▁can ▁avoid ▁quar antine ▁if ▁they ▁have ▁documentation ▁showing ▁they ▁are ▁up ▁to ▁date ▁on ▁their ▁appropriate ▁v acc in ations . ▁ ▁British ▁mar itime ▁quar antine ▁rules ▁ 1 7 1 1 – 1 8 9 6 ▁The ▁pl ague ▁had ▁disappeared ▁from ▁England ▁for ▁more ▁than ▁thirty ▁years ▁before ▁the ▁practice ▁of ▁quar antine ▁against ▁it ▁was ▁definitely ▁established ▁by ▁the ▁Qu ar antine ▁Act ▁ 1 7 1 0 ▁( 9 ▁Ann .) ▁The ▁first ▁act ▁was ▁called ▁for ▁due ▁to ▁fear s ▁that ▁the ▁pl ague ▁might ▁be ▁imported ▁from ▁Poland ▁and ▁the ▁Balt ic ▁states . ▁The ▁second ▁act ▁of ▁ 1 7 2 1 ▁was ▁due ▁to ▁the ▁pre val ence ▁of ▁pl ague ▁at ▁Marse ille ▁and ▁other ▁places ▁in ▁Prov ence , ▁France . ▁It ▁was ▁renew ed ▁in ▁ 1 7 3 3 ▁after ▁a ▁new ▁out break ▁in ▁contin ental ▁Europe , ▁and ▁again ▁in ▁ 1 7 4 3 , ▁due ▁to ▁an ▁ep ide mic ▁in ▁Mess ina . ▁In ▁ 1 7 5 2 ▁a ▁rig orous ▁quar antine ▁clause ▁was ▁introduced ▁into ▁an ▁act ▁reg ulating ▁trade ▁with ▁the ▁Lev ant , ▁and ▁various ▁arbitrary ▁orders ▁were ▁issued ▁during ▁the ▁next ▁twenty ▁years ▁to ▁meet ▁the ▁supposed ▁danger ▁of ▁in fection ▁from ▁the ▁Balt ic ▁states . ▁Although ▁no ▁pl ague ▁cases ▁ever ▁came ▁to ▁England ▁during ▁that ▁period , ▁the ▁restrictions ▁on ▁traffic ▁became ▁more ▁string ent , ▁and ▁in ▁ 1 7 8 8 ▁a ▁very