?408 Regulations against arrivals from [CHAP. XIV.
those on which plague has been present within twelve days of
arrival.
The period of twelve days is arrived at, as in the case of the
seven days' period in the Convention of 1892, by adding two days
to the period of incubation.
Healthy ships
pass the Canal
in quarantine.
A healthy vessel thus becomes entitled to free pratique at a port
at which it arrives ten days or more after leaving an infected port,
but the adoption of this period has the serious result that fast vessels
sailing from Bombay arrive at the Suez Canal before pratique
can be granted. This difficulty has been satisfactorily overcome
by permitting healthy vessels to pass through the Canal in quarantine
and to complete in the Mediterranean the ten days necessary to
receiving free pratique at a port of arrival. Vessels passing through
the Canal in quarantine may, subject to the use of electric light,
coal in quarantine at Port Said by night as well as by day, and
passengers may embark in quarantine at that port.
Infected and
suspected ships.
The rules for infected and suspected ships follow those of the
Venice Convention of 1892. Vessels carrying a doctor and a disinfect-
ing stove are allowed to pass through the Canal in. quarantine after,
in the case of infected vessels, landing those suffering from
plague and persons who have been in actual contact with the sick
or with infected articles, and after disinfection of the infected part
of the vessel. Vessels without a doctor and disinfecting
stove are detained at Moses's Well. Such vessels if suspected
are detained for the period required for disinfection and for ascertain-
ing the condition of the ship's health, while, if infected, the pas-
sengers are detained on shore under observation for a maximum
period of ten days. The segregation accommodation and the medi-
cal and sanitary staff at Moses's Wells are being increased for the
purpose of carrying out these regulations.
The Egyptian Sanitary Board issued revised plague regulations
on the lines of the Convention regulations described above.
UNITED KINGDOM.
Local
Government
Board Rules
of November
1896.
In the United Kingdom arrivals from infected Indian ports were
dealt with under the "General Regulations as to Cholera,
Yellow Fever and Plague" issued by the Local Government Board
on the 9th November 1896. These regulations, which are based on
advanced scientific principles, offer practically no hindrance to
communication with India.
Healthy ships,
Infected ships.
If the medical inspection of the vessel is satisfactory the rules
permit immediate free communication. If the vessel is found