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Credit: British West Indian Conference on Quarantine, 1888. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[II.] QUAEANTINE BOARD. Resolutions moved by N. Darnell Davis, Esq., seconded by his Worship the Mayor, and carried at a Meeting held on 22nd March, 1888. I. That it is desirable that the several Countries and Colonies throughout the West Indies should adopt a uniform system of Quarantine. II. That his Excellency the Governor be respectfully asked to obtain, for the information of this Board, Copies of aU the Laws, Regulations, and Proclamations that are now in force in the several Countries and Colonies throughout the West Indies, and, at the same time, to forward to the respective Governments Copies of all Laws and Regulations relating to Quarantine in British Guiana. III. That to secure, as far as practicable, a uniform system^ of Quarantine throughout the British Colonies in the West Indies, it is desirable— That: 1. The Laws of the several Colonies relating to Quar- tine and the Regulations thereunder be assimi- lated. 2. A common understanding be arrived at as to the meaning of such terms as Epidemic, Frevalent, Infected, and No7i- Communication. 3. The forms of Bills of Kealtli, Certificates of Non- Communication, and other Certificates, the manner of filling them up, and annotatmg them, and the action to be taken upon such documents, be identical. 4. A uniform system of Disinfection be agreed upon. 5 A uniform system of dealing loith persons, vessels, and things in Quarantine be agreed upon.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21297678_0234.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
