Preliminary communication
https://doi.org/10.31141/zrpfs.2024.61.151.61
Anti-epidemic measures in Slavonia during 18th and 19th centuries
Slavko Čandrlić
orcid.org/0000-0002-9464-2009
; Fakultet za dentalnu medicinu i zdravstvo Sveučilišta J. J. Strossmayera u Osijeku
Abstract
This article presents different types of epidemics caused by an infectious disease, in particular
the plague, which hit the Habsburg Monarchy several times. To protect the capital Vienna, Slavonia,
as a border region, was an extremely important area for the defence against infectious diseases from
the Ottoman Empire. For this reason, a separate section in this article is devoted to the sanitary
councils in the cities and the newly founded Austrian and Hungarian health councils. Further, the
role of the (permanent) sanitary cordons and quarantine units is explained. Finally, decisions from
the archives of the Free and Royal City of Osijek are mentioned, which contain a lot of information
about the crucial role of the Royal Hungarian Protectorate and its cooperation with the municipal
authorities in regulating infectious diseases in Slavonia.
Keywords
regulations; epidemics; public health; Slavonia; 18th and 19th century.
Hrčak ID:
315917
URI
Publication date:
10.4.2024.
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