Quarantine laws : return to an order of the honourable the House of Commons, dated 18 August 1860, for : abstracts of returns of information on the laws of quarantine which have been obtained by the Board of Trade / Edgar A. Bowring.

  • Bowring, Edgar Alfred, 1826-1911.
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1860
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Credit: Quarantine laws : return to an order of the honourable the House of Commons, dated 18 August 1860, for : abstracts of returns of information on the laws of quarantine which have been obtained by the Board of Trade / Edgar A. Bowring. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Queries, &c, drawn up by the Sub-Committee, for Transmission to Governors of Colonies, British Consuls in Foreign Countries, and others. I. What, if any, are the countries or ports from which arrivals in the port of are at all times, or in certain seasons of the year, subject to quarantine, whether the bill of health from the place of departure be clean or foul ? II. What are the diseases which render all arrivals, without exception, whether sick or well, from a place or country where such diseases are existing, subject to quarantine in the port of ? And what are the quarantines imposed ? III. What are the other diseases which, from having occurred during the voyage or transit, render individual arrivals only subject to quarantine, irrespective of the bill of health from the last place of departure ? And what are the quarantines imposed ? IV. Can you procure a tabulated list of all the vessels put in quarantine in the port of during the last three or five years (or, if not for so long a period, during the last 12 months), specifying— (a). Whence the vessel came, the length of voyage, and date of arrival. (b~). The bill of health, whether clean, suspected, or foul, (c). The cause of detention in quarantine. (cZ). The length of quarantine imposed. (e) . The number of crew and passengers on board. (f) . Cargo, the nature of. (^). Whether any, and how many cases of disease, and of what nature, had occurred during the voyage ? (h). Whether any, and what, disease occurred on board during the detention in quarantine. V. Is any difference, as to the quarantines imposed, made in favour of vessels having a medical officer on board ? Is any difference made between men-of-war or private yachts and merchant vessels ? And is any exception in the performance of quarantine made on the arrival of Royal personages, ambassadors, or high military and naval authorities, couriers, &c.f VI. When a disease, which renders all arrivals from an infected or suspected place liable to quarantine, has been officially certified to have ceased, and when clean bills of health are issued by the local authorities, what period, if any, must elapse before free pratique is granted to arrivals from the place in the port of ? VII. Is there a lazaret at or near to the town or port of ' ? Is it floating or on shore? Please to describe its position, distance from the nearest inhabited dwellings, construction and accommodation, its sanitary condition and that of its environs, means of exercise for the inmates, means of supply of food, and other necessary requirements. Is there a tariff of charges for accommodation, food, &c. ? VIII. State the number of persons received into the lazaret during the last three or five years at least. IX. Have any diseases occurred among the persons received ? If so, what diseases ? How many cases, and when ? X. What number of deaths, if any, have occurred in the lazaret among the persons received into it, or among the officials of the quarantine establishment, during the last three or five years ; or, if possible, for a much longer period, say 20 or 30 years ? And from what diseases, and when ? XL Have any instances occurred in recent years of the spreading of a disease from persons, or from goods, undergoing quarantine, to other inmates of the lazaret, or to the officials of the establishment, or to the inhabitants of the nearest dwellings ? If so, please to give the dates and other particulars briefly. XII. Are cargoes sent to the lazaret ? If so, what cargoes or articles of merchandise are considered to be susceptible ? And what means are used for their purification ? XIII. When sickness occurs in a vessel while undergoing quarantine, and there is no medical officer on board, how is medical assistance provided, or to be obtained ? Is medical assistance provided at the public cost ? XIV. When