Jan. 9.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 13

Quarantine Regulations.

RANFURLY, Governor.

IN exercise of the powers conferred upon him by “The Public Health Act, 1900,” His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand doth hereby, for the purpose of that Act, make the following regulations:—

REGULATIONS.

INTERPRETATION.

In these regulations, if not inconsistent with the context,—
“Health Officer” means the Port Health Officer appointed for the purposes of “The Public Health Act, 1900”:
“The Act” means “The Public Health Act, 1900.”

1. For the purposes of these regulations ships liable to quarantine shall be divided into three classes:—
   Class I., “infected ships”—namely, those on board which infectious disease is either actually present, or on which such disease has occurred within twelve days before reaching the port of arrival.
   Class II., “suspected ships”—namely, those on board which there has been infectious disease, but no case within twelve days before arrival.
   Class III., “healthy ships”—namely, those on board which there has been no case of infectious disease, though they have sailed from or touched at an infected port, or have during the voyage communicated with any other ship on which there was any infectious disease.
2. No ship that comes within the above-named classes shall approach the ordinary wharf, but shall take up the position appointed or directed by the Minister, for the purpose of inspection by the Health Officer.

INFECTED SHIPS.

3. The following procedure shall be adopted in the event of an infected ship entering New Zealand waters:—
   (a.) The infected ship shall be ordered into quarantine. Such order shall be in the form of the First Schedule hereof.
   (b.) Those persons suffering from an infectious disease shall be removed to the quarantine hospital.
   (c.) The remainder of the passengers and crew shall be distributed throughout the quarantine-station in such groups and in such manner as is deemed advisable by the Health Officer. They shall not be allowed to intermingle, and may be dealt with in any other way that the Chief Health Officer may decide.
   (d.) The “contacts” shall be encouraged to submit to the inoculation—in the case of plague, of Haffkine’s Prophylactic; in the case of small-pox, of calf-lymph; and, in the case of other infectious diseases, of such preventive material as may be considered advisable by the Chief Health Officer.
   (e.) Contacts shall be detained for such period as the Health Officer shall see fit to direct, and shall be medically examined twice daily.
4. Persons with abrasions or cuts should be cautioned against nursing the sick. In any case, such abrasions or cuts should be protected by antiseptic dressings. Persons attending the sick should wash their hands and face with some disinfectant solution.
5. Contacts shall take the utmost care as to the cleanliness of their surroundings, having particular regard to—
   (a.) The prompt disinfection and removal of all rubbish;
   (b.) Thorough ventilation of their apartments;
   (c.) Prompt disinfection and removal of all slops and excreta;
   (d.) Being in the open air as much as possible.
6. If infectious disease breaks out amongst the contacts, the sick person shall, if possible, be immediately removed to the quarantine hospital. The quarters recently occupied by and the clothes of the sick and other occupants shall be disinfected.
7. The walls, ceilings, and floors of the infected quarters shall be treated in the following manner:—
   (a.) They shall be swabbed or sprayed with a solution of sublimate of mercury, in the proportion of 1 part of sublimate to 1,000 parts of water.
   (b.) They shall then be washed with a hot solution of washing-soda, and finally
   (c.) The rooms shall be exposed to the fumes of formalin vapour.
8. All clothes, paper, and objects of little value which have been in contact with the infected person shall be burnt. Other linen and clothes shall be steeped for six hours in the sublimate solution, or in a solution of carbolic acid containing 1 part of acid to 20 parts of water.

They shall then be subjected to steam under pressure of from 2½ lb. to 5 lb. per square inch.
9. The vomit, excreta, and sputa shall be destroyed by fire.
10. The premises adjoining the infected quarter shall be hosed with chloride of lime in the proportion of 1 lb. of chloride of lime to 12 gallons of water.
11. In the case of death, the body shall be immediately wrapped in a sheet soaked in perchloride of mercury, 1 part in 200. Where possible the body shall be cremated, and in any case interment shall take place within twenty hours of death.

Precautions to be taken by those on board Ship.

12. After removing all passengers, and leaving only such portion of the crew as is indispensable for the working of the ship, the following precautions shall be observed:—
    (a.) The ship, cargo, &c., shall undergo fumigation by being exposed to the fumes of sulphur-dioxide (2 lb. of sulphur to every 1,000 cubic feet) for twenty-four continuous hours. To insure thorough fumigation, the holds shall be battened down, portholes closed, and all possible crevices stopped. During this process a good look-out shall be kept on deck and round the ship for escaping rats. Boats shall be put out to intercept them.
    (b.) Bilges shall be disinfected in the following manner: 5 lb. of sulphate of iron shall be thrown into the hold for every 1,000 gallons of bilge-water therein contained; the bilges shall then be emptied into the open sea not less than two miles from land; the holds shall be thoroughly washed with sea-water, and afterwards with a solution of 1 part of sublimate in 1,000 parts of water.
    (c.) The cargo, after such fumigation, shall be lightered in stream, in order that all rats may be destroyed before being landed at the wharf. The Health Officer may cause to be destroyed such parts of the cargo as he deems cannot be effectively disinfected.
    (d.) All cabins and portions of the ship occupied by the sick or suspects shall, after the initial disinfection, be stripped of their furniture, and disinfected in the following manner: Partitions, floors, walls, and ceilings shall be washed with a solution of formalin. If possible, the disinfecting solution shall be sprayed on, commencing at the ceiling and higher portions of the partitions, and gradually descending in horizontal lines so as to cover the surface with minute drops of the solution. Planks shall be washed with the same solution.
    (e.) All clothes and bedding that have been recently used by the sick shall be burned, or otherwise treated as considered necessary by the Health Officer. All other clothes and bedding shall be disinfected by moist heat under a pressure of at least 2½ lb. to 5 lb. to the square inch. All objects which might be spoiled by being submitted to moist heat, such as leather goods, velvet, silk, feathers, tobacco, and tea, shall be subjected to the action of the vapour of formalin.

SUSPECTED SHIPS.

13. Suspected ships shall be subjected to the same procedure as that of infected ships, or such portions thereof as the Health Officer shall determine.

HEALTHY SHIPS.

14. The owner or person in charge of a healthy ship shall cause the ship to be fumigated for eight hours as described in regulation 12, (a), subject to directions of Health Officer; and after such officer has given to the master a clean bill of health in the form in the Second Schedule hereof, the ship may proceed to the wharf, where the following precautions shall be rigidly observed:—
    (a.) The ship shall be moored with wire hawsers only, and kept at least 4 ft. away from the wharf.
    (b.) The wharf- and the ship-end of the hawsers shall be kept covered with moist tar for at least 1 ft. at the respective ends.
    (c.) Rat-protectors, in the shape of stout metal discs, of at least 12 in. in diameter shall be affixed about the middle of the hawsers, and also at or near ship-end of the tarred portion of the hawsers.
    (d.) When practicable, all fenders, fender-slings, and nets shall be kept covered with moist tar.
    (e.) No communications shall be allowed between the ships and the shore by means of gangways between sunset and sunrise.