QUARANTINE. 



man is on board, and it is neceflar)' to nilt the fick, the vifit 

 fhall be made at the ihip's boat by tlie medical attendant in 

 his own boat, keeping to windward ten feet ; and if medical 

 aid cannot be adminiftered on board, the fick is to be carried 

 to the peft or hofpital ihip. Order, feet. 23. 



Perfons under circumftances to induce a fufpicion of having 

 any peftilential diforder, to be removed to the peft or hof- 

 pital Ihip ; but if it is not infectious, they may be removed 

 to a more commodious apartment in the lazaret, there to 

 complete the remainder of their quarantine. Order, 

 feft. 24. 



If any peftilential diforder fhall actually difcover itfelf 

 in any fhip or lazaret, the perfon is to be removed with all 

 poffible care and difpatch, under the fpecial directions of 

 the fuperintendent or medical affiftant, to the peft-houfe, 

 and a proper attendant is to be afligned to him, and he ftiall 

 be vilited at a due diftance ; but if a nearer approach is 

 . neceflary, fome perfon is to be fpecially appointed for that 

 purpofe. Order, feft. 25. 



. Paflengers and crews may have the affiftance of any 

 medical perfon they may choofe from the fhore ; but if any 

 perfons communicate by contaft with the fick, they ftiall 

 perform the like quarantine as the fick. Order, feft. 26. 



Perfons liable to perform quarantine, and others hav- 

 ing had intercourfe with them (whether in (hips or lazarets), 

 are to be fubjeft to the orders of the fuperintendent or 

 officer of cuftoms, who are required to enforce obedience to 

 all fuch orders, and to call in others to their affiftance ; and 

 they may compel all fuch perfons to repair to the lazaret or 

 ftiip, and caufe all goods liable to quarantine to be conveyed 

 there alfo ; and perfons refuCrig to go, or, who being there, 

 Ihall efcape, ihall be compelled by force to return ; and 

 perfons refufing or negleftjng to return, and perfons 

 efcaping, fhall fuffer death without benefit of clergy. 

 (45 Geo. III. c. 10. feft. 23.) And may be feized by any 

 conftable, headborough, tythingman, or peace ofBcer, or 

 any other perfon, and be carried before a magiftrate or juf- 

 tice of the peace, or fuch juftice may iffue his warrant for 

 their apprehenfion and conveyance to their fhip, or to any 

 fliip performing quarantine, or to any lazaret from which 

 they have efcaped, or for confining them in fafe cuftody 

 (but not in a public gaol) under fuch reitridtions, as to hav- 

 ing communication with other perfons, as the juftice may 

 think proper, (caUing to his aid medical advice ) until they 

 can be fafely removed to fome place appointed for quaran- 

 tine, or until direftions can be obtained from the privy 

 council. 45 Geo. III. c. 10. feft. 24. 



Perfons not infefted with the plague, &c. entering the 

 lazaret whilft any perfon is performing quarantine, are to 

 perform it alfo, and are not to return without licence or 

 order in coimcil ; and, if they fhall aftually efcape before 

 it has been fully performed, they fhall fuffer death, without 

 benefit of clergy. 45 Geo. III. f. 27. 



Perfons on board ihip, or in a lazaret, may have com- 

 munication with others by letter, to be collefted by a boat, 

 which is to go round at a fixed hour daily, and they are to 

 be dipped in yinegar and put into the fumigating-box, and 

 the covers flit open (Order, feft. 16.); but letters to perfons 

 on board are to be taken by the quarantine fuperintendent 

 only, and no conference is to be had by perfons not under 

 quarantine with perfons who are under quarantine (except 

 by permiffion of or in the prefence of the quarantine fuper- 

 intendent or his afliftant), nor from any fhip, unlefs the fuper- 

 intendent'sboat be prefent, and then at the diftance obferved 

 by the fuperintendent. And to prevent improper or clan- 

 deftine communication, there is to be a night-watch and row- 

 guard at all the quarantine ftations ; and the boats belonging 



to any floating-lazaret are to be locked to the fame ; and the 

 boats of the fhip* performing quarantine are to be takea 

 away, and no ufe made of them, but for remo\-ino- goods, 

 from fuch fhip, or upon occafions of neceffity, till they are 

 given up when the fhip has done performing quarantine. 

 Order, feft. 17. 



Affiftance and neceffaries for fhips under quarantine to be 

 found by the fuperintendent and to be carried to the windward 

 fide, and deUvered by means of buckets. ( Order, feft. 1 8. ) 

 Quarantine guardians are to prevent any goods being deli- 

 vered from fhips without clean bills of health but by an 

 order in writing from the fuperintendent, fuch order to be 

 entered in a book and the original returned ; and nothing to 

 be conveyed from one fhip under quarantine to another, nor 

 any perfonal intercourfe allowed. And a guardian is to go 

 with the lighters and boats, to prevent communication 

 during the tranfit of the cargo, and to take care that no 

 remnants of cotton, or things of Clafs I. and II., remain in 

 them. And before leaving off work they are to colleft and 

 deliver all fuch articles into the lazaret. Seft. 19 of the 

 Order. 



The duty of the quarantine fuperintendent and officers of 

 the cuftoms may partly be collefted from what has gone 

 before ; but it is neceffary here to obferve, that they 

 are, on a fhip's arrival, to go off and put the following 

 preliminary queftions : — What is the name of the (hip ? 

 Mafter ? From whence ? Where bound ? At what port has 

 (he touched on the homeward voyage, or what fhips fpoken 

 with I Whether the plague, or any infeftious difeafe, exifted 

 at the time of leaving the port (lie loaded at ? What kind 

 of goods the cargo is compofed of, and of what country are 

 they the produce ^. and whether (he brings a bill of health i 

 If the (hip is deemed liable to quarantine, fhe is then to 

 be direfted to the proper quarantine port, where, on arrival, 

 the fuperintendent is to go to the windward fide, (taking 

 medical advice with him, if necelfary,) and to fee all the 

 officers, crew, and other perfons, muftered on the gang- 

 way, and is to put further queftions to them. They are in 

 fubftance the fame as above, except more particular as to 

 the places the vefTel touched at during the whole voyage ; 

 the refpeftive dates of her arrival at ever)' place, and dates 

 of her departure ; the number and conditions of the crew for 

 the vovage, whether any have been fick or died, and the 

 nature of the difeafe ; whether their bedding and clothes were 

 deftroyed, or any perfon employed about them taken iU ; if fo, 

 when, and what kind of difeafe ; whether any letters or 

 parcels have been received out of any other fhip on the paf- 

 fage ; of what kind and where delivered, and into what 

 veftel or boat ; what pilots fhe has had ; and any particulars 

 refpefting Britifh fhips loading at the fame port from whence 

 fhe came ; their names ; where bound, Sec. and what Britiih 

 fhips were at the places at which fhe touched ; whether 

 any perfon employed in loading the cargo was taken ill, or 

 any fufpicion of the kind ; whether the cargo had been long 

 warehoufed, or packed, handled, or brought on board by 

 any perfon aff'efted with the plague: did (he touch at the 

 ifle of Rhodes, the Morea, or any and what part of Africa ; 

 if fo, where ? and had (he any communication with the Ihore 

 at thofe places, or with any (hip coming from fuch places ; 

 if fo, in what manner, and when, and whether the crew of 

 fucli (hip was healthy. 



The anfwers to all thefe queftions are to be taken in 

 writing, and the mafter to make oath to them, and is to 

 deliver the log-book, manifeft, and (hip's papers, (which 

 are to be dipped in vinegar and fumigated,) and make oath 

 to the truth of the contents of the former, or in what par- 

 ticular it is not correct ; and whether any particular entry 

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