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HEALTHCARE PROBLEMS IN THE ARCHIVES OF THE TERRITORIAL PARLIAMENT OF ISTRIA
Antun Giron
Sažetak
The Ar.rstrian autonomous province of Istria was established in I861.
It encompassed Croatian and Slovenian Istria, the whole administrative
unit of Kastav and the islands of Krk, Cres and Loiinj. The autonomous
affairs of the Province were entrusted to: the Territorial Parliament,
the Territorial Committee, the provincial captain and the Royal
Regency in Trieste. The material that emerged from the activities
of these autonomous bodies are stored in the State Archive in fujeka.
In 477 books and 1409 papers all the problems of the Province and its
administrative bodies have been preserved, hence also the condition
and development of healthcare conditions and health protection.
Data on healthcare conditions and protection can be looked up in
all the series of papers of the Territorial Parliament, since these problems
fall into the domain of its autonomous affairs. Nevertheless, the
most important sources of data are papers classified as IX, X, Xl, and
XII. They contain data on hospitals for the mentally handicapped and
costs, public hospitals and costs, orphanages and costs, infectious diseases
and costs, healthcare personnel, vaccinations and costs, and bathing
beaches and spas. From the mentioned data it is possible to establish
that regular vaccinations against smallpox were performed, that
there were rules and regulations on prevention of epidemical outbreaks
and infectious diseases, that there were frequent outbreaks of malaria that could not be prevented, that the impoverished inhabitants
of the Province were given treatment in public hospitals at the expense
of the Province's budget, and from the demands of public hospitals
it is possible to establish which diseases most often affected the population
of the Province, the duration of treatment, diagnosing, medical
treatment and prices of hospital services.
Ključne riječi
History of medicine; l9th century; healthcare; hospitals; Istria archives
Hrčak ID:
102569
URI
Datum izdavanja:
16.6.2003.
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