Annual report of the National Board of Health. 1881U.S. Government Printing Office, 1882 |
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Page 355 - That the captain of any such vessel so employed is hereby authorized to maintain good discipline, and such habits of cleanliness among such passengers as will tend to the preservation and promotion of health ; and to that end he shall cause such regulations as he may adopt for...
Page 13 - An Act to prevent the introduction of contagious and infectious diseases into the United States, and to establish a National Board of Health.
Page 8 - A fatal form of septicaemia in the rabbit, produced by the subcutaneous injection of human saliva.
Page 352 - Treasury, necessary to prevent the introduction of contagious or infectious diseases into the United States...
Page 357 - ... then also the person having him or her under charge, shall be detained in quarantine until he or she shall have passed the incubative period from...
Page 356 - Such master shall cause the apartments occupied by such passengers to be kept at all times in a clean, healthy state; and the owners of every such vessel so employed are required to construct the decks and all parts of the apartments so that they can be thoroughly cleansed ; and also to provide a safe, convenient privy or water-closet for the exclusive use of every one hundred such passengers.
Page 354 - States shall be required to obtain from the consul, vice-consul, or other consular officer of the United States at the port of departure, or from the medical officer where such officer has been detailed by the President for that purpose, a bill of health, in duplicate, in the form prescribed by the Secretary of the Treasury...
Page 317 - ... 5. Resolved, That any case respecting which reputable and experienced physicians disagree as to whether the disease is or is not pestilential shall be reported as suspicious. "6. Resolved, That any case respecting which efforts are made to conceal its existence, full history and true nature shall be deemed suspicious, and so acted upon.
Page 355 - That the master of every such steamship or other vessel is authorized to maintain good discipline and such habits of cleanliness among such passengers as will tend to the preservation and promotion of health, and to that end he shall cause such regulations as he may adopt for...
Page 356 - ... cause the deck occupied by such passengers to be cleansed with chloride of lime or some other equally efficient disinfecting agent. And...