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30. Any person disobeying or contravening any of the
foregoing Regulations shall be deemed to have committed an
offence punishable under Section 188 of the Indian Penal
Code, and shall be liable on conviction to be punished with
imprisonment of either description for a term which may
extend to six months or with fine which may extend to one
thousand rupees or with both.
APPENDIX I. *
Underclothing, bedding, wearing apparel, mattresses, carpets, &c.,
which are contaminated or suspected and other articles to be disinfected
should be exposed for 15 minutes to saturated steam-under pressure,
if possible-at a temperature of not less than 100° C. (212° F.), care
being taken that the steam shall reach all parts of each article to be
disinfected.
Disinfecting solutions-
(a) Solution of corrosive sublimate, of one part in 1,000, with
the addition of ten parts of chloride of soda.
The solution should be coloured with aniline dye or indigo. It
should not be placed in metal vessels.
(b) A 5 per cent. solution of pure crystallized carbolic acid or
5 per cent. of crude commercial carbolic acid free from tar oils in a warm
solution of soft soap.
The carbolic solutions will be useful, more particularly for disin-
fecting articles, such as metals, instruments, &c., which can neither be
subjected to a temperature of 100° centigrade, nor placed in contact
with corrosive sublimate. They may also be used at ports not provided
with a disinfecting stove of the prescribed pattern.
(2)-REGULATIONS FOR THE INSPECTION OF OUTWARD-BOUND
VESSELS UNDER THE EPIDEMIC DISEASES ACT, 1897.
(G.O., No. 879, Marine, dated 16th October 1897; Noti-
fication No. 181, "Fort St. George Gazette," dated 2nd
November 1897, Part I, pages 1382-1383.)
IN exercise of the powers conferred by Act III of 1897, the
Epidemic Diseases Act, His Excellency the Governor in
Council is pleased to declare that all vessels and persons
* As revised by G.O., No. 702, Marine, dated 18th August 1898; Notification
No. 98, Fort St. George Gazette, dated 30th August 1898, Part I, page 815.