The becoming of public medicine in the second half of XVIII-first half of XIX centuries. Report III. The sanitary routine in Western Europe
Stotchik, A.M.; Zatravkin, S.N.; Stotchik, A.A.
Problemy Sotsial'noi Gigieny Zdravookhraneniia i Istorii Meditsiny 2013(3): 53-57
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 0869-866X PMID: 24027851 Document Number: 665602
The present report is dedicated to consideration of conditions of life, diet and labor activity of population of Western Europe n the second half of XVIII-first half of XIX centuries. The literary monuments, published testimonials of witnesses, materials from medical guidebooks and handbooks of those times are used to present the data concerning the anti-sanitary conditions of settlements, residential and public buildings and lacking of personal cleanliness among population. The issues are considered relating to inadequate quantity and low quality of food The exploitation of female and children labor in factory manufacture and dramatic moral degradation of fabric workers is considered too. The overall impact of these factors on mass morbidity and mortality of population is analyzed.