[Activity of sanitary surveillances/offices in Warsaw at the time of the second republic of Poland].
At the time of the Second Republic of Poland, Warsaw, the capital of the rebirth country, was a neglected town as regards sanitary conditions. The genesis of this situation dates back to the period of the national bondage by the Russian partitioner, and since 1915 by the German invader who did not care about the problems associated with public health. The sanitary and hygienic conditions worsened significantly in 1916, after incorporating into Warsaw large out-of-town regions whose housing was of the rural character with numerous wooden cottages, field roads, without any sanitary sewage system. Poor municipal sanitary-maintenance conditions and infectious diseases spreading in Warsaw made the Town Authorities implement preventive action and entrust sanitary surveillances with this difficult task. These surveillances were set up at the time of the First World War, and after 1920 were changed into sanitary offices. Their duties included control of acute infectious diseases, sanitary inspection of living quarters, sites of production and selling of food articles, plants, service outlets, shops of a different character, as well as surveillance of food purchased by the inhabitants. In each sanitary office a doctor was employed who supervised the work of one, two or three sanitary inspectors.
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Katedra i Zakład Historii Medycyny i Farmacji Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Lodzi.
D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000266:history*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D006920:Hygiene / Q000266:history; D011044:Poland; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000266:history*; D012499:Sanitation / Q000266:history; D014504:Urban Health / Q000266:history