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Article 18.—The given proprietor of such merchandise, or his representative
has the right to exact from the sanitary authority a certificate showing the
measures that have been taken for disinfection or storage.
Article 19.—Soiled linen, clothing and articles carried as baggage, or as
household goods, from an infected local area, shall be disinfected only when
the sanitary authority considers them infected.
Article 20.—Classification of ships—
(a) " Infected."
(b) " Suspected."
(c) " Healthy."
(a) " Infected," where there has been one or more cases of plague
or cholera on board within seven days.
(b) " Suspected," if there have been cases of plague or cholera on
board at the time of departure or during the voyage, but no
fresh cases within seven days.
0) "Healthy," notwithstanding that the vessel has come from an
infected port, if there has been no death from nor case of
plague or cholera on board either before departure or during
the voyage or on arrival.
Article 21.—(a) Infected ships, on arrival, shall undergo the following
measures:—
(1) Medical inspection.
(2) The sick shall immediately be disembarked and isolated.
(3) The other persons must also be disembarked if possible, and may
be kept under observation on board ship or in a sanitary station
for five days, which may be followed by surveillance of not
more than five days' duration, or merely be subjected to
surveillance during a period not exceeding 10 days, dating
from the arrival of the ship.
(4) Any soiled linen, wearing apparel, and articles belonging to the
crew and passengers as are, in the opinion of the sanitary
authority, infected, shall be disinfected.
(5) The parts of the ship that have been occupied by persons ill with
plague, or that, in the opinion of the sanitary authority,
are infected, must be disinfected.
In the case of Plague—
(6) Rats on board must be destroyed, either before or after discharge
of cargo, as quickly as possible, and, in any case, within