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Credit: British West Indian Conference on Quarantine, 1888. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The president : No, imported. Mb. BEEKELEY : I think that is very necessary. The PRESIDENT: You want to prohibit the importation of rags. Mb. low : You go on then to give the power to prohibit any other goods. The PRESIDENT: Yes; then I go on to say:—The preceding provision (See second paragraph, page 16.) That won't get rid of your vessel. Mb. LOW: The vessel is another point. Would not you give power to destroy these goods ? The PRESIDENT: Well, the pre- ceding provision shall apply. Me. BERKELEY: It had better read the hold and every compartment of every vessel. The PRESIDENT: Well, every compartment thereof. Me. BERKELEY: No, every com- partment of every vessel required to be disinfected shall be fumigated. Me. LOW: With respect to bilge water, was it proposed by the medical members of the Conference that fresh' water should be poured in ? De. crane : It comes above. Me. low : I thought the words were added fresh water shall be poured in. Me. BERKELEY: Why ? Me. low : To further clean her out. I was under the impression these words had been inserted by the medical offi- cers. The PRESIDENT : Under the head water you will get it. At clauses, No person to land, No person to go on board, Me. BERKELEY: There is no pen- alty attached to it at present. The PRESIDENT: We need not trouble about that. I will make a note of it. Members cannot be supplied with the Ordinance to-day; it will go on next mail. This is a new section drawn—I leave the onus of proof Me. low : On that I have drafted a section:— [See Annex (F) to the Minutes of the Seventh Sitting. Page 93.] Me. SANDERSON: I second that. The president : If the Confer- ence adopt that, one section will take the place of the two I left blank. ' Obstructing an Officer in the Execu- tion of duty. The president reads:— [Annex (G) to the Minutes of the Seventh Sit- ting. Page 93.] Me. SANDERSON: I move that. The president : If the members will concur we will insert the word bribes in the obstructing clause. Me. low : That will cover the rich man. The PRESIDENT: There are the schedules. The first one is on page 3, Certificate ; the other Rules for Quarantine has not been drawn. Me. SANDERSON here handed in form of certificate. The president : Will the mem- bers listen to this form of certificate ? [See Annex (H) to the Minutes of the Seventh Sitting. Page 94.] We might do away with all seals, as so many colonies have not got one. Me. low : It only means a wafer. Me. BERKELEY: That is a detail for each colony. Me. SANDERSON: You can get a seal for fifteen shillings. The president : When is it to cease being an infected place ? De. grieve : Always by procla- mation. Mb. BERKELEY: What is the object of declaring a place an *' infected place ? Me. McKINNEY: It is provided in the present law that the notification may be withdrawn. The PRESIDENT: At the end of A page 11. and by similar notifica- tion cancelled. Me. McKINNEY : It would be better to add it after B. De. grieve : Dr. Crane, is it quite clear how a ship in which there is dis- ease, whilst she is in a port is to be brought within the Ordinance ? Dr. crane : I think so.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21297678_0225.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
