Chrześcijańskie i starozakonne szpitale na łamach czasopisma „Zdanie Sprawy z Czynności Rady Głównej Opiekuńczej Instytutów Dobroczynnych w Roku…” (1833-1869[1870])
Christian and old jewish hospitals in the pages of the journal "Zdanie Sprawy z Czynności Rady Głównej Opiekuńczej Instytutów Dobroczynnych w Roku…" (1833–1869[1870])

Summary/Abstract: Between 1832 and 1870, the Central Welfare Council operated in the Kingdom of Poland and edited its own periodical (annal) entitled Zdanie Sprawy z Czynności Rady Głównej Opiekuńczej Instytutów Dobroczynnych w Roku…. It sometimes appeared irregularly and often changed its title. The first issue dated 1833 left the printing presses in 1834, and the last one of 1870 was published in 1872, that is, after the abolition of the Central Welfare Council. The periodical analysed in the article was edited in Warsaw and had an official and normative-legal character. It was published in Polish, and – after the January Uprising – in Polish and Russian; only the last volume was published in Russian. The periodical was issued at a time of bolstered changes taking place in the operation of health care and public charity. It was at that time that today’s type of hospitals treating the sick was formed. Due to the supervision of medical and charitable institutions (religious, secular, private), the reports received from them formed the basis for presenting detailed data on their activities in 1833–1870 in the pages of the analysed annal. The purpose of the article is to present the periodical as a reliable source for research on the multifaceted functioning and financing of Christian and Old Jewish hospitals, as well as public charity institutions operating in the Kingdom of Poland and under the administration of the Central Welfare Council. Owing to the systematically published lists of the members of the Central Welfare Council and the District and Executive Welfare Councils in the reporting year, we are provided with a list of people active in this field in all governorates of the Kingdom of Poland in the years 1833–1870. In summary, in the analysed annals one can find the history of charitable institutions operating in the Kingdom of Poland, the composition of the boards of directors of health institutions, the systems of operation of hospitals, their equipment, the organization of work, a list of medical personnel, as well as confraternities, religious congregations and various associations involved in charity and treatment.

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