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The application to Port Sanitary Authorities of some such short regulations
as follows would suffice to regularise procedure :—
"Upon the receipt of any notification or information that a case of pulmonary or
otherwise infectious tuberculosis exists on board any vessel, the Medical Officer of Health
shall make such enquiries and take such steps as may appear to him to be necessary or
desirable for preventing the spread of infection and removing conditions favourable to
infection.
"The Medical Officer of Health may require the master to take or assist in taking
such steps as, in the opinion of the Medical Officer of Health, are reasonably necessary to
prevent the spread of infection by any such person, and for the removal of conditions on the
ship likely to convey infection.
"The Master of any ship shall
(a) Notify forthwith the Medical Officer of Health of any case of tuberculous
disease on the ship, and of any circumstances on board the ship likely to lead
to infection or spread of consumption.
(b) Furnish the Sanitary Authority and the Medical Officer of Health with all such
information as may be reasonably required by them for the purposes of these
Regulations.
(c) Comply with any directions or requirements of the Sanitary Authority or
the Medical Officer of Health given or made in pursuance of these Regulations.
(d) Give all such assistance to the Sanitary Authority or the Medical Officer of
Health as may be required by them in the execution of their duties in pursuance
of these Regulations."
I recommended the submission of the latter half of this Report to
the Ministry of Health with a view to determining whether such Regulation
is as feasible, all circumstances considered, as it is desirable in the interests of
Public Health.