File. Merchant seamen (including foreign seamen)

Reference No:
U DCL/14/7
Dates:
1952-1955
Description:
Includes documents about Chinese subjects who worked for the British Mercantile Marine having fallen ill whilst in Britain, the dispute is over their access to the NHS and their being allowed to recover in Britain; press cuttings discussing a group of seamen demanding re-employment after having been on unofficial strike for four weeks; press cuttings and correspondence discussing the two Chinese seamen dying, one letter from the Medical Practitioners’ Union alleges poisoning; press cuttings describing the suspension of two policemen over their alleged involvement in the deaths of the two seamen; correspondence inquiring and discussing the insurance protocol and legislation in relation to the seamen having been left behind in English hospital while their ship sailed away; correspondence and documents discussing the repatriation of the seamen to Holland or Singapore whilst still recovering from tuberculosis in hospital in England; correspondence and press cuttings discussing a malpractice suit on behalf of the seamen, including a statement from one Chinese ex-seaman who was in hospital for tuberculosis recently; correspondence discussing the circumstances of the removal from hospital of the two seamen; documents about the seamen's right to stay in the UK and the state of their residence.
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 file
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Records of Liberty (formerly The National Council for Civil Liberties)