Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1885-10-02

Rules Which viii Regulate the Action
of the Iusppctors.

Rules Which Will Regulate the Action
of the Inspectors.
The arrangements for the inspection of
passengers from Montreal for the purpose
of preventing the spread of the small poX
to this state are now complete, and the
inspectors recently appointed have begun
their labOrs. Collector Smalley stated
yesterday that it was the intention
of the authorities to render the measures
of precauton so stringent that not only
would there he no chance for the spread
of the small pOX, but also that there would
be no chance for even fear of cOntagiOn
on the part of travellers in the vicinity of
the frontier.
Dr. a. W. Austin, who has been con
Quoting the investigation of the matter,
will establish his headquarters in this
city during the continuance of the system
of Inspection and ne will receive reports
from inspectors on all lines of railroads
crossing the frontier. He Will thus be
kept fully informed as to the services per
formed, including the number of persons
examined and the number of persons vac
Cinated.
The inspectors appointed have been To-
Gated as follows: Drs. II. p. Hall ana ;.
W. Page, to inspect trains ON the Central
Vermont between st. Adams and St..
Johns, ut Richford; Drs. w. II. Prime
and \. +. Hamilton, to inspect trains ON
the Southeastern railway from RiChfOrd
to Sutton Junction, at Newport DR.. j. II.
Gates to inspect trains on the Passumpslc
railroad from Newport to SherbrOOke, at
Island Pond DR.. 4. @. POttle, to inspect
trains on the Grand Trunk railway,
at Rouses Point; DR.. II. G. Tinkham of
this city to inspect trains on the Grand
Trunk as far as st. Johns. The medical
inspectors will he designated by badges
stamped Omitted States Sanitary 1nspec-
tor and the regulations to be observed
by them are us follows
Regulations for Sanitary Inspectors.
/ The following ms ructions will be observed
| by the sanitary inspector on the following
mentioned railroads crossing the United
states boundary line, viz: The Grand Trunl,
railway at Ruuscs Point. n, Y, and Island
Pond, VT. the Passumpsic railroad at New
port. VT; the Central Vermont railroad at
/ Highgatc Springs, or st. Adams; the Canada
Atlantic at X uses Point, \. Y, and the
Southeastern railway at Richford, vt,
| All persons bound for the United States
coming from Montreal or other places in Cam
ada where small pON prevails, must produce
satisfactory evidence to the inspector that
they are protected by recent vaccination, oi
| submit to this operation before they are al
lowed to cross the boundary lire.
Inspectors will Vacclnatc all unprotected
! persons free OF charge.
Persons coming from Montreal or suburban
villages will he carefully queStOnci as it
their residence. whether small poX has oc
Cured in their families, or whether they have
been in contact with the disease.
I.quiricS should also he made relative &c
their baggage, whether il consists OF bedding
household goods, etc, likely TO he injected
and if any person or arti lc of baggage is con
sidcrcd 10y the inspector infected or likely t.
introduce the disease INTO this country. they
o it should not he permitted to cross the lin,
into the United States.
You may consider persons protected Wht
may snow evidence OF nHNin" had the SINAI
pcN or NurlO old, or VINO exhibit Il well dem
ed mark OF vaccination.
You may accept IL cV dcuCc of protect on q
,cirtincjt" from any physician in good stand
ing. that tine person presenting tn" same hd
been successfully NuCclnltcd. should you
doubt the validity or authenticity of the il
tiNCJiC, You may rclH>c any ~uch person pr
scntiug tine same, the priv CgC OF crossing
. tiOL. baggage known to have come iron
ary infected dIs'rIc and believed to be Iu
icctcd viii be thoroughly iuugat"j wit
burning sulphur at the following points, viz
HouSc> Point. It. Adams. Hichlurd, Newport
} and Island Pond.
Weekly reports should Ice made to SurgcO
II. W. Austin. United States Marine lIuSpitu
= Service, HuTlinHtOn, VT. OF the number u
l train, inspected, number of pc sous cNamin
. ed, number of persons NacCiuutcd. nu ubcr q
pieces OF bugAagc tumigatcd, and any OthC
Information relative to services performed b.
the inspector.
Signed H. w. AUSTIN,
Surgeon L. :. Marine Hospital Service
tSignudj b. b. SMALLEY,
Collector of Customs, District of Vermont