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Definition of Bill of health
1. Noun. A certificate saying that a departing ship's company is healthy (to be presented at the next port of arrival).
Definition of Bill of health
1. Noun. A certificate stating whether or not there is infectious disease aboard a ship or in a port of departure, given to the ship's master to present at the next port of arrival ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Bill Of Health
Literary usage of Bill of health
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1846)
"The above- named medical officers shall deliver a foul bill of health when a
pestilential epidemic shall exist in their residence. ..."
2. Preventive Medicine and Hygiene by Milton Joseph Rosenau, George Chandler Whipple, John William Trask, Thomas William Salmon (1921)
"The American Bill of Health, which is a formidable document, mm be obtained ...
The Bill of Health is a consular document (State Department) at the port of ..."
3. Diary and Correspondence of Samuel Pepys, F.R.S.: Secretary to the by Samuel Pepys, Richard Griffin Braybrooke (1855)
"... for a man may buy a bill of health for a piece of eight, and any enemy may
agree with the Intendent of the Santo" for ten pieces of eight or so, ..."
4. The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review by Isaac Smith Homans, William Buck Dana (1861)
"In conformity to the provisions of article 6, the bill of health must be either
Clean or Gross. The sanitary authority shall always pronounce upon the ..."
5. Sailing Alone Around the World by Joshua Slocum (1901)
"CHAPTER XVH ' A clean bill of health at Mauritius — Sailing the voyage over again
in the opera-house — A newly discovered plant named in honor of the ..."
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