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 PAN-AMERICAN SANITARY CONVENTION. Ocronnn 14, 1905. 2103 SectionIV. Measures upon land frontiers.—Travelers.—Railroads.-Frontier Zones.- _M¤¤¤¤F¢S for from- River Routes. mr '·°”°S· €*°· _ ARTICLE XXXVII. Land quarantines should no longer be estab- ti§'§‘}’,§’,f,“,§`,§',,,,fl°‘°“' hshed, but the governments reserve the right to establish camps of observation if they should be thought necessary for the tempora? detention of suspects. his principle does not exclude the right for each country to close a part of its ontier in case of necessity. . ARTICLE XXXVIII. It is important that travelers should be sub- r Sg"°;;;¤Iy°:rg*¤i*· mitted to a surveillance on the part of the personnel of railroads, 08 Pa B ` to determine their condition of health. _ ARTICLE XXXIX. Medical intervention is limited to a visit ,cf;{’Qfgf§,*;’]`},Q,’;m°d· (inspection) with the taking of temperature of travelers, and the ` succor to be given to those actually sick. If this visit is made, it should be com ined as much as possible with the customhouse inspection to the end that travelers may be detained as short a time as possible. Only upersons evidently sick should be subjected to a seaXcRl1ing mgc Aexamination. TICLE . s soon as travelers comin from an infected local- *‘“"°"’,“,“,°°, °‘,W“ ity, shall have arrived at their destination, itgwould be of the greatest igiiigrnm dmutility to submit them to a surveillance which should not exceed ten or five days, counting from the date of departure, the time depending upon whether it is a question of lague or cholera. In case of yellow fever the period should be six dhys. ARTICLE XLI. Governments may reserve to themselves the right E”*¤“*°°·°'*°· to take particular measures in regard to certain classes of persons, notably va abonds, emigrants an persons traveling or passing the ‘ frontier in hands. · ARTICLE XLII. Coaches intended for the transportation of pas- °f::¤¤l:)g¤¤t;¤<{€¤¤·;g sengers and mails should not be retained at frontiers. u¤ea,m. In order to avoid this retention a system of relays ought to be established at frontiers, with transfer of assen ers, ba gage and mails. If one of these carriages be infectedp or shadl have heen occuied by a person suffering from plague, cholera or yellow fever, it shall he detached from the train for disinfection at the earliest possible mdtmenti XLIII Mth ° f f f b “’$"'°*‘° °“° P°'*· RTICLE . easures concerning e passing o ron rers y _ the personnel of railroads and of the Post Office are a matter for agree- one pmonm ment of the sanitary authorities concerned. These measures should be so arrn. ed as not to hinder the service. ARTICLEIECLIV. The regulation of frontier traffic, as well as the u£‘}'jj,*{;'°§,cf" "°°‘ adoption of exceptional measures of surveillance. should be left to ' special arrangement between contiguous countries. _ ARTICLE XLV. The power rests with governments of countries bor- R“’°' ’°“‘°’- dering upon rivers to regulate by special arrangement the sanitary regime o river routes. ARTICLES RELATING TO YELLOW FEVER. ,,QQ,‘§“""‘°"*" ’°*'“‘ ARTICLE XLVI. Ships infected with yellow fever are to be sub- I“’°”‘°‘*’*’*P* jected to the following regulations: I 1. Medical visit (Inspection). 2. The sick are to be immediately disembarked, protected by netting against the access of mosqluitoes and transferred to the place of isolation in an ambulance or a itter similarly screened. 3. Other persons should also be disembar ed if plossible, and subjected to an observation of six dags, dating from the day of arrival. 4. In the place set apart for o servation, there shall be screened apartments or cages where anyone presenting an elevation of temperature above 37.6 degrees Centigrade shall be screened until he may be carried in the manner indicated above to the place of isolation.