Title:

Warunki sanitarne w powojennej Polsce : zarys problemów i dynamiki zmian (1945–1970)

Subtitle:

Polska 1944/45-1989 : studia i materiały 12 (2014)

Creator:

Szpak, Ewelina (1980– )

Contributor:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Publisher:

Instytut Historii PAN

Place of publishing:

Warszawa

Date issued/created:

2014

Description:

p. 277-299 ; Eng. summary

Type of object:

Journal/Article

Subject and Keywords:

hygiene - Poland - 1945-1970 ; sanitation - Poland - history

Abstract:

One of the consequences of World War II was a massive scale of destruction of the material space. Devastated buildings, streets, sewage systems, contaminated rivers, plagues of rats, mice, flies or bedbugs had a powerful impact on the sanitary situation of the following decades. Dirt and filth omnipresent in the public space (offices, schools, kindergartens, hospitals, stations etc.) began to be regarded in the mid-1950s as serious social problem posing a serious threat for health of the Polish people, already injured and weakened by the war and post-war epidemics. The present article attempts to answer the questions about the sanitary conditions and their changes throughout the 1950s and 1960s in Polish towns and cities. What were the problems most troubling people (and local authorities) and what were the changes in health consciousness and hygienic habits of Poles? The study also poses the question of how much legal regulations on hygiene and disciplining practices (among others, compulsory vaccination, inspections of institutions and places of work, penal sanctions) influenced the change of sanitary conditions of the country.

Relation:

Polska 1944/45-1989 : studia i materiały

Volume:

12

Start page:

277

End page:

299

Resource type:

Text

Detailed Resource Type:

Article : original article

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

2450-8357

Source:

IH PAN, sygn. B.155/12 Podr. ; IH PAN, sygn. B.156/12 ; click here to follow the link

Language:

pol

Language of abstract:

eng

Rights:

Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license

Terms of use:

Copyright-protected material. [CC BY-ND 4.0] May be used within the scope specified in Creative Commons Attribution BY-ND 4.0 license, full text available at: ; -

Digitizing institution:

Institute of History of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Original in:

Library of the Institute of History PAS

Access:

Open