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Infectious Diseases and Child Mortality Rate in Đurđevac Parish in the Period from 1912 to 1918 Based on Register Books of Deaths
Saša Senjan
; Osnovna škola Grgura Karlovčana, Đurđevac
Sažetak
This paper is based on researching the preserved registers of deaths of Đurđevac parish and literature addressing the problems of the health care system, living conditions and the standard of living of Croatia's population in the period before and during the First World War. Children and the elderly are the most vulnerable social groups in terms of health care, while bad hygienic conditions and habits of the early 20th century inhabitants have made the strongest impact on child mortality. This paper aims to shed light on the living conditions in the Đurđevac parish area and perceive the impact of the First World War on the health condition of children and the entire population of Đurđevac parish. The paper contains an overview of all diseases that have affected the children, with special focus on contagious diseases. The research covers two periods - before and during the First World War. Comparison of these two periods yields results about the dominant causes of death in children by age group, shows trends of child diseases and reaches conclusions about the spread of contagious diseases.
Ključne riječi
contagious diseases; child mortality; hygienic conditions; Đurđevac parish
Hrčak ID:
204306
URI
Datum izdavanja:
1.6.2018.
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