Lazaretto
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A lazaretto, sometimes lazaret or lazarette, is a quarantine station for maritime travelers. Lazarets can be ships permanently at anchor, isolated islands, or mainland buildings. In some lazarets, pos
Principal entrance to the lazaretto on Mahón
Lazzaretto of Manoel Island, Malta
The wall at the quarantine station of Odderøya, intended to keep locals away from the plague sick.
The lazaretto at the historic Columbia River Quarantine Station near Knappton, Washington, US
Fumigation
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Fumigation is a method of pest control or the removal of harmful microorganisms by completely filling an area with gaseous pesticides, or fumigants, to suffocate or poison the pests within. It is used
Lazaretto
…Lazarets can be ships permanently at anchor, isolated islands, or mainland buildings. In some lazarets, postal items were also disinfected, usually by fumigation. This practice was still being done as late as 1936, albeit in rare cases. The word comes from Italian: lazzaretto , derived the name of Santa Maria…
A building in Riverside, California, subject to tent fumigation, or "tenting"
Fumigation of a hotel (Vila Shanti) in Bali where the gas even reaches the hotel lobby (February 2010)
A warning sign is posted on the outside of a fumigation tent in Charleston, South Carolina.
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