International agreement respecting the creation of an International Office of Public Health : signed at Rome, December 9, 1907 / presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of His Majesty.

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1909
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Credit: International agreement respecting the creation of an International Office of Public Health : signed at Rome, December 9, 1907 / presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of His Majesty. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    Art. 3. The Government of the French Republic shall, at the request of the International Committee referred to in Article 6, take the steps necessary to have the Office recognized as an establishment of public utility. Art. 4. The principal object of the Office is to collect and bring to the knowledge of the participating States the facts and docu- ments of a general character which relate to public health, and especially as regards infectious diseases, notably, cholera, plague, and yellow fever, as well as the measures taken to combat these diseases. Art. 5. The Governments shall inform the Office of the steps taken by them to insure the application of International Sanitary Conventions. The Office shall suggest the modifications which it might be advantageous to introduce into the provisions of these Conventions. Art. 6. The Office shall be placed under the authority and control of an International Committee composed of technical representatives, designated by the participating States, in the pro- portion of one representative for every State. To each State shall be allotted a number of votes in inverse ratio to the number of the category to which it belongs for the purpose of participation in the expenses of the Office (see Article 11). Art. 7. The Committee of the Office shall assemble periodically at least once a year; the duration of its sessions shall not be restricted. The members of the Committee shall elect, by ballot, a President to hold office for a term of three years. Art. 8. The work of the Office shall be performed by a paid staff, comprising:— A Director; A General Secretary; The persons necessary for carrying on the work of the Office. The Staff of the Office shall not be allowed to fill any other paid position whatever. The Director and the General Secretary shall be appointed by the Committee. The Director shall take part in the meetings of the Committee without the right of voting. The appointment and dismissal of the employes in every category shall be vested in the Director, who shall report to the Committee. Art. 9. The information collected by the Office shall be brought to the notice of the participating States by means of a Bulletin or by special communications which shall be addressed to them either in the ordinary course or at their request. The Office shall, moreover, periodically set forth the results of its activities in official reports, which shall be communicated to the participating Governments.