1948 - London
13-17/09/1948
9th International Congress of the Commission Internationale Permanente pour la Médicine du Travail
The 9th International Congress held in London in 1948 is in the continuity line of the pre-war series. It is however a Congress organized by the International Permanent Commission for Occupational Health only and besides the title has significantly changed. After the 1st Congress named “Occupational Diseases” and the subsequent ones called “Work-related Diseases”, the London Congress includes in the title as well the new denomination of the Commission and becomes the “International Congress of Occupational Health”. As stated by Vice-president Mazel, in the Congress closing, the point is to pass from study of illness to prevention and “surveillance continue de l’hygiène du travail et de la santé du travailleur”.
The Congress is quite successful from the organizational standpoint: 900 delegates from over 40 countries are present with more than 200 scientific contributions subdivided into 33 topical sessions.
New Constitution of the Commission Internationale Permanente pour la Médicine du Travail
The organizational re-launching is joined by a statutory restructuring, providing the Commission with new Bye-Laws.
Post-war statutory reorganization
In 1948 a new Constitution is approved accounting for the post-war situation. The Commission headquarters are is no longer in Milan, but at the presidency’s. Secretariat assignments such a Bulletin editing and bibliographic service are reduced. Above all admission rules have changed: applications can be sent by mail and are mostly in charge with groups of national members who, even without a formal assignment, are however in charge with major functions such as raising of adhering members and even congress organization.
Statute 1948