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And whereas by certain Orders dated the 12th day of July, 1883, and an
Order dated the 21st day of April, 1884, We prescribed Rules and Regulations
with a view to the treatment of persons affected with Cholera, and for
preventing the spread of the disease, and it is expedient that such Orders
should be revoked, and that further Regulations should be prescribed as
herein-after mentioned, to which the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Customs
have signified their consent so far as such Regulations apply to the Officers
of Customs :
NOW THEREFORE, We, the Local Government Board, do hereby revoke
the aforesaid Orders, except in so far as they may apply to any proceedings
now pending, and We do, by this Our Order, and in exercise of the power
conferred on Us by the Public Health Act, 1875, as amended and extended
by the Public Health Act, 1889, and every other power enabling Us in that
behalf, make the following Regulations, and Declare that they shall be enforced
and executed by the Authorities herein-after named
Definitions.
Art. 1.—In this Order—
The term " Ship " includes vessel or boat;
The term "Officer of Customs " includes any person acting under the authority of
the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Customs ;
The term "Master " includes the officer, pilot, or other person for the time being in
charge or command of the ship ;
The term "Cholera " includes Choleraic Diarrhoea;
The term "Sanitary Authority" means every Port Sanitary Authority and every
Urban or Rural Sanitary Authority whose district includes or abuts on any part
of a customs port, 'which part is not within the jurisdiction of a Port Sanitary
Authority;
The term "Medical Officer of Health" includes any duly qualified Medical
Practitioner appointed by a Sanitary Authority to act in the execution of this
Order;
For the purposes of this Order,—
(1.) So much of a customs port abutting on an Urban or Rural Sanitary District
ns is nearer to such District than to any other, and is not included within
the jurisdiction of any Port Sanitary Authority, shall be deemed to be within
such District;
(2.) Every ship shall be deemed infected with Cholera, in which there is or
has been during the voyage or during the stay of such ship in a port in the
course of such voyage, any case of Cholera.
I.—Regulations as to Detention by Officers of Customs.
Art. 2.—If any Officer of Customs, on the arrival of any ship, ascertain from the
Master of such ship or otherwise, or have reason to suspect that the ship is infected with