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Article VI. — Relates to the organisation of a service of direct 
information between the chiefs of administration upon the frontiers. 
Article VII. — Information of a first case of plague, cholera or Yellow 
fever does not justify against a territorial area when it may appear, the 
application by other countries of the prescribed measures of defence. 
“ Upon the occurrence of several non-imported cases of plague, or a 
non-imported case of Yellow fever or when cases of cholera form a focus, 
the area is to be declared infected.” 
Article VIII. — Limits the restrictive measures to the affected region 
or area and defines what is implied by “ area.” But the narrowing down 
of restrictive measures to a particular area in a country will depend upon 
the measures taken by the Government of the infected country to confine 
the fever to the particular area, and provided also that Article 1 . has been 
faithfully complied with. 
“ When an area is infected no restrictive measure is taken against 
departures from this area if these departures have occurred five days, at 
least, before the beginning of the epidemic.” 
Article IX. — That an area should no longer be considered as infected 
official proof must be furnished, (i) That there has been neither a death nor 
a new case of YellQw fever for 18 days after isolation, death or cure of the 
last case, but each Government may reserve the right to extend the 
period. (2) That measures against mosquitoes have been executed. 
Note. — “ By isolation in the case of Yellow fever is understood 
the isolation of the patient in an apartment so screened as to prevent the 
access of mosquitoes. 
The following articles deal with the defensive measures adopted by other 
countries against an infected territory : — 
Article X. — The Government of each country is obliged to immediately 
publish the measures which it believes necessary to take against departures 
either from a country or from an infected territorial area. 
The said Government is to communicate at once this publication 
to the diplomatic or consular agent of the infected country residing in its 
capital as well as to the International Sanitary Bureau. 
The Government shall be equally obliged to make known through the 
same channels the revocation of these measures or modifications which may 
be made in them. 
In default of a diplomatic or consular agency in the capital, communica- 
tions are directed to the Government of the country interested. 
Article XI. — States that there is no merchandise itself capable of 
transmitting Yellow fever, it only becomes dangerous when it harbours 
mosquitoes. 
Article XII. — No merchandise or objects shall be subjected to disin- 
fection on account of Yellow fever, but the vehicle of transportation may 
be subjected to fumigation to destroy mosquitoes. 
Article XIII. — States that if merchandise is properly protected, 
transportation through an infected territory should not debar its entry into 
the country of destination. 
Article XIV. — That merchandise should not be prohibited if it 
were shipped at least five days before the beginning of the epidemic. 
Article XV. — Provides for the authority of the country of destination 
to fix method and plan of disinfection for destruction of mosquitoes. The 
disinfection to be carried out so as to cause the least possible injury to 
merchandise. 
