File 2908/1907 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf:- Quarantine; German complaint’ [‎97v] (194/250)

Vessels carrying pilgrims belonging to the nationalities
mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall be treated according
to the rules for such pilgrims, and shall not be pemntted to enter
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\rt 140 Egyptian pilgrims shall undergo at El-Tor, Suakim,
or any ’ other station appointed by the Egyptian Sanitary Board
observation for a period of three days and medical inspection
before being given free pratique.
Art 141. If it he established that there is plague or cholera in
the Hedjaz or at the port whence the ship has come, or that either
of these diseases has occurred in the Hedjaz during the pilgrimage,
the ship shall be dealt with, at El-Tor, in the manner prescribed
for infected ships at Kamaran. , , ,
Persons suffering from plague or cholera shall be landed and
isolated in hospital? The other passengers shall be landed and
isolated in as small groups as possible in order that, if plague or
cholera break out in one group, the whole party may not be
The soiled linen, clothing, and personal effects of the crew and
the passengers, and such baggage and merchandize as are suspected
of beiim infected, shall he landed for purposes of disinfection.
These articles, and also the ship, shall be thoroughly disinfected.
Provided always that the local sanitary authority may decide
that heavy baggage and merchandize need not be unloaded and
that only part of the ship need be disinfected.
The provisions of Articles 21 and 24 regarding rats shall apply
in the event of there being any of these vermin on board.
Whether it be plague or cholera that is in question, all the
pilgrims shall be kept under observation for seven clear days,
reckoned from the day on which the measures of disinfection were
completed. If a case of plague or of cholera occur in a section,
the period of seven days for that section shall be reckoned from
the day on which the last case occurred.
Art. 142. In the circumstances provided for by the foregoing
Article, Egyptian pilgrims shall, in addition, he kept under observa
tion for a further period of three days.
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Art. 143. If it be not established that there is plague or cholera
in the Hedjaz or at the port whence the ship has come, or that
either of these diseases has occurred in the Hedjaz during the
pilgrimage, the ship shall be dealt with, at El-Tor, in the manner
prescribed for healthy ships at Kamaran.
The pilgrims shall be landed; they shall take a show er hath
or bathe in the sea; their soiled linen and any portion of their
personal effects or their baggage, open, in the opinion of the
sanitary authority, to suspicion, shall be disinfected. Ihe dura
tion of these operations, including disembarkation and embarka
tion, must not exceed seventy-two hours.