The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1900-02-16
PLAGUE PRECAUTIONS.
The Treasury Department Issues
Stringent Orders.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. "a circu-
lar from the Treasury Department
giving regulations for preventing the
Introduction of plague into the United
States was received yesterday by the
Board of Health. 1t is signed by Wal
ter Wyman, supervising surgeon gen
eral Marine Hospital Service, and ap.
proved by Secretary Gage.
The circular states that passengers
should not be vaccinated at nor en-
route from ports or places infected
with plague. Such vaccination in
creases the liability to plague infec-
ton and serves to confuse diagnosis at
the port of arrival. This operation
must be performed at the port of ar
rival just prior to release from quar-
antine.
Persons en- route to any port IN the
United States from an infected or sus-
pected district, should be held fifteen
days under observation before being
allowed to embark; otherwise the ship
will be considered as coming from an
infected port. Baggage from infected
or suspected localities must be disin
fected prior to shiment to the United
States. Vessels should not dock in
plague cities, nor lines passed to shore
that might permit rats on board to
land. Pet animals should not be taken
aboard at infected ports
In domestic ports, suspected or in
fected vessels must be quarantined in
remote places to prevent escape OF
rats; persons going aboard must re-
main on the vessel fifteen days, and
| inspection of persons shall be done
after the clothing is removed to permit
of thorough examination of all gland
ular regions.
Vessels may in the discretion of the
quarantine officer have the time OF
voyage deducted from the period OF
quarantine detention, though they
have come from suspected ports, pro-
vided the necessary precautions were
taken on the voyage. No person from
a suspected place shall be admitted
into the United States until a period
of fifteen days has elapsed, though
cabin passengers bearing certificate
of Marine Hospital surgeon officer
that their bodies and baggage were
not exposed for fifteen days previous
to embarking, may be admitted. Steer
age passengers and crew must De
bathed and disinfected before landing
The treatment of plague-infectee
vessels is made especially stringent ;.
Sulphur dioxide must be used on the
vessel, and in the mornings to XIII
rats, and guards must be stationed OF
deck and in small boats around the
ship to destroy escaping rodents. NOT
even sweepings may be thrown over
board; they must be burned with oth-
er refuse matter Persons in quaran-
tine will be segregated into groups
and kept apart Bodies must be ere
, mated in quarantine or buried IN eans-
tic lime.
Should the vessel have water ballast,
she must discharge ii at sea, and rocA
OF earth ballast must be disintecteG.
Plague in Manila.
) VICTORIA, B. c., Feb. 8.-Accoro-
ing to news brought by the steamer
. Empress of China, the plague is report
/ ed to be gaining much Roadway in Ma
/ Mia. kilograms to the Japan Dall.
y Mail, under date of January lItn arc
to the effect that there were t"e 5i,'
5 cases on one street on that date ln ~.
= outbreak is said to be causing gIees
), excitement. The Manila Times Oh al
I. earlier date says some excitement ""-