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• Title:
  City of the sick — housing situation of Breslauers (Wrocław inhabitants) and incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis in the period of Weimar Republic (1919—1933)
• Creator:
  Kotrys, Natalia Maria
• Description:
  The article aims at showing the housing situation of Breslauers (Wrocław inhabitants) against the backdrop of incidence of pulmonary tuberculosis in the period of Weimar Republic. Amongst the issues discussed are those related to reasons for contracting tuberculosis, the city authoriries’ attemps to fight the disease, protection of Wrocław inhabitants against tuberculosis, and the hoausing conditions of Breslauers.In the period of Weimar Republic, Wrocław was an industrial city serving a vital function of administrative, commarcial, and trade centre. The proletariat, factory workers were often housed in cramped, crowded appartments with no access to light. Especially high incidence of tuberculosis appeared in overcrowded districts, where rooms were usually occupied by several people. One may conclude that the larger a given district’s population and overcroding of apartments, the higher the risk of contracting tubercles (tuberculosis nodules).The city hall tried to handle the complex housing situation, and that is why in the period of Weimar Republic the city authorities’ policy was aimed at the city sprawl. Thanks to inclusing within the city borders some of the suburban villages, in the years 1928 new housing estates could have erected, where housing for many Breslauers was provided. Due to the foregoing, the overpopulation of Wrocław’s inner city was decreased and the expence of adjecent areas.;
  W artykule poruszono kwestię sytuacji mieszkaniowej we Wrocławiu i jej wpływu na rozwój gruźlicy płuc w okresie Republiki Weimarskiej. Ukazano działania władz miasta na rzecz walki z gruźlicą poprzez poprawę warunków życia jego mieszkańców. Tekst opiera się w głównej mierze na źródłach z epoki. Wrocław ukazano jako miasto, w którym walczono o poprawę zdrowia oraz jakości życia ludności.
• Object availability:
  free access
• Rights:
  Prawa autorskie (c) 2019 Wieki Stare i Nowe
• Date:
  2019.12.28
• Type:
  info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
  info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
• Language:
  Polish
• Source:
  Wieki Stare i Nowe; Vol. 14 No. 19 (2019): Wieki Stare i Nowe; 246-260;
  Wieki Stare i Nowe; Tom 14 Nr 19 (2019): Wieki Stare i Nowe; 246-260;
  2353-9739;
  1899-1556
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Publisher:
  Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego | University of Silesia Press
• Relation: https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/WSN/article/view/8224/6311
• Subject:
  gruźlica;
  mieszkalnictwo;
  Republika Weimarska;
  choroby społeczne;
  zdrowie;
  Wrocław;
  pulmonary tuberculosis;
  Weimar Republic;
  social illnesses;
  housing
• Identifier: https://journals.us.edu.pl/index.php/WSN/article/view/8224
• Data provider:
  Czasopisma Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
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  seek permission
• Type:
  text