File 3122/1921 Pt 1 'Persia: Quarantine arrangements' [‎188r] (371/1174)

the delays caused by medical inspection in or
outside the harbour. Questions as to ships*
doctors becoming wholly or in part state officials P
and the possibilities of flag discrimination,; were
touched on by the Delegate for Great Britain as
features operating against any change in the
present pcacticQo A more fundamental objection^
in my ©pinion, lies in the transfer of responsibility
from the Port Authority to the ship f s doctor^ for
that is what it comes to, with the confusion that
would follow from diwided responsibilityo Measures
designed for the improrement of the professional
training and status of ships 9 doctors are all to
the goodo This in the end means additional
monetary inducements to attract the rigjit type of
doctor 0 Extra training should be in the direction (
of cxinical tuition in the prompt diagnosis of
infectious disease in its early stages,, The
non-recognition of early cases of infectious disease
is a manifest danger to the public healtho The
existing system of medical inspection of all sick
cases on board by trained port health authorities
should therefore, in my opinion* remain unchangedo
The delegate of Australia put forward a method of
standardising wireless messages to ensure economy
and celerity in clearing the ship and in providing
for the sick on hoardo No change in the present
sist oil of medical inspection could be considered
far as Australia was concernedo The delegate
of the UoSoA & was also opposed to any change in
their existing procedureo
fefcAm erican Sanitarr Bureau.
During the session the President announced
that