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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    18. That, in order to derive all practical in- formation, and also to ensure the well working; of any bill or measure your honorable house may enact, the Board would recommend that a super- intcndant of quarantine should be appointed, whose duty it should be to pay particular atten- tion to all points connected with tlie depart- jnent—who shall draw up all regulations and di- rections to the health oflicers—shall superintend the different stations—shall act as registrar of quarantine, and be a member of the Central Board of Health. j9. That all vessels anchored within any port of this island shall be subjected to periodical in- spection of the health officer of the port, who^ shall see tliat such sanitary measures as may be directed shall be duly enforced. The Board would strongly urge upon the legislature the necessity of extending sanitary regulations to vessels anchored within Qur pons. 20. That in every instance of a vessel arriving at a port she shall at once enter, and dro]) her anchor at such convenient spot as may be deter- mined upon ; she shall, as soon after as practi- cable, be visited by the health officer, who shall board the vessel, muster the crew and passen- gers, and personally examine every individual on board ; he shall then enquire into the state of the vessel itself and its cargo during the voyage, and shall inspect the condition of the vessel. 21. If found clean in all respects, she shall im- mediately be admitted to pratique, and be allow- ed either to take up her berths or proceed at once to her destined port. 22. That a heavy penalty be imposed upon any person who shall communicate with a vesvsel thus arriving previous to the health officer's visit, as also upon any person who, from any vessel so circunibtancfd, shall lattd, attempt to land, or