The quarantine laws, their abuses and inconsistencies. A letter addressed to the Rt. Hon. Sir John Cam Hobhouse / [Arthur T. Holroyd].
- Arthur Holroyd
- Date:
- 1839
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The quarantine laws, their abuses and inconsistencies. A letter addressed to the Rt. Hon. Sir John Cam Hobhouse / [Arthur T. Holroyd]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![CAPTAIN CARLTON, Captain of the Port, Malta. Question 127. Do vessels ever come to Malta from Alex¬ andria, Smyrna, or Constantinople, with clean bills of health? A. Occasionally; but rarely from Alexandria and Smyrna, and never from Constantinople. 128. When vessels arrive at Malta from Smyrna or Alex¬ andria with clean bills of health do the guardians handle the letters brought by these ships previous to fumigating them ? A. Thev do. 129. Are you aware of the fact, that Egypt is never en¬ tirely free from plague ? A. No, I am not aware of it. La Valetta, Malta, September 1838. LETTER No. III. [copy.] Syra, 10th October, 1838. Slr, . I have had the honour to receive your letter from Malta, dated 18th September, requesting information on the sanatory regulations at this island, and which I hasten to communicate to you. Vessels from all parts of Turkey and Egypt are received at Syra, and perform a quarantine of seventeen days with foul bills of health, and eleven days with clean bills of health, dating from the day of their arrival at Syra for trading vessels, and from the day of the departure of the vessel from the last Turkish or Egyptian port for men-of-war and steamers; thus for these last the days of the passage are reckoned. Should any case of plague or cholera break out during the vessel’s passage to Syra or after its arrival here, both vessel and passengers are sent to the quarantine station at the Island](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30361795_0046.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
