Epidemia szkarlatyny we Lwowie w latach 1907‒1910. Urząd miejski, higieniści i polityka zdrowia publicznego
The Scarlet Fever epidemic in Lviv in 1907‒10. City Authorities, Hygienists, and Public Health Policy
Author(s): Vira TraczSubject(s): History, Local History / Microhistory, Social history, Modern Age, Recent History (1900 till today), 19th Century, Pre-WW I & WW I (1900 -1919)
Published by: Instytut Historii im. Tadeusza Manteuffla Polskiej Akademii Nauk
Keywords: Lviv;public health;hygienists;city council;scarlet fever epidemic;modernisation
Summary/Abstract: The article aims to explore the process of modernisation of public health in Lviv from the late nineteenth to the early twentieth century, using the example of the scarlet fever epidemic of 1907‒10. The author examines the functioning of the municipal health service, the impact of anti-epidemic measures on the lives of residents, and the involvement of hygienists in the implementation of municipal policy. The answers to these questions shed light on the public health policy in Lviv and the local hygiene movement.
Journal: Kwartalnik Historyczny
- Issue Year: 128/2021
- Issue No: 3
- Page Range: 743-784
- Page Count: 42
- Language: Polish