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Credit: British West Indian Conference on Quarantine, 1888. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Mb. LOW: We miglit also shorten it by leaving out duly : if discharged, it must have been duly discharged. Dr. grieve : Strike out by direc- tion of the Governor or of the Quaran- tine Board, or of some person duly authorized by such Board, and substi- tute except as herein provided : and all the rest of the section to come out. The president : That does not deal with the question raised by Capt. Maling. Mr. BERKELEY: It could come in under a proviso. Dr. GRIEVE: I don't see any section which makes it an offence to leave the Quarantine ground. The PRESIDENT: We might say: nothing herein contained shall pre- vent any vessel ordered to the quaran- tine ground from leaving the colony altogether Capt. MALING: For the period for which quarantine could be exacted. The PRESIDENT: Then if she comes back she is treated as if we had never seen her before. Capt. MALING: The object is that instead of riding out at quarantine, if she comes in and has to stay 14 days, if she choose to go 14 days to sea, and come back, I don't see the slightest reason why she should not do so. The PRESIDENT: Suppose she leaves the quarantine station before she has been disinfected, and comes back at once, she is still an infected vessel. Mr. BERKELEY: I don't think there is anything in the Act to prevent a vessel going to sea. Capt. MALING : It will quite meet the case if the vessel is not compelled to ride it out in the quarantine ground. Mr. SANDERSON: There is no power in the world to compel it. Clause 25, Penalty on Master for infringement of Ordinance. Page 48. Dr. grieve : Should we not, to save the duplication of clauses, say leave the quarantine place on shore ? Mb. SANDERSON: I don't think you could; you are making the master liable for allowing anybody to leave the vessel. Clause 25, amended. (See Minutes, Fourth Sitting. Page 67.) Mr.McKINNEY: There is a point not touched upon. Where a passenger in quarantine wants to leave the colony by some ship, whether he should be prevented ? Dr. bo wen : As a matter of fact, no ship would take him. Mr. McKINNEY : Ships have taken them. Dr. BOWEN : With us she would have got a foul bill of health. If we had a lot of smallpox in the Bay, we would not allow him to go on board a vessel leaving for Demerara and give her a clean bill of health. Mb. BERKELEY: I cannot see myself the wisdom of eliminating the power; we had better say with the permission of the Governor. Mr. SANDERSON: Put it with the permission of the Quarantine Authority. Dr. BOWEN : Let it alone ; it may be provided for afterwards; when you come to cargo being landed, then pas- sengers may tranship. Mr. BERKELEY : Don't you think as you have given power to the Gover- nor to declare infected vessels, you may at least give this lesser power also ? —the power of allowing them to quit the vessel. The president : To quit the ves- sel to go away, but not to land. Mr. SANDERSON : Go back to Sec- tion 23 :— [See Section 23, Page 48, substituting the term Health Officer for Harbour Master or Visiting Officer.] The PRESIDENT: It should be except by permission of the Quaran- tine Authority. Mr. BERKELEY: I don't believe tinkering Acts. This one was submit- ted to every Council and to every Co- lony, and unless you can bring forward really good reasons for departing from an Act most carefully considered, like this, I should advise you to be most](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21297678_0182.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
