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apartment called the hospital, which is on the same deck too, but 
away forward, between the third-class quarters and the forecastle. 
No doubt, such arrangements were made for confining the infee- 
tion to the quarters named as seemed practicable. The port of 
Réunion (which, it will be remembered, is a French Colony), was 
reached on August 16th, and the Chef du Service de Santé was 
requested by the captain to remove the three patients, and to dis- 
infect and cleanse the vessel. He refused, however, to receive 
any but the sick passenger, who happened to be bound for that 
place, and who, I presume, could not be refused ; and he did not 
cleanse the ship. Mauritius, the next port, and in an English 
Crown Colony, was reached on the 21st; and there again the cap- 
tain requested the Health Officer to certify that the ship was free 
from infection. This application was not made until the eve of 
departure, that is to say, not until the 26th, when the captain 
says the patients had recovered ; nevertheless, the Health Officer 
replied that he could not certify to facts which had not come 
within his own observation, and, in short, declined to board the 
ship, or to have anything to do with her. So the voyage was pur- 
when the quarters they had occupied were fumigated and cleansed, 
Some cargo was discharged in quarantine, and the voyage 
was continued after the captain had been warned to bring-to on 
entering Hobson’s Bay. On September 12th Port Phillip was 
touched, and the vessel was boarded by the Boarding Medical 
Officer and by a medical member of the Central Board of Health. 
After due examination, these officers gave the vessel free pratique ; 
irteen passengers, Inggage, and cargo were discharged ; and the 
day being Sunday, about 200 visitors went on board during the 
afternoon. On resuming the voyage, the captain was granted a 
clean bill of health without any endorsement ; and on September 
15th the vessel touched Port J ackson, at 6am. On entering the 
any present case of small-pox, at 7°30 she was handed over to two 
of the quarantine officers, and the usual fumigation and cleansing 
was at once begun by the Superintendent of ee? 
however, all passengers, with their servants and stewards, were 
lodged on shore, and as many of the crew as could be s poner 
landed at the laundry, where they washed and disinfected oe — ng 
and luggage. By the afternoon of the following day a - ~ 
operations had been done under the eye of the aay a 
and to his satisfaction ; his report was received, and oe 
day was considered and approved by the Board of Health. 
