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 INTERNATIONAL SANITARY CONVENTION. JtrNE 21,1926. appears suspicious in the opinion of the health authority shall be disinfected. The duration of these operations, including debarka- tion and embarkation, shall not exceed forty-eight hours. Provided the time limit be not exceeded, the sanitary authority may perform such bacteriological examinations as may be deemed necessary. If no real or suspected case of plague or cholera is discovered dur- ing these operations, the pilgrims shall be reembarked immediately and the vessel shall proceed toward Jeddah. Vessels found, on medical inspection, to be uninfected shall not q.:r..TarmstroBot (talk)ItIOD8 undergo the measures prescribed hereinabove, if the following condi- . tions are fulfilled: (1) All pilgrims on board have been immunized against cholera and smallpox; (2) The requirements of this Convention have been strictly fol- lowed; (3) There is no reason to doubt the declaration of the captain and doctor of the ship to the effect that no case of plague 1 cholera or smallpox has occurred on board, either at the time of departure or during the voyage. 2585 not reo For plague, the provisions of Article 27 shall be applied with Rats. regard to the rats which may be found on board the vessels. .dnte, p. 25113. ARTICLE 129. S'U8pici0'U8 vessels on board of which there were cases of plague in Suspected ships. the six days following the embarkation and on board of which an unusual mortality of rats is discovered or cases of cholera at the time of departure but no new case in the last five days, shall be treated in the following manner: The pilgrims shall be landed; take a shower or sea bath; and their tment pre· soiled linen and the part of their wearing apparel and ba~gage which Set. • appears suspicious in the opinion of the health authontr shall be disinfected; the parts of the vessel that have been occupIed by the patients shall be disinfected. The duration of these operations, mcluding debarkation and embarkation, shall not exceed forty-eight hours. Provided this period is not exceeded, such bacteriological examination as may be considered necessary by the sanitary authority may be made. If no real or suspected case of plague or cholera is discovered during these operations, the pilgrims shall be reembarked immediately and the vessel shall proceed to Jeddah. For plague, the provisions of Article 26 shall be applicable with Rats. regard to the rats which may be found on board. .dntt, p. 2.>;6.~. ARTICLE 130. Injected vessels, that is, those having cases of plague or cholera on Infected ships. board or having had cases of plague more than six days after em- barkation, or cholera on board within five days, or on board of which rats infected by plague have been discovered, shall undergo the following treatment: The/ersons stricken with plague or cholera shall be landed and PJ!;~ to be em· isolate at the hospital. The other passengers shall be landed and . isolated in groups comprising as few persons as possible, so that the whole number may not suffer with and for a particular group in which plague or cholera should uevelop. The soiled linen, wearing apparel, and clothing of the crew and passengers, as well as the vessel, shall be disinfected. However the local health authority may decide that the unloading of the heavy baggage and the cargo is not necessary, and that only a part of the vessel need be disinfected.

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