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PAN-AMERICAN SANITARY CONVENTION. Ocronmc 14, 1905. 2097 When an area is infected, no restrictive measure is to be taken against departures from this area if these departures have occurred five days, at least, before the beginning of the epidemic. _ ARTIGLE IX. That an area should no longer be considered as m,9,€§‘7‘,,}m,€f°°f °’ infected, ofhcial proof must be furnished: First, That there has been neither a death nor a new case of l e or cholera for five days after isolation} death, or cure of tlllenlgaust plague or cholera case. In the case of yellow fever the eriod shall e eighteen days, but each government may reserve the right to extend this 'Ippmod. · Second, at all the measures of disinfection have been applied; in the case of plaiie, that the precautions against rats have been observed, and in the case of yeHow fever that the measures against mosquitoes have been executed. CHAPTER II. Measures of defense by other countries against territories declared to ,,,}‘Qc°°,j,‘{',‘§,'i,.,!,!,,'f,,'5,j,j‘“" be infected. ` Section I. Publication of prescribed measures. . ARTICLE X. The government of each country is obliged to imme- r.,P{.?°§§ili°;{lhx$`d°?”"” diately publish the measures which it believes necessary to take against epartures either from a country or from an infected territorial area. ‘ The said government is to communicate at once this publication to the diplomatic or consular agent of the infected country residing in its capital as well as to the International Sanitary Bureau. The government shall be equally obliged to make known through ef;°**°°°* '°'°°°**°°• the same channels the revocation of these measures or modifications ' which may be made in them. In default of a diplomatic or consular agency in the ca ital, communications are made directly to the government of tlile country interested. Section IIT Merchandise—Disinfection—Importation and Transit-—Baggage. Mercgsudise and Anrrcrm XI. There exists no merchandise which is of itself capable '*`*¤¤*¤*¢¤* 0* of transmitting plague, cholera or yellow fever. It only becomes dangerous in case it is soiled by pestous or choleraic plroducts, or, in the case of yellow fever, when such merchandise may arbor mosquitoes. An*rrc1.r·: XII. No merchandise or ob`ects shall be subjected to ,,0Q‘{}{,*$,“€§?,‘f,,,,f,‘Q‘?”" disinfection on account of yellow fever, lbut in cases covered by the - revious article the vehicle of transportation may be subjected to hxmi ation to destroy mosquitoes. In the case of cholera and plague disinfection should only be applied to merchandise and objects which the local sanitary authority considers as infected. Nevertheless, merchandise, or objects enumerated hereafter, may msrmqaug, em., be subjected to disinfection, or prohibited entry, independently of a "‘°‘°"“"‘““" proof that they may or may not be infected: _ 1. Bod linen, wearing apparel in use, clothing which has been Bvdylinvvmtc. wom, bedding already used. When these objects are trans rted as bag age, or in the course H°“°°h°"““m“°’°· of a chan e of residence (lrousehldld furnitureg, they should not be prohibited? and are to be subjected to the regulations prescribed by Article XIX. l The word "isolation" signifies isolation of the patient, of the persons who care for him and the forbidding of visits of all other persons, the physician excepted. By isolation in the case of yellow fever is understood the rsolatron of the patient in an apartment so screened as to prevent the access of mosquitoes.