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Credit: British West Indian Conference on Quarantine, 1888. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![•with, and if we found it out not to be a fact that would be a matter which when brought to notice might not be so very pleasant. Dr. crane : The certificate may have been given bona fide and in good faith, the whole circumstances having come to the notice of the person grant- ing the certificate. Dr. PEINGLE : In addition to that there is the inquiry which can be made by the ofl&cer at the port to which the vessel goes. Dr. crane : Tes, but you are not bound to make that inquiry if you have to accept the certificate—it is to cover certain things whereby the o£&cer of the port may himself have been deceived. The president : The British Con- sul sits in his oJQ&ce and receives a message from A, who got it from B, who got it from C, who says he saw it done —that's what it would amount to. Pro- ducing the certificate of non-communi- cation certifying that the conditions hereinbefore stated have been complied with shall, if the ofl&cer receiving such certificate believe it—that is what it comes to, subject to the other provisions of the Ordinance. If it was a matter of fact, and it had been known that she had done something, the other provi- sions would come in, because you wo^ld be establishing a fact which would make her an infected vessel. Dr. CRANE: I say we cannot ac- cept the certificate—we can receive it as given in every good faith and ac- cording to the knowledge of the person giving it; but if we have other know- ledge to a contrary effect we cannot accept it. The PRESIDENT: We might put that in as an interpretation upon this, subject to the other provisions of this Ordinance. Dr. bo wen : The ofl&cer makes due inquiry and certifies. Suppose some seaman opposed to the Captain tells you it has not been done ? You are going to upset all this. Dr. ORIEVE : In that case we must trust to the penal clauses. The PRESIDENT: But that does not get over the chance that in the meantime you might introduce smallpox. Shall subject to the other provisions of this Ordinance be entitled to be admitted to pratique. Dr. Crane thinks as a matter of fact you will have positive knowledge that something has been done. (To Dr. Crane) : Do you think. Dr. Crane, we ought to have this in, that the certificate shall not be accepted as such unless there is in it a statement of the exact procedure adopted; it is stringent, but I think it is neces- sary. The British Consuls at Cayenne and Martinique will have know- ledge of this, and it will be a very simple matter to them to refer to the instructions and keep to the regulations required ; but the Consul's certificate in future, unless it states that she has loaded under a sanitary guard, will not be sufl&cient. Dr. CRANE : The certificate is given by the Consul in fact, and if you stated clearly that it is very important that a certificate from a foreign country is to be given through the Consul The president : Unless given by the British Consular Authority and there is contained in it Mr. BERKELEY : You won't be able to put in British Consular Autho- rity, because at lots of these places they have not got British Consuls. Dr. CRANE: One Consul may act for many countries. Mr. SANDERSON : They can take care of themselves under that very well. The president : We may say British Consular Authority or the Governor so as to confer the responsi- bility on the highest ofl&cial. Dr. crane : Only that as a rule we will accept the Consul where there is one. The president : Are you going to give us a form of certificate ? Mr. SANDERSON: Yes, I propose this :— [Form similarlto Schedule B, Annex (L). Page 94.] Dr. PRINGLE: If a vessel shall have arrived from a cholera-infected port, we have given permission to take on board water. An uninfected vessel can take on board at an infected port.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21297678_0223.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
