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Article XVII.—In the event of a death from either of these diseases, gives
the Sanitary Authority or Medical Officer of Health power to dispose of
the body.
Article XVIII. provides that any infected clothing or bedding, or article
of personal use, may be disinfected or destroyed.
Article XIX. provides for the disinfection of the infected quarters, and
their contents, on board "infected" ships.
Article XX. gives the Medical Officer of Health power to serve a certificate
to prevent the landing from any ship which may be "suspected" or
which may have come from, or has during the voyage called at an infected
port, or whether the ship is one which has passengers on board in a filthy or
unwholesome condition, or whether there are rats infected with plague, or in
which there has been daring the voyage an unusual mortality among rats.
Article XXI.—When a certificate has been given under Article XX., no
person shall leave or be allowed to leave the ship unless he satisfies the
Medical Officer of Health as to his name and intended address.
Article XXII. provides for the pumping out of bilge water, and water
ballast, in the case of vessels "infected" or "suspected" by reason of Cholera,
or which has come from a port infected with that disease.
Article XXIII.—If the ship is certified to be "infected," the master shall,
under the direction and to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health,
employ suitable means for the destruction of rats on the ship.
If the ship is "suspected," the master shall, if the Medical Officer of Health
make a requisition to that effect, employ suitable means for the effectual
destruction of the rats in the ship.
If the Medical Officer of Health certifies that the destruction of rats is
necessary as a precaution, the master of a ship which has come from an
infected port shall employ suitable means for the effectual destruction of the
rats in the ship. In the latter case, the expenses shall be borne by the
Sanitary Authority.
Article XXIV. provides that where the Medical Officer of Health certifies
in writing that a rat in the ship is infected with Plague, the master of the ship
shall employ suitable means for the effectual destruction of the rats in the ship.
If the ship is an "infected" ship, or a "suspected" ship, or as come from,
or during the voyage called at a port infected with Plague, or in which there
are rats infected with Plague, or in which there is or has been during the
voyage an unusual mortality among rats, the master shall, under the direction,
and to the satisfaction of the Medical Officer of Health, take all such
precautions for stopping the access of rats from the ship to the shore.