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The expression Cholera-affected area or Plague-affected area means an area
within the United Kingdom, and which for the time being is affected with
Cholera or Plague.
An Outward Bound ship means, a ship employed or in course of preparation
for employment, in trading or going beyond the United Kingdom, Channel
Islands, and the Isle of Man.
The expression "Specified Article" means, in relation to Cholera- or Plagueinfected
areas, body linen or clothing, or bedding which has been in use.
In relation to a Cholera-infected area, it means rags, except such rags as are
compressed and carried in bales as merchandise in bulk.
In relation to a Plague-infected area, rags including such rags as are
compressed, and carried in bales as merchandise in bulk.
The expression "Local Commodity" used in relation to a specified article
means, an article kept, placed, or deposited for any purpose of manufacture,
trade, or industry, within a Cholera-infected area or a Plague-infected area.
Part II. Article V— Where an outward bound ship is in a district
which is or comprises a Cholera- or Plague-infected area, the Medical Officer of
Health in the exercise of his discretion, may at any time, and on the requisition
in writing of the master shall, within twelve hours after receiving such
requisition, visit an outward bound ship, and examine every person on board.
He may also, and on the requisition of the master, shall examine any clothing,
or bedding, or any other article of personal use which, in the opinion of the
Medical Officer of Health, may have been exposed to infection.
Article VI.—Provides that every person on board shall answer truly all
such questions as may be put to him, and give all such information as may be
required by the Medical Officer of Health.
Article VII.—If the Medical Officer of Health, after examining the persons
&c.,on board an outward bound ship, is of opinion that there are no cases of
Cholera or Plague, or any illness which may prove to be Cholera or Plague, if
he has made the examination in the exercise of his discretion he may, and if
he has made the examination at the request of the master, he shall give a
certificate in writing, recording any matters which he deems necessary.
This certificate may state that the clothing, bedding, or other articles, have
been cleansed or disinfected, or that rats on board have been destroyed, and so
may facilitate the admission into pratique in foreign ports of such vessel, or no.
Article VIII. provides that if any person on board is found suffering from
Cholera or Plague, or from an illness which may prove to be Cholera or
Plague, such person shall be forthwith removed to hospital, and the Medical
Officer of Health shall take such steps as appear to him necessary for
preventing the spread of infection, and the ship shall not proceed to sea until
the work of disinfection or destruction has been completed to the satisfaction
of the Medical Officer of Health.