The quarantine laws, their abuses and inconsistencies : a letter addressed to the Rt. Hon. Sir John Cam Hobhouse, bart. M.P. ... / by Arthur T. Holroyd.
- Date:
- 1839
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Credit: The quarantine laws, their abuses and inconsistencies : a letter addressed to the Rt. Hon. Sir John Cam Hobhouse, bart. M.P. ... / by Arthur T. Holroyd. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.
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![Is it necessary to perform Quarantine? If necessary, in the Lazzaret or where? What length of Quarantine is required ? Is the time during which we have been on board the Steamer, since leaving Beyrout, allowed as part of our Quarantine ? If we are to be consigned to the Lazzaret, can you pro- vide us with a boat to convey us, or how are we to procure one ? We shall feel obliged by your favouring us with a reply to the above inquiries at your earliest convenience. I remain, Your obedient Servant, Arthur T. Holroyd. H.B.M. Steamer Megsera, Port of Alexandria, June 15, 1838. LETTER No. II. [copy.] M. CHASSEAUD’S REPLY. Alexandria, 15th June, 1838. Sir, The Quarantine you had to perform was twenty-one days in all, to count from your arrival; two days having now elapsed, you have yet nineteen days left. You have to perform it at the Old Harbour, in the Health Office, or near it, where you will see a flag-post (a very good and convenient place I understand). You are to land there when you like, but in the Steamer’s boat; as no shore boat or boatmen can communicate with you, since you are in Quarantine. This is all the information l could obtain for you from the Board of Health. I remain, in haste, Sir, Your most obedient and humble Servant, G. Chasseaud. Arthur T. Holroyd, Esq. Accordingly, the day following, Mr. Andrews and I went into quarantine in the Health Office, having left the Megaera in a shore boat, and not in the steamer s boat. And in this](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21966990_0009.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
