Volume 1

Report to the Government of British Honduras upon the outbreak of yellow fever in that colony in 1905, together with an account of the distribution of the Stegomyia fasciata in Belize, and the measures necessary to stamp out or prevent the recurrence of yellow fever / by Rubert Boyce.

  • Rubert William Boyce
Date:
1906
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Credit: Report to the Government of British Honduras upon the outbreak of yellow fever in that colony in 1905, together with an account of the distribution of the Stegomyia fasciata in Belize, and the measures necessary to stamp out or prevent the recurrence of yellow fever / by Rubert Boyce. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    manner that indemne vessels may there undergo immediately upon their arrival the prescribed measures, and not be sent for this purpose to another port. Governments should make declaration of the ports which are open in their territories to arrivals from ports infected with plague, cholera or Yellow fever. Article XXXVI.—It is recommended that in large seaports there be established :— (a) A regular medical service and a permanent medical super¬ vision of the sanitary conditions of crews, and the inhabitants of the port. (3) Places set apart for the isolation of the sick and the observa¬ tion of suspected persons. In the Stegomyia belt there must be a building or part of a building screened against mosquitoes, and a launch and ambulance similarly screened. [c] The necessary installation for efficient disinfection and bacteriological laboratories. o (d) A supply of potable water above suspicion, for the use of the port, and the installation of a system of sewerage and drainage, adequate for the removal of refuse. Articles XXX VII to XLV.—-Deal with rational measures to prevent spread of infection across frontiers and by river routes. In connection with the latter and not without interest to British Honduras, Article XLV. lays down that “ The power rests with Governments of countries bordering upon rivers to regulate by special arrangement the sanitary regime of river routes.” Article XL VI. — Ships infected with Yellow fever are to be subjected to the following regulations :— 1. Medical visit (inspection). 2. The sick are to be immediately disembarked, protected by netting against the access of mosquitoes, and transferred to the place of isolation in an ambulance or a litter similarly screened. 3. Other persons should also be disembarked if possible, and subjected to an observation of six days, dating from the day of arrival. 4. In the place set apart for observation there shall be screened apartments or cages where anyone presenting an elevation of temperature above 37-6 degrees Centigrade shall be screened until he may be carried in the manner indicated above to the place of isolation. 5. The ship shall be moored at least two hundred metres from the inhabited shore. 6. The ship shall be fumigated for the destruction of mosquitoes before the discharge of cargo, if possible. If a fumigation be not possible before the discharge of the cargo, the Health Authorities shall order either :— (a) The employment of immune persons for discharging the cargo ; or (d) If non-imrnunes be employed they shall be kept under observation during the discharge of cargo and for six days, to date from the last day of exposure on board. Article XL VII.—Ships suspected of Yellow fever are to be subjected to the measures which are indicated in Nos. 1, 3 and 5 of the preceding