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classification of vessels—Period after which free pratique may
be given—Vessels whose destination is Aden—Vessels using
Aden as a port of call—Modification of the Aden rules with
regard to the grant of free pratique—Transhipment in quaran-
tine—Landing mails and cargo—Supplies for vessels in quaran-
tine—Vessels communicating with vessels from an infected port-
Bill of health—Bengal—Draft rules for Calcutta prepared by
the Government of Bengal—The Government of India point
out that healthy passengers must not be detained on board
ship—Publication of revised rules for Calcutta—Three-fold
classification of vessels—Treatment of vessels of each class
in accordance with the Venice Convention—Madras Presidency—
Publication of revised rules for ports in the Madras Presidency
based on the English Local Government Board rules and
the Venice Convention—Classification of ships—Measures on
arrival—Examination of persons on board—Treatment of the
sick—Treatment of the healthy—Observation and surveillance—
Grant of clean Bill of Health—Disinfection of the vessel—De-
struction or disinfection of contaminated and suspected articles—
Water-supply—Mails and cargo—Supplies—Burma—Draft
rules for Rangoon based on Bengal rules—Definition of infected -
port—Publication of revised rules for Burma ports—Regulations
for inspection of outward-bound vessels based on the Venice
Convention—Instructions of the Government of India—Inspec-
tion to be conducted as prescribed in the Venice Convention—
Bombay Presidency—Draft rules for the port of Bombay—
Substance of rules—Inspection on board and on shore—Reasons
why inspection on shore not made obligatory at Bombay—
Plague cases discovered on board to be mentioned in the Bill of
Health—Other matters—Bengal—Draft rules for ports in
Bengal—Difficulty of examination on shore—Examination on
board authorised—Mention of plague cases on board in the
Bill of Health—Issue of modified rules by the Government
of Bengal—Substance of rules—Madras Presidency—Vessels
using ports in the Madras Presidency as ports of call—Revised
rules issued by the Government of Madras—Restrictions
regarding embarkation of residents of infected localities, and
sailing of labourers from Tuticorin to Colombo—General
substance of rules—Remarks by the Government of India—
Examination on board and on shore—Removal of special re-
strictions regarding embarkation of passengers from infected
districts except in case of vessels bound for Ceylon—Applica-
tion of rules to vessels sailing for Burma—Prohibition of emi-
gration from the infected area
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CHAPTER XII.
MEASURES TO PREVENT THE SPREAD OF INFECTION BY MER-
CHANDISE AND FOOD-STUFFS.
Objects soiled with the excreta of patients a dangerous source of in-
fection—Orders of the Government of India forbidding the bring-
ing of susceptible articles from the Bombay Presidency and Sind
into other parts of India—Regulations with respect to rags, etc.,
issued by Local Governments—List of susceptible articles con-
tained in the Venice Convention—Treatment of susceptible
articles prescribed by the Convention—The prohibition against
import is only optional—Reasons why the Government of India
did not issue any further prohibitory orders with respect to the