The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach ; revised and enlarged by William Spooner.
- Leach, Harry.
- Date:
- 1901
Licence: In copyright
Credit: The ship captain's medical guide / compiled by Harry Leach ; revised and enlarged by William Spooner. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![act, if appointed by a Local iMarine Board, under the direction of that I^oard (except in special cases in which the i^oard of Trade require an inspection to be made), and if appointed by the Board of Trade, under the direction of the Board of Trade. (3) The medical inspector of ships shall make Ids inspection three clear days at least before the ship proceeds to sea, if reasonable notice in writing for the purpose is given to him by the master, owner, or consignee, and, where the result of the inspection is satisfactor\q shall not make another inspection before the ship proceeds to sea, unless he has reason to suspect that any of the articles inspected have been subsequently removed, injured, or destroyed. (4) If the medical inspector of ships is of opinion that the articles inspected are deficient in quantity or quality, or are placed in improper vessels, he shall give notice in writing to the chief officer of customs of the port where the ship is lying, and also to the master, owner, or consignee thereof; and the master of the ship before proceeding to sea shall produce to the chief officer of customs a certificate under the hand of the same or some other medical inspectoi- ol ships, that the default found by the inspector has been remedied ; and if that certificate is not so pro- duced, the ship shall be detained Tintil the certificate is ]U’oduced, and if the ship proceeds to sea, the owner, master, or consignee of the ship shall, for each otfence, be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty ]iounds.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28992349_0198.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
