The Daily bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Hawaii]) 1882-1895, 1892-09-28
ANTI-cHoLERA MEETING.
DR.. q. Trousseau Submits Precau-
tionary Measures.

Ut. ". Trousseau submits Precau-
tionary Measures.
At the meeting of the Board of
Health in consultation with the local
medical fraternity yesterday after
noon, DIR. Geo. Trousseau, Port Ply
stefan, read the following:
PRECAUTIONS.
In case it is ascertained that
cholera has taken foothold in the
States or in Canada, the following
regulations are respectfully submit
ted:
Ask Her Majesty, with the consent
of the Cabinet and the Privy Coun-
Gil, to proclaim that until the present
proclamation is rescinded, Honolulu
will be the only port of entry in the
Hawaiian Kingdom, and all other
ports will be at once closed to all |
foreign vessels from any country
whatsoever.
The Board of Health will imme-
diately have copies of said procla-
nation sent to all the Port Surveyors
and pilots on the other islands, in
structing pilots not to board any |
foreign vessels, but simply hand a
copy of said proclamation to the
Master, with Instructions to proceed
to Honolulu.
PORT OF HONOLULU.
No pilot is allowed to board any
vessel, steamer or sailing vessel from
any country until given leave to do
so by the Port Physician.
Every vessel is to be spoken to by
the Port Physician, who shall in ac-
cordance with the following regula-
tions allow the pilot on board or not.
Any pilot disregarding this order
will be quarantined as long as the
Board of Health thinks proper. 1t
will be the duty of the pilots to
communicate at once with the Port
Physician when vessel is signaled
And he will not go alongside the
vessel until the Port Physician has
spoken her. No vessel under any
circumstance, except stress of
weather, to be spoken to at night
No Custom House officer or guard
will be allowed on board until the
vessel shall have been allowed free
pratique, and entered the harbor
DUTIES OF THE PORT PHYSICIAN.
AS soon as possible after being in
formed that vessel is signaled, the
Port Physician shall communicate
with the pilot on duty and put off
to the vessel.
Coming alongside, and without
making fast to her, he will by means
of pole get the bill of health from
the vessel, disinfecting it either with
acetic, chlorine gas or sulphurous
acid, read it, and return it to the
Master. This applies to every yes
sci.
Special instructions for each parti-
cular case.
STEAMERS FOR HONOLULU.
If from non-infected port with
clean bill of health, the Pacific Coast
excepted, after careful examination
of passengers and crew, the Port
Physician will allow the pilot on
board, and the steamer will be al
lowed free pratique.
If from the Coast, with or without
clean bill of health this applies
especially to the Australia if cholera
breaks out in the United States), the
Port Physician shall do as follows:
If the vessel is less than ten full
days from the Coast, neither the
Port Physician nor the pilot will
board her. The latter will give full
and plain instructions to the Captain
in regard to the anchorage, without
leaving his boat.
The Port Physician will order the
vessel in quarantine for period of
not less than ten full days from the
date and hour of leaving the Coast,
and have the yellow flag hoisted
He shall report in writing to the
Board of Health and proper guards
will be sent in boats to prevent any
communication with the vessel.
Under no consideration whatever
shall vessel be allowed to enter the
harbor before the expiration of the
ten full days.
At the expiration of this period
the Port Physician shall, on the as
surance from the Captain that there
is no contagious disease on board,
examine the crew and passengers,
and if the examination is satisfac-
tory, he will allow the pilot on board,
and instruct him to anchor the yes
sci as close as possible to the Quar-
antine wharf.
The Port Physician and pilot will
land the mails at the Quarantine
wharf to be delivered to the Post
Office authorities after having been
thoroughly disinfected. They them
selves will proceed to the Quarantine
station to be thoroughly disinfected,
after which only they can return to
town.
As quickly as possible the crew
with their dunnage, passengers and
baggage, without exception, will be
landed on the Quarantine station to
undergo thorough fumigation and
disinfection, after which they will be
released.
The crew, however, will not be al
lowed on board until the vessel will
have been thoroughly disinfected.
This having been thoroughly done
to the satisfaction of the Board of
Health, free pratique will be allow
ed; the matches will be opened; Gus
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