Причины распространения социальных заболеваний на Херсонщине в 20-30-е годы ХХ века

Abstract

The article examines the complex sanitary and epidemiological situation in the Kherson region in the 20s-30s of the 20th century. The main causes and manifestations of the insanitary situation in the region are analyzed. The scale of post-war disasters is indicated, the situation of the housing and communal services and the conditions of everyday life of the urban population are characterized. The state of city communications, first of all water supply and sewerage, which had a direct impact on the level of sanitary and epidemiological welfare of the city of Kherson and its district in the 20s-30s is investigated. The influence of the housing crisis on the process of "sealing" the population and its sanitary consequences is indicated. The reasons for the spread of social diseases and the effectiveness of Soviet policy in improving the sanitary and living conditions of the population and fighting diseases in the city of Kherson and its environs are characterized.