Health and hygiene aboard the ships transporting cod fishermen from Saint-Malo to Newfoundland, March 13-27, 1907

• Main Author: Brissot, Dr.
• Other Authors: Balsara, Aspi (translator); Memorial University of Newfoundland. Centre for Newfoundland Studies
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University 2005
• Subjects: Fishing boats > Health aspects > Newfoundland and Labrador > History > 20th Century; Fishers > Health and hygiene > Newfoundland and Labrador > History > 20th Century; Fishing boats > Health aspects > France > History > 20th Century; Fishers > Health and hygiene > France > History > 20th Century; Newfoundland; Newfoundland studies
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns2/id/26846

This article demonstrates the deplorable conditions aboard vessels transporting fishermen from Saint-Malo, France to Saint-Pierre in 1907, despite the fact inspections were required before the ships were permitted to leave port. There was a lack of medical supplies, the sleeping quarters were cramped and unsanitary, and food was of very poor quality and supply, leaving the author to question the enforcement of the rules already in place that were meant to protect the fishermen on board ships leaving France, and whether new laws that were to be enacted would be just as futile. Translation of the article: Hygiène de la marine marchande, published in Hygiène générale et appliquée, 1907.