Report by the Central Board of Health of Jamaica / presented to the legislature under the provisions of the 14th Vic. chap. 60, and printed by order of the Assembly.

  • Jamaica. Central Board of Health
Date:
1852
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Credit: Report by the Central Board of Health of Jamaica / presented to the legislature under the provisions of the 14th Vic. chap. 60, and printed by order of the Assembly. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    causes within the vessel, she shall be treated as hereafter to be directed. 6. That such ports or other places, shall be selected lor quarantine or sanitary stations as mav be most convenient for vessels makins: the land, selecting those if possible, >vhich may be at regular distances from each other, and which af- ford an easy access, safe anchorage, and facilities ibr cleaning foul ships, &c. That in order to ef- lect this object, a Board shall be formed, con- sisting of such harbour masters, pilots, captains of ships of war, masters of merchant vessels, and medical men, and engineers, as may be appointed, whose duty it shall be to fix upon the best and most ajjpropriate ports. 7. That all coasting vessels whatsoever, shall be subjected to the same forms and penalties as others. 8. That all vessels arriving at intermediate ports, shall be examined by a proper authority, and if not ))rovided with a passport from any one of the quarantine stations, she shall be subjected to a heavy fine. .9. That all ships of war arriving in (his island, shall not be subjected to any of these restrictions, but shall be left to the care and control of the naval officers. 10. That all steam vessels and other packets arriving in this island, at those ports, shull not be subjected to an examination; but that the health officer shall visit each, and on receiving an assurance, in writing, from the captain and sur- geon, that no disease liable to quarantine or the imposition of sanitary measures exists on board, shall ])e admitted to pratique; should disease of such a nature be on board, the passengers shall not be allowed to land or hold commnnicatioii w ith the shore, her coaling (if required,) shall be performed by her own crew ; all passengers bound! to this island shall be committud to the char<re