order that any persons falling ill may be isolated therein. This compartment shall be arranged according to the directions of the Quarantine Board.
If a case of plague or cholera should appear among the passengers, the patient shall be immediately isolated in the special compartment. Upon the arrival of the train this patient shall be transferred at once to the quarantine lazaretto. The other passengers shall continue their voyage in quarantine.
Art. 12. If a case of plague or cholera should appear during the trip, the train shall be disinfected by the quarantine authority.
At all events, the cars which have contained the baggage and the mails shall be disinfected immediately after the arrival of the train.
Art. 13. The transshipment from the train to the boat shall be accomplished in the same way as at arrival. The boat receiving the passengers shall be immediately placed in quarantine and mention shall be made on the bill of health of the accidents which may have occurred en route, those persons who may have been in contact with the patients being specially designated.
Art. 14. The expenses incurred by the quarantine administration shall be borne by the party asking for the quarantine.
Art. 15. The President of the Board, or his substitute, shall have a right to watch over the train during its whole trip.
The President may, moreover, set a superior employee (besides the transit officer and the guards) to watch over said train.
This employee shall have access to the train upon mere presentation of an order signed by the President.
Annex II
(See art. 162.)
Khedival Decree of June 19, 1893
We, Khedive of Egypt,
On the recommendation of Our Minister of the Interior, with the advice and consent of our Cabinet,
Considering that it is necessary to introduce various amendments in our decree of January 3, 1881 (2 Safer 1298),
Decree:
Art. 1. The Sanitary, Maritime, and Quarantine Board shall decide on the measures to be taken to prevent the introduction into Egypt, or the transmission to foreign countries, of epidemic diseases and epizootics.
Art. 2. The number of Egyptian delegates shall be reduced to four, as follows:
- 1. The President of the Board, appointed by the Egyptian Government and to vote only in case of a tie.
- 2. A European doctor of medicine, Inspector General of the Sanitary, Maritime, and Quarantine Service.
