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Rh They shall be instructed in all the methods and operations of disinfection in vogue, and must understand the manipulation of the substances and the handling of the instruments employed for this purpose.

63. The disinfection and isolation station of Moses Spring is placed under the authority of the chief physician of Suez.

If patients are landed there, two of the physicians of Suez shall be interned there, one to take care of plague or cholera patients, the other to care for the persons not stricken with plague or cholera.

In case there are plague and cholera patients and other sick at the same time, the number of interned physicians shall be increased to three, one for the plague patients, one for the cholera patients, and the third for those sick with other ailments.

64. The disinfection and isolation station at Moses Spring shall comprise:

1. Three disinfecting chambers, one being placed on a lighter, and the necessary apparatus for the destruction of rats.

2. Two isolation hospitals with twelve beds each, one for plague patients and persons suspected of plague, the other for persons stricken with or suspected of cholera. These hospitals shall be so arranged that the patients, the suspects, the men, and the women shall be isolated from one another in each of them.

3. Huts, hospital tents, and ordinary tents for the landed persons.

4. Bath tubs and shower baths in sufficient number.

5. The necessary buildings for the ordinary services, the medical staff, the guards, etc., a store, and a laundry.

6. A tank of water.

7. The various buildings shall be so arranged as to render impossible all contact among the patients, the infected or suspicious objects, and the other persons.

65. A machinist shall be specially intrusted with care of the disinfecting chambers installed at Moses Spring.

66. The health authority of Suez shall grant the passage through in quarantine, and the Board shall be immediately informed thereof.

In doubtful cases, the decision shall be reached by the Board.

67. As soon as the permit provided for in the preceding Article is granted, a telegram shall be sent to the authority designated by each Power, the dispatch of the telegram being at the expense of the vessel.

68. Each Power shall establish penalties against vessels which abandon the route indicated by the captain and unduly approach one of the ports within its territory, cases of vis major and enforced sojourn being excepted.