ملف ٢٩٠٨/١٩٠٧ الجزء ٣ "الخليج الفارسي: الحجر الصحي؛ شكوى ألمانية" [ظ‎‎٨‎٣] (٢٥٠/١٦٦)

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(5.) The parts of the ship that have been occupied by persons ill
with plaoue, or that, in the opinion of the sanitaiy authority, are
infected, must be disinfected; • i i <>
(6.) The rats on board must be destroyed, either before or after
discharge of cargo, as quickly as possible, and, in anj' case, within
a maximum time of forty-eight hours, and so as to avoid damage
to merchandize and to the ship s plating and engines. In the case
of ships in ballast, this process must be carried out as soon as
possible before taking cargo.
Art. 22. In the case of plague, suspected ships shall undergo
the measures specified in (1), (4), and (5) of Article 21.
In addition, the crew and passengers may be subjected to
surveillance, the duration of which, dating from the arrival of the
ship, shall not exceed five days. The crew may, during the same
period, be prevented from leaving the ship except on duty.
Destruction of rats on board is recommended. This process
shall be carried out, either before or after discharge of cargo, as
quickly as possible, and, in any case, wiuhin a maximum time of
forty-eight hours, and so as to avoid damage to merchandize and
to the ship’s plating and engines.
In the case of ships in ballast, this process, if there be occasion
for it, shall be carried out as soon as possible, and, in any case,
before taking cargo.
Art. 23. In the case of plague, healthy ships shall be given free
pratique immediately, whatever their bill of health may be.
The only measures which the authority of the port of arrival
may take as regards these ships are the following:—
(1.) Medical inspection;
(2.) Disinfection of soiled linen, wearing-apparel, and other
articles belonging to the crew and passengers, but only in excep
tional instances, when the sanitary authority has special reasons
for regarding them as infected ;
(3.) The sanitary authority may subject ships from an infected
port to a process intended to secure destruction of rats on board,
either before or after discharge of cargo, although this measure
must not be resorted to as a general rule. This process must be
carried out as soon as possible, and, in any case, must not take
longer than twenty-four hours, and so as to avoid damage to
merchandize and to the ship’s plating and engines, and also so as
not to interfere with the coming and going of passengers and crew
between ship and shore. In the case of ships in ballast, the
process, if there be occasion for it, shall be carried out as soon as
possible, and, in any case, before taking cargo.
If a ship from an infected port has been subjected to measures
of rat-destruction, these cannot be repeated unless the ship has
called at an infected port and has there brought up to the quay, or
unless sick or dead rats are found on board.
The crew and passengers may be subjected to surveillance