² 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 isolation of the patient in an apartment so screened as to prevent the access of mosquitoes.

³ The word “ observation ” signifies isolation of the passengers, either on board ship or at a sanitary station before being given free pratique.

⁴ The term “ crew ” is applied to persons who may make, or, who have made, a part of the personnel of the vessel and of the administration thereof, including stewards, waiters, “cafedji,” etc. The word is to be construed in this sense wherever employed in the present Convention.