An act (passed 12th March 1805,) for making further provision for the effectual performance of quarantine : and also an order in Council, dated 5th April 1805.

Date:
1809
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Credit: An act (passed 12th March 1805,) for making further provision for the effectual performance of quarantine : and also an order in Council, dated 5th April 1805. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the National Library of Medicine (U.S.)

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    erected at or near the beach near Chetney Hill other than those Boatsbeiongo belonging to the said lazaret; and that all boats belonging to fs ,t°z1^tt any floating lazaret, when not on necessary duty, shall be always *hennot°n either on board the same, or fastened thereto by chains with kL'i)lonboard * the same or strong padlocks, the kevs of which shall be lodged in the custo-fasten,d ° r 7 ° _ thereto with dy of a person to be appointed for that purpose by the superin- chains, tendant ; and all the boats belonging to ships or vessels under Boats belong- 00 * ing to ships quarantine, either at Standgate Creek or at the out ports, shall or vessels un- 1 ° derquaran- be taken from them, and no use made of such boats, except for tine w be taken from the purpose of carrying goods to the lazaret, or upon occasions them, and 1 r J ° ° * .not delivered of necessity, such necessity to be determined by the superin- back untu J ' , . , quarantine tendant of quarantine ; and such boats shall not be delivered performed. up to the commanders or masters of such ships or vessels until the expiration of the quarantine to be respectively performed by them. XVIII. And it is hereby further ordered, That the superin- Assi,tants tendant of quarantine or his assistant, or some other proper ^^^ person appointed by the superintendant, shall, as often as re-^'^y^ quired, afford assistance and provide necessaries for the per- ff8^^^. sons in the lazaret at Chetney Hill, or in any floating lazaret or mteudam. hospital ship, and also for those on board the ships and vessels under quarantine, taking care to allow of no improper commu- nication with the persons employed for that purpose ; which persons shall always place their boats to windward, and shall deliver, by means of buckets, the articles supplied by them. XIX. And it is hereby further ordered, That the quarantine no goods to ' , , be delivered sruardians, who shall be placed on board ships and vessels not from on 55 * , , board wiih- furnished with clean bills of health, shall be instructed to take outan order iii« 1 r u 1 'n writing esnecial care that nothing whatever be delivered trom on board rrom the su. , • 1 , 1 „ periutendant. such ships or vessels when under quarantine, without an 01 del in writing from the superintendant or his assistant, every such order to be entered in a book by one of the said guardians, and the original to be delivered back to the superintendant or his assistant, and nothing, however little susceptible it may be thought to be of infection, shall be conveyed from one ship or vessel under quarantine to another, nor any personal intercourse , One 01 the be nermittcd from any such ship or vessel to another ; and one q„ai-.,ntiiio r * ■ guardians of the quarantine guardians, when thereto required by tne su-s„anaccom- Derintendant of quarantine or his assistant, shall accompany the ^m remov- r -1 ^g goods lie-liters and boats which shall be employed in passing to or lromfl.omthe ves. o 1 J 1 a A se's t0 lC the ship or vessel on board of which such guardians are place0^^^. during the passage of such lighters and boats to and from such ship or vessel in order to prevent any communication in the transit