Vaccination Obligaiory ow all Journeying to the U. S.
The following telegram has been received by the American Consul-General, Mr. E. 8. Cunningham, from the Department of State under date of January 16:—It is requested by the Public Health Service that you refuse to grant Bills of Health to vessels clearing for the United States unless the crews and the passengers who are destined for United States ports have been vaccinated.
accordance with the foregoing instruction, it will be necessary for all members of the crews and passengers who are destined for the United States to produce satisfactory evidence of vaccination be fore a Bill of Health will be issued to the vessel. It is suggested that a doctor's certificate in regard to vaccination is the only evidence that is satisfactory, except being vaccinated by the Health Officer at ithe time the ship is about to sail.
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