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Rh ''1. The Camaran Station''

129. The following conditions shall exist at the Camaran station:

The island shall be completely vacated by its inhabitants.

In order to insure the safety and facilitate the movement of vessels in the bay of Camaran Island—

1. Buoys and beacons shall be installed in sufficient number.

2. A mole or quay shall be constructed to land passengers and baggage.

3. A separate flying bridge shall be arranged for the embarkation of the pilgrims of each camp.

4. A steam tug and a sufficient number of barges shall be provided in order to land and embark the pilgrims.

130. The landing of the pilgrims from infected vessels shall be effected with the means on board. If these means are inadequate, the persons and the barges which have assisted in the landing must undergo the same treatment as the pilgrims and the infected vessel.

131. The sanitary station shall comprise the following installations and equipment:

1. A system of railway tracks connecting the landing places with the administrative and disinfecting quarters as well as with the buildings used for the various services and with the camps.

2. Quarters for the administrative office and for the personnel of the sanitary and other services.

3. Buildings for the disinfection and washing of wearing apparel and other articles.

4. Buildings in which the pilgrims shall be subjected to shower or sea baths while their clothing in use is being disinfected.

5. Hospitals separated for the two sexes and completely isolated:

a) For the observation of suspects;

b) For plague patients;

c) For cholera patients;

d) For patients stricken with other contagious diseases;

e) For those sick with ordinary diseases.

6. Camps suitably separated from one another, the distance between them being as great as possible. The lodgings intended for pilgrims shall be constructed on the best hygienic principles and shall not contain over twenty-five persons.

7. A well situated cemetery, remote from all habitations, without contact with any sheet of underground water, and drained half a meter below the level of the graves.

8. Steam disinfecting chambers in sufficient number and combining all the elements of safety, efficiency, and rapidity. Apparatuses for the destruction of rats.