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I. An International Bureau of Health shall be set up according to the principles governing the establishment and functioning of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures. This Bureau shall have its headquarters at Paris.

II. The duty of the International Bureau shall be to gather information on the development of infectious diseases. For this purpose, it will receive information from the principal health authorities of the participating States.

III. The Bureau shall periodically set forth the results of its work in official reports which shall be sent to the contracting Governments. These reports shall be made public.

IV. The Bureau shall be financed by the contributions of the contracting Governments.

V. The Government in whose territory the International Bureau of Health is established shall, within three months after signature of the acts of the Conference, submit rules and regulations for the organization and functioning of this institution to the contracting States for approval.

On Thursday, December 3, 1903, the International Sanitary Conference met in plenary session at 3 o'clock in the afternoon in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

There were present:

For Germany:

Count Groeben, Counselor of Legation and First Secretary of the Imperial Embassy of Germany at Paris;

Mr. Bumm, Superior Privy Government Counselor, Member of the Board of Health of the Empire;

Dr. Gaffky, Privy Medical Counselor of the Grand Duchy of Hesse and Professor at the University of Giessen, Member of the Board of Health of the Empire;