Rosenberg Anna, Tsiamis Costas, Poulakou-Rebelakou Effie, Pikoulis Emmanuel
Programme of Postgraduate Education (MSc) ‘International Medicine – Health Crisis Management’, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece
Department of Microbiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Mikras Asias 75, Athens 115-27, Greece E-mail:
Acta Med Hist Adriat. 2018 Oct 29;16(2):239-252. doi: 10.31952/amha.16.2.3.
For centuries, the marine quarantine system was the major protection of the public health against serious infectious diseases around the world. The present study reconstructs the history of the Quarantine Station of Piraeus, one of the largest Mediterranean ports, known as the "Lazaretto of Saint George", as a vital element in the maritime sanitary protection of Greece. Our research will investigate the impact left by this institution on public health, as well as on the economic life of the port of Piraeus and the adjacent capital city of Athens. With regard to the first issue, we will seek to evaluate its role in relation to major outbreaks in the capital, as well as the arrival of 1.3 million Greek refugees after the Greco-Turkish War of 1922. The opening of Suez Canal (1865) was a great challenge and the institution was problematic at administrative and sanitary levels. During 20th century, the station complied with the national public health legislation and the international sanitary conventions. Until the Second World War, the Lazaretto of Saint George played a key role in both the protection of public health in general, but also in the economic and industrial progress of Piraeus and Athens.
几个世纪以来，海洋检疫系统一直是全球公众健康抵御严重传染病的主要保障。本研究重构了比雷埃夫斯检疫站的历史，比雷埃夫斯是地中海最大的港口之一，被誉为“圣乔治检疫所”，是希腊海上卫生防护的重要组成部分。我们的研究将调查该机构对公众健康以及比雷埃夫斯港和邻近的首都雅典经济生活所留下的影响。关于第一个问题，我们将试图评估其在首都重大疫情以及1922年希土战争后130万希腊难民抵达时所起的作用。苏伊士运河的开通（1865年）是一个巨大挑战，该机构在行政和卫生层面都存在问题。在20世纪，该检疫站遵守国家公共卫生立法和国际卫生公约。直到第二次世界大战，圣乔治检疫所在总体上保护公众健康以及比雷埃夫斯和雅典的经济与工业发展方面都发挥了关键作用。
