INTERNATIONAL SANITARY CONVENTION. DEG. 3, 1903. 1833 Ama 178.——Le produit des taxes ARTICLE 178. The proceeds mg? eg ¤¤¤**¤¤' et des amendes samtarres ne peut, from the sanitary taxes and fiues` en_aucun cas, étre employe a des shall in no case be employed for ob]ets autres que _ ceux relevant objects other than those within des Conserls sanrtarres. the scope of the Boards of Health. Ama 179. Les Hautes Parties Anrrrcuz 179. The High Con- rnsn-nenens w Contractantes s’engagent a faire tracting Parties agree to have a °‘“’*’““" rédiger par 1eur·s Administrations set of instructions prepared by samtaires une instruction destinée their health departments for the 6. mettre les capitames des navires, purpose of enabling captains of surtout lorsquhl n’y a pas de me- vessels, especially when there is decrn a bor , eu mesure d’appli- no physician on board, to enforce qper les prescriptions contenues the provisions contained in the ns _Ia présente Convention en present convention with regard to ce qu1 concerne la peste et le cho- plague and cholera, as well as the léra, ainsi que les reglements rela- regulations relative to yellow tifs a la iievre jaune. fever. ‘ V.—G0Z_fe Peroigue. V.——I7ze Persian CMM Persian em:. Anr. 180.——Les frais de cons- Armcnn 180. The expenses of mf¤,{gg¤g<;¤mu¤;• I¤· tl'l10tl0l1_Pf_ d’6Hl>1‘9lil€l1 de la ste; construction and maintenance of ` tron sanrtarre, dont la creation a the ggnimry Station whose cl-cal’fle _ d’Ormuz est prescnte par tion at the Island of Ormuz is Particle 81 de la présente Con- provided for by Article 81 of the A¤¢e.p.1805. Ventwp, SONS IQ11S ¤ la Gbifgp du present convention shall be borne Conseil supérreur de saute de y the Superior Board of Health Constantmopleq La CQlD.HllSSl0l\ of Constantinople. The mixed mrxte de revision dudrt tronseil committee of revision of the said devra se reunrr le plus tot pos- Board shall meet as soon as possidesséchés soieut bien pénétrés par les dried up germs to be penetrated by the solutions antiseptiques. Quatre a six antiseptic solutions, four to six hours heures sufliseut. _ being sufficient. Pour la destruction des rats, tr0is_ pro- For the destruction of rats three cédés sont actuellement mis en pratrque: methods are at present employed: 1° Celui a Prtcide nuttin-ein: méltmgé 1. That using sulphurous acid mixed d’une petite quantité dhnhydride autfu- with a small quantity of sulphuric anhy- rique, propulsé mus pression duns les calea, dride, which is forced under pressure area braasage de Pair, qui fait périr les rats into the holds, stirring the air up. This et les insectes et détruirait en meme causes the death of the rats and insects, temps les bacilles pesteux lorsque la te- and destroys the plague bacilli at the neur en anhydride sulfureux-sulfurique same time when the content of sulphuroest assez élevée. sulphuric anhydride is sufficiently great. 2° Le proeédé qui envcrie dum les calesun 2. The process by which a noncommélange nam eomlmetible de protoryde et de bustible mixture of carbon monoxid and dioxjyde de carbmte. carbon dioxid is sent into the holds. 3° Le provedé qui utilise lldffidé carbo- 3. The process which utilizes carbonic nique de jirgon que Za leneur de ce gaz dana acid in such a way that the content of Fair du metre salt de .90 p. 100 environ. this gas in the air of the vessel is about _ 30 FF cent. Ces deux demiers procédés font périr he last two procedurescause thedeath les rongeurs sans avoir la préteution de of the rodents, but are not claimed to tuer les insectes et les bacilles de la peste. kill the insects and plague bacilli. La Commission techniqére de la Con- The technical committee of the Paris férence sanitaire de aris (1903) a. Sanitary Conferenceof 1903 suggested the indi ué les trois procédés ciapres: following three remedies, viz, a mixture rnzlange d’anhydrides sul ureux- of sulphuro-sulphuric anhydride, a mixsulfurique, ture of carbon monoxid and carbonic mélange d’oxyde de carbone et acid, and carbonic acid, as being among d'acrde carbouique, those to which the governments might acide carbonique, have recourse, and it was of opinion that, parmi ceux auxquels les Gouvemements in case they were not used by the health pourraient avoir recours, et elle a_été department itself, the latter ought to d’avis que, dans le cas ou ils neserarcnt supervise each operation and ascertain pas mis en muvre par Padminrstratrou that the rats have been destroyed. sauitaire elle·méme, celle-ci devrart controler chaque operation et eonstater que la destruction des rats a été réalrsée.
