Standing Committee on the Health and Welfare of Seamen

Standing Committee on the Health and Welfare of Seamen, Comité International Permanent du Bien-Être des Marins
Founded: 1927
Sources: HB 1938

Officers

• Dr. M. T. Morgan President
• Prof. Dr. René Sand Secretary

Seats

• 12, rue Newton: Paris: France

Relationships with other Organisations

• this organisation (Standing Committee on the Health and Welfare of Seamen) has institutional relationships with LoN Health Section
• this organisation (Standing Committee on the Health and Welfare of Seamen) has institutional relationships with Public Health Office
• this organisation (Standing Committee on the Health and Welfare of Seamen) has institutional relationships with International Mercantile Marine Officers' Association
• this organisation (Standing Committee on the Health and Welfare of Seamen) has institutional relationships with League of Red Cross Societies

Congresses

• 1926-1926 Oslo: Norway
• 1929-1929 Geneva : Switzerland
• 1936-1936 Geneva : Switzerland

Object

Improvement of the health and welfare of seamen afloat and in port.

General facts

Set up in February 1927, on the recommendation of the First Conference on Health in the Mercantile Marine (Oslo 1926), at the request of the Norwegian Red Cross and the League of Red Cross Societies. The Standing Committee on the Health and Welfare of Seamen set itself the following immediate aims : (1) The preparation of a handbook for the use of captains of vessels having no medical officer on board; (2) The standardisation of ships1 medicine chests; (3) The extension of wireless medical consultations; (4) The improvement of the conditions affecting sailors while in port.

Publications

"Hygiene et Medicine a bord ", a handbook for the use of captains of vessels having no medical officer on board.

Activities

Second International Conference on Health in the Mercantile Marine, Geneva, 1929; Third International Conference on Health and Welfare in the Mercantile Marine, Geneva, 1936.

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