2100 PAN—AMERICAN SANITARY CONVENTION. Ocronnn 14, 1905. N<>¤*¤f¤¤¤¤d ¤h*P¤· · ARTICLE XXIII. Ships indemne from plague are to be admitted to free pratique immediately, whatever may be the nature of their lull of health. M¤¤*¤’¤¤ •*P°"·¤ ¤* The only regulation which the sanitary authorities at a port of arsmval. . . . . _ rival may priescmbe? for them ponsrsts of the following measures. 1. 1 e ica visit ins ection . 2. Disinfection of soiled linen, articles of wearing apparel, and the other personal effects of the crew and passengers, ut only in exceptional cailses v$en EIO sanitary authorities ave special reason to believe themecte . 3. Without demanding it as a general rule, the sanitary authorities may subject ships cofrom an infected port to a process for the destruction of the rats on board before or after the disc arge of cargo. This operation should be done as soon as possible, and in all cases should not last more than twenty-four hours, care being taken to avoid damaging merchandise, ships, and their machinery, an without interfering with the passing of npassengers and crew between the ship and the shore. For ships m b ast, this procedure, if practiced, should be put in operation as soon as possible, and in all cases before taking on car o. When a ship coming from an infected port has been subjected to a process for the destruction of rats, this process should only be repeated if the ship has touched meanwhile at an infected port, and has been glonglside a quay in such port, or if the presence of sick or dead rats on oar IS proven. The crew and passengers may be subjected to a surveillance, which should not exceed five days, to be computed ifrom the date when the ship sailed from the infected port. The anding of the créesv may also, during the same time, be forbidden except for reasons o uty. Competent authority at the port of arrival may alwa s demand, under oath, a certificate of the ships physician, or in d7efault of a physician, of the captain, setting orth that there has not been a cape of plaguehon boarljd sipce delpsarturjp, and that no marked morta ity amo the rats as een o erve . n§fj}g},,,‘{$ *""*“°‘ Am·rcr.nuXXIV. When upon an indemne ship rats have been recognzed as pest-stricken as a result of bacteriological examination, or w en a mar ed mortality has been established among these rodents, the following measures should be applied: 1. Ships with pla e-stricken rats: (0.) Medical visit Illnspection). (b) Bats should be destroyed before or after the discharge of cargo, as rapidly as possible, and in all cases with a delay not to exceed fortv-eight hours; the deterioration of merchandise, vessels and machinery to be avoided. Upon shi s in ballast, this operation should be rformed as soonas possible, andiin all cases before takin on cargo. dd? Such parts of the ship and such articles as the loc5 sanitary authority regards as infected, shall be disinfected. (d)_Passengers and crew may be submitted to observation, the duration of which should not exceed five days, dating from the day of arrival, except in special cases where the sanitary authority may prolonglthe observation to a maximum of ten days. 2. S 'ps where a marked mortality among rats is observed: m§g{g§hj;f,;§]g'}u°f; (a) Medical visit_(Inspection)._ _ _ · mm. (b) An examination of rats, wrth a view to determrmng the existence of plague, should be made as quickly as possible. _(c) If the destruction of rats is judged necessary, it shall be accompjrshed undir the conditions rndicate above in the case of ships with p e·stric en rats. ISI Until suspicion may eliminated, the passengers and crew may be submitted to observation the duration of which should not
