[Report 1896] / Medical Officer of Health, Southampton Port Health Authority.

  • Southampton (England). Port Health Authority.
Date:
1896
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    convenient place while the same shall be visited and examined ; but due regard shall be had to the safety of the ship and to the convenience of navigation.. 1Certifying Ship Infected. Art. 9.—If the Medical Officer of Health on making such Examination as aforesaid (whether under Article 7 or under Article 8) shall be of opinion that the ship is infected, he shall forthwith give a certificate in duplicate in the following Form, or to the like effect, and shall deliver one copy to the Master, and retain the other copy or transmit it to the Sanitary Authority. He shall also give to the Local Government Board information as to the arrival of the ship, and such other par¬ ticulars as We may require. CERTIFICATE. day of, 189 . District [or Town] Council. or Port Sanitary Authority. I hereby certify that I have examined the ship, of , now lying in the Port of [or detained at ], and I find that such ship is infected with [Cholera, or Yellow Fever, or Plague]. Medical Officer of Health [or Medical Practitioner appointed or employed by the Sanitary Authority]. Detention of Vessels. Art. 10.—The Master of any ship so certified to be infected shall thereupon moor or anchor such ship at the place fixed for that purpose under Article 6, and such ship shall remain there until the requirements of this Order have been duly fulfilled.