving Karachi a quarantine, which is pro-
perly proved, for not less than eight days at Colombo,
or some other British port, the Health Officer shall
grant such permission as aforesaid.
If the vessel has not undergone eight days' quarantine at Colombo
or some other British port since leaving Karachi, the Health Officer
may direct the commander to take the vessel to the quaran-
tine anchorage and there to remain for a period of eight days from
the date of arrival in the harbour. In such case the Health Officer
shall also direct the commander to prohibit, during the period for
which the vessel remains at the quarantine anchorage as aforesaid,
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all communication, except such as is hereinafter provided for between
such vessel and the shore, or other vessels and boats in the har-
bour.
IV.—If the Health Officer shall have reason to believe at the
time when the vessel arrives in the harbour that any
person onboard is suffering, or during the voyage has
suffered, from plague, he shall direct the commander to
take the vessel to the quarantine anchorage as afore-
said, and there to remain for a period of fifteen days
from the day of arrival in the harbour; and shall further
direct that during such fifteen days intercourse between
the said vessel and the shore or other vessels and boats
in the harbour shall be prohibited as provided in Rule
ill.
V.—If during the period a vessel is at the quarantine anchorage
aforesaid any case or cases of plague should occur on
board, the said vessel shall remain in quarantine for a
period of fifteen days from the date of the last case
occurring, and be subject to all the prohibitions pro-
vided for in Rules III and IV.
VI.—When any vessel has been placed in quarantine as afore-
said, the Health Officer may direct the removal of so
many of the passengers and crew as may not be suffer-
ing from illness, and whose services may not be required
on board the vessel, to such particular spots as may
from time to time be selected by the Chief Commis-
sioner as places of quarantine, there to remain for a
period of eight days, or if the vessel has been placed in
quarantine for fifteen days, for a period of fifteen days.
If a case of plague occurs among such passengers and
crew during any such period, they shall remain in a
place of quarantine for a period of fifteen days from the
date of the occurrence of the last case of such illness.
VII.—Any mails or cargo which may be brought by any vessel so
arriving shall be landed under such precautions as the
Health Officer may deem necessary to prevent the
spread of the disease.
VIII.—It will be the duty of the Conservator of the Port to facili-
tate the conveyance to all vessels in quarantine or such
supplies of provisions, stores, and other articles as may
be required by those on board. Such supplies will be
placed on the boats of the vessels in quarantine to be
subsequently removed by members of their crews.
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IX.—All vessels arriving at Rangoon, which may have commu-
nicated with any vessel coming from Karachi, shall be
subjected to the same quarantine as vessels arriving at
Rangoon from Karachi unless the communication was
held after the vessel from Karachi was released from
quarantine.
QUARANTINE AT BOMBAY AND AT MINOR PORTS IN THE
BOMBAY PRESIDENCY.
No. 50. Resolution of the Government of Bombay, No. 1975—1446-?., dated the I2th April
1897.
His Excellency the Governor in Council is pleased to make the
following rules under Act III of 1897, and to publish them for general
information :—
The Bombay Plague Committee is hereby authorized to appoint
persons as plague authorities.
2. Such plague authorities are hereby empowered to medically
inspect persons coming to Bombay Island by sea, by vessels, includ-
ing native craft, which have touched at any port in India between
Bhatkal and a line ten miles north of Karachi, and to detain or send
for detention to such hospitals or other places as may be appointed by
the Bombay Plague Committee for the purpose any persons whom
they find or suspect to be suffering from plague.
3. The Master of every vessel, including buggalows and every
kind of native craft arriving at the Port of Bombay from or having
had communication with any place on the West Coast of India
between Bhatkal and a line ten miles north of Karachi, on board of
which there is, or has been during the voyage from which she is
arriving or has last arrived, either among the passengers or crew, any
case or suspicious case of bubonic plague, or if one or more deaths
from any cause whatever shall have occurred on board on the said
'voyage, shall report the same at the earliest possible moment by
signal to the Health Officer of the Port or through the Pilot or Water
Police.
4. If the vessel is coming into port, the Master shall report such
cases to the Pilot or other boarding officers at the earliest possible
opportunity, or if she be not boarded, or is already at anchor within
port limits, shall hoist a signal, which shall be, during the day, the
flag R of the Commercial Code at the main, and during the night, at
the same place, 3 lights, namely, red, white and red, and shall also
verbally by an officer, or in writing, inform the officer in charge of the
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Harbour Police. It shall be the duty of the Pilot or other officers to
whom such report under Rule I is made to communicate the same
without delay to the Health Officer of the Port.
5. Pending the arrival of the Health Officer of the Port, the
Master shall anchor in the stream, and shall not permit the departure
or landing of any of his crew or passengers until permitted to do so
by the Health Officer of the Port.
6. The Masters of vessels to which rule 3 is applicable and the
Masters of all vessels arriving from the ports or places inside the
limits prescribed in rule 3 shall only permit the disembarkation of
their crews and passengers between the hours of 6 A.M. and 6 P.M."
and at such bandars or places as may be directed by the Health
Officer of the Port.
No. 51.
Resolution of the Government of Bombay, No. 1211—710-?., dated the 6th March
1897.
RESOLUTION.—Under Act III of 1897 the Governor in Council
is pleased to prescribe the following rules and to authorise the
Commissioners of Divisions to apply them, as a temporary measure,
to any ports in the Bombay Presidency, reporting to Government from
time to time the ports to which he has applied them :—
(1) Any vessel, except ferry boats (to which the rules of Govern-
ment Resolution No. 883—351-P., dated I7th February 1897, apply)
arriving at a port, shall anchor at a place fixed for such purpose,
and the passengers and crew shall be examined before she is granted
entry inwards and is allowed to land passengers or cargo.
(2) If any of the passengers or crew are found by the plague
authority to be plague-stricken, the patient or patients shall be
removed to the nearest segregated hospital, and the vessel shall be
made to proceed to the place set apart for the anchorage of such
vessel. Such vessels shall not communicate with the shore or land
or receive cargo for the period of eight days. Provisions, etc., shall
be sent to her under directions from the Port Officer or other officer
appointed for the purpose by the Commissioner of the Division and
shall be passed up the side in receptacles which shall not be received
back.
(3) If no further plague case occurs on board during such period
of eight days, she may receive pratique. If other cases occur, the
course directed in Rule (2) shall be followed for a further period of
eight days respectively. The vessel shall not receive pratique, or
communicate with the shore or receive cargo or receive provisions
otherwise than as directed in Rule (2) until after the lapse of eight
days from the occurrence of the last case.
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(4) If a vessel arrives with a case of simple fever on board, the
above rules shall apply to her, but the detention shall be for a period
of four days, subsequent to which, if no plague cases develope, she
may be granted entry inwards.
(5) If a place on shore suitable for the segregated accommodation
of passengers is available, the passengers from vessels treated as
above may be removed to the same and placed there under observa-
tion instead of being detained on board.
(6) Cargo unloaded from vessels which have been quarantined on
account of ascertained or suspected plague on board shall be removed
by the consignee to a place set apart for the purpose and exposed to
the sun for a period of three days, or in the case of cargo which may
have become damp until such further period as may be necessary to
thoroughly dry it, after which it may be taken possession of by the
consignee.
(7) Bedding, rags, etc., may not be landed from vessels aforesaid
and if landed shall be destroyed.
(8) Piece-goods and other articles liable to carry infection brought
by vessels aforesaid shall be fumigated or otherwise disinfected before
' being carried away by the consignee.
(9) Any grain brought to the port and landed from any vessel and
found by a Magistrate to be unfit for human consumption shall be
destroyed.
(10) Any port may be declared to be an infected port by the
District Magistrate. Vessels arriving from such ports, even if no case
of plague has occurred on board, shall not be granted entry inwards
unless or until eight clear days have elapsed from the date of her
departure from the aforesaid port. If the vessel arrives before the
expiry of such eight days, she shall remain at the anchorage fixed for
such vessels until such eight days have elapsed, subject to the condi-
tions laid down in Rules 2, 5, and 6, after which, if no plague case is
discovered on board, she shall obtain pratique. If plague is developed
or has been developed before her arrival, all the above quarantine
rules shall apply to her, her crew, passengers and cargo.
MODIFICATION OF THE ADEN QUARANTINE RULES.
No. 52.
Telegram, dated Bombay, the 31st January 1897.
From—The Secretary to the Government of Bombay, General Depart-
ment,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department.
Resident, Aden, represents inadequacy of quarantine measure for
Aden as voyages from Bombay and Karachi are short, and recommends
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quarantine for at least ten days on all arrivals from these two ports.
Government propose quarantine for the period by which the number
of days spent on voyage falls short of ten days.
No. 5£
Telegram No. 287, dated Calcutta, the 2nd February 1897.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department,
To—The Secretary to the Government of Bombay, General Department.
Your telegram dated 31st. Quarantine at Aden. Governor
General in Council sanctions under section I, Act I, 1870, quarantine
against arrivals from Bombay and Karachi for the period by which
the number of days spent on the voyage falls short of ten days.
Please issue notifications modifying existing rules and inform Govern-
ment of India of date on which notifications issue and send copies for
publication in Gasette of India.
No. 54.
Telegram No. 379, dated Calcutta, the 7th February 1897.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department,
To—The Secretary to the Government of Bombay, General Department.
Your letter 515, dated 3oth January. Quarantine Rules, Aden.
Please wire if Government of Bombay consider that an altera-
tion of rule 3 to require medical inspection of all vessels irrespective
of time of arrival and deputation of another medical officer to Aden
to assist Port Surgeon will meet circumstances of case. If so, Gov-
ernment of India will arrange to send officer.
No. 55.
Telegram, dated Bombay, the 8th February 1897.
From—The Secretary to the Government of Bombay, General Depart-
ment,
To—The Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department.
Your telegram 379. Aden Quarantine Rules. Rule should be
altered to make inspection of all ships necessary irrespectively of
time of arrival, but it is not thought necessary either to appoint
another Port Surgeon or to compel the present one to inspect at
night. Except in case of mail steamers, vessels from Bombay and
Karachi should be compelled to wait till morning for their inspec-
tion.
No. 56.
Telegram, No. 412, dated the loth February 1897.
From—The Secretary to the Government of India, Home Department,
To—The Secretary to the Government of Bombay, General Department.
Your telegram of 8th. Aden Quarantine Rules. Government
of India apprehensive lest prohibition at Aden of medical inspection by