ملف ٢٩٠٨/١٩٠٧ الجزء ٣ "الخليج الفارسي: الحجر الصحي؛ شكوى ألمانية" [و‎‎٨‎٤] (٢٥٠/١٦٧)

mig a period which shall not exceed five days reckoned from
the date on which the ship left the infected port. The crew may
onduty h6 Same Peri ° d ’ bG prevented from leavi “g ^e ship, except
dhe competent authority at the port of arrival may, in all
cases, exact a certificate, given on oath, from the doctor of the
. iip or, m his default, from the captain, testifying that there has
ot been a case of plague on board since departure and that unusual
mortality among rats has not been observed.
Art. 24. When rats on a healthy ship have been shown by
bacteridogica 1 examination to have plague, or when unusual
mentality among these rodents has been observed, the measures to
adopt are as follows :—
I. bhips with rats having plague :—
(a.) Medical inspection;
(b.) The rats must be destroyed, either before or after discharge
tin?p r |f°f aS f qUld w T p0SSjbl0) and > in an y ca se, within a maximum
hc TV and £0 as t0 avoid damage to merchan-
uufWn Ji 0 16 S11P 8 platlDg and en o ines - Shi P s 111 ballast shall
taking g ca^ S W ° QG * S aS S00n as possib1 ^ and , in any case, before
/ Sucd ' parts of i be slli P and such articles as the local
sanitary authority regards as infected shall be disinfected;
dur r,o o pa f en g e f and crew may be subjected to surveillance
m L! peri0d wblch nmst exceed five days reckoned from
sanitorv fl mb arr f 1Va1, ^ ^ ex ceptional instances, in which the
than ten days 7 P ° ng the surveillan ee np to not more
on which unusual mortality among rats has been
II. Ships
observed:—
(a.) Medical inspection;
as possible- 3 b<3 examined for pla S ue as far and as quickly
d e st ( ru ) ctio f n it ,b b fl l 1 Tv der i ed ne T ssa1 ^ t0 destroy the rats, such
above as 1 i a ^ ?,l ace 8ub J ectl i° the conditions specified
7/ ? tt ga d S llps Wlth rats havi ng plague ;
and crew 7!!7! suspicioa s h a11 have been removed, the passengers
shall uni p ^ f ,f ub i c ' cte d to surveillance for a period which
save in pvp dayS reckoned from the date of arrival,
nilv n nlrul ii ^ T tMlce8 > 111 w hich the sanitary authority
may prolong the surveillance up to not more than ten days.
rpnnnlf* 7V rj -he sanitary authority of the port shall, whenever
equested, furnish the captain, the ship-owner, or the ship-
ownei s agent, with a certificate stating that measures of rat-
destruction have been carried out, and giving the reasons why
they were resorted to. ^