Marine Hospital Service

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United States federal agency public health organization

The Marine Hospital Service was a 19th-century U.S. federal organization that provided medical care to merchant seamen and evolved into the modern United States Public Health Service.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Marine Hospital Service canonical 3
Marine Hospital Service Commissioned Corps 1
Public Health and Marine Hospital Service 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal agency ⓘ
public health organization ⓘ
appliesTo merchant seamen ⓘ
officers of the U.S. merchant marine ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
dissolvedOrAbolished early 20th century ⓘ
employed nurses ⓘ
physicians ⓘ
public health officers ⓘ
sanitary engineers ⓘ
surgeons ⓘ
fieldOfWork epidemic control ⓘ
maritime medicine ⓘ
public health ⓘ
foundedBy United States Congress ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver federal marine hospitals ⓘ
federal quarantine stations ⓘ
hasMainTask operating marine hospitals ⓘ
protecting the health of the U.S. merchant marine ⓘ
providing medical care to merchant seamen ⓘ
hasPart Marine Hospital Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Marine Hospital Service Commissioned Corps

network of marine hospitals ⓘ
headquartersLocation Washington, D.C. ⓘ
inception 1798 ⓘ
jurisdiction U.S. ports and coastal areas ⓘ
legalBasis Act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen ⓘ
location East Coast of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Atlantic coast of the United States

Gulf Coast of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Gulf coast of the United States

West Coast of the United States ⓘ
surface form: Pacific coast of the United States

inland river ports of the United States ⓘ
notableWork inspection of immigrants for communicable diseases ⓘ
management of federal quarantine stations ⓘ
quarantine enforcement at U.S. ports ⓘ
operatedBy United States government ⓘ
surface form: United States federal government
partOf United States Department of the Treasury ⓘ
surface form: United States Treasury Department
predecessorOf Public Health Service ⓘ
surface form: United States Public Health Service
serviceProvided disease surveillance at ports ⓘ
inpatient hospital care ⓘ
outpatient medical care ⓘ
quarantine inspection ⓘ
sanitary inspection of ships ⓘ
vaccination of seamen ⓘ
significantEvent centralization of marine hospitals under federal control ⓘ
creation of a commissioned medical corps ⓘ
evolution into the United States Public Health Service ⓘ
expansion into national public health functions ⓘ
renaming as the United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service ⓘ
successor Public Health Service ⓘ
surface form: United States Public Health Service

Marine Hospital Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Public Health Service → predecessor → Marine Hospital Service ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Public Health Service
Public Health Service → predecessor → Marine Hospital Service ⓘ
subject surface form: United States Public Health Service
this entity surface form: Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Marine Hospital Service → successor → Marine Hospital Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Public Health and Marine Hospital Service
Marine Hospital Service → hasPart → Marine Hospital Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Marine Hospital Service Commissioned Corps
U.S. Marine Hospital (Charleston, South Carolina) → partOf → Marine Hospital Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Marine Hospital Service
U.S. Marine Hospital (Charleston, South Carolina) → namedAfter → Marine Hospital Service ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Marine Hospital system
Act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen → ledTo → Marine Hospital Service ⓘ
Act for the relief of sick and disabled seamen → foundationFor → Marine Hospital Service ⓘ