The activities of local authorities to combat epidemics in the second half of the XIX – early XX century (based on the materials of the Kostroma province)

DOI: 10.33876/2311-0546/2021-54-2/128-143

Abstract

After the peasant reform of 1861, the growth of the urban population in Kostroma led to the problems of overpopulation in the provincial center. The existing infrastructure did not match (housing, transport, utilities) the changed population. This contributed to the sharp growth and spread of infectious diseases among the population of Kostroma, including massive epidemics of cholera, typhoid, smallpox, scarlet fever. The result was an increased mortality rate among the population. The article, based on materials Kostroma province, primarily the provincial center, examines the general epidemiological situation from the 70s of the 19th century to the beginning of the 20th century. The main directions of joint activities of the provincial government and city public administration bodies to reduce epidemiological tension and prevent mass diseases during the period of modernization are investigated. The article provides statistical data on the Kostroma province and the provincial center, uses the reports of the Medical Department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for the specified period, materials from periodicals, shows the regional specifics of solving the problems that have arisen, given that the Kostroma province was one of the most developed industrial provinces of the Russian Empire.

For Citation: Belov, A.M, Galinskaya O.Yu. 2021. The activities of local authorities to combat epidemics in the second half of the XIX – early XX century (based on the materials of the Kostroma province). Herald of Antropology (Vestnik Antropologii) 2: 128–143.

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