Ovlasti i mjere županijskih i gradskih vlasti u javnom zdravstvu u Slavoniji u 19. stoljeću

Abstract

During the 19th century, there was a constant risk of outbreaks of infectious diseases in Slavonia. Therefore, the counties and city authorities had a duty to take care to prevent them. In implementing these measures, they took care of the implementation of the instructions sent to them by the central state authorities, many of which are preserved in the archives of the various funds kept in the State Archives in Osijek. At the beginning of the 19th century, Osijek was granted the status of a free royal city, and it was within its competence to implement measures to prevent epidemics, for which unique bodies were set up in the city administration. After the abolition of feudalism, and especially during the time of Ban Ivan Mažuranić, began significant reforms of the public health system. The Public Health Act of 1874 was adopted, and several accompanying regulations were addressing this issue. A new law was enacted in 1894, which introduced certain newspapers, mostly to bring it into line with the new territorial organization. Regulated health care provided a useful framework for adequate public health protection and epidemic prevention.

Analysis of Theresian general health regulations from 1770 and health regulations in Croatia and Slavonia during the second half of the 19th century

“…30 Subsequently, a regulation was introduced whereby the health commissions had to report on the epidemiological situation to the Palace Sanitary Commission in Vienna. 31 This decree created a legal framework for the regulation of midwifery in the Habsburg Monarchy for the first time, which is why it was stipulated that only licenced midwives who had previously obtained the approval of the provincial sanitary commission or the provincial or district physicians were allowed to provide midwifery services independently. This legal regulation led to the gradual emergence of qualified midwives, some of whom held a degree from the Royal University, while various other midwives were licenced to practise on the basis of passing a public examination.…”