His Majesty the Emperor of all the Russias,
M. Platon de Waxel, Actual Counselor of State, Grand Cordon of the Order of Saint Stanislaus;
His Majesty the King of Servia,
Doctor Michel Popovitch, chargé d'affaires of Servia at Paris;
The Swiss Federal Council,
M. Charles Edouard Lardy, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Swiss Confederation near the President of the French Republic;
Doctor F. Schmid, Director of the Federal Health Bureau;
and His Highness the Khedive of Egypt,
Mohamed Chérif Pacha, Assistant Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, Grand Cordon of the Order of the Medjidie, grand Officer of the Order of the Osmanie;
Doctor Marc Armand Ruffer, President of the Sanitary, Maritime, and Quarantine Board of Egypt, Grand Officer of the Orders of the Osmanie and the Medjidie;
Who, having exchanged their full powers, found in good and due form, have agreed to the following provisions:
Title I. General provisions
Chapter I. Rules to be observed by the countries signing the convention as soon as plague or cholera appears in their territory
SECTION I. NOTIFICATION AND SUBSEQUENT COMMUNICATIONS TO THE OTHER COUNTRIES
Article First. Each government shall immediately notify the other governments of the first appearance in its territory of authentic cases of plague or cholera.
Art. 2. This notification shall be accompanied, or very promptly followed, by particulars regarding:
- 1. The neighborhood in which the disease has appeared.
- 2. The date of its appearance, its origin, and its form.
- 3. The number of established cases and the number of deaths.
- 4. In case of plague: The existence of plague or of an unusual mortality among rats and mice.
- 5. The measures immediately taken following this first appearance.
Art. 3. The notification and particulars contemplated in Articles 1 and 2 shall be sent to the diplomatic or consular offices in the capital of the infected country.
In the case of countries not represented there, they shall be transmitted directly by telegraph to the governments of such countries.
