Prevalence of infectious diseases in Bushehr port during the constitutional period

Subject Areas : Journal of History (Tarikh)

zahra morovati ¹ , AliAkbar khedrizadeh ²

1 - PhD Student, Department of History, Imam Khomeini Memorial Unit, Rey, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
2 - Assistant Professor of History, Imam Khomeini Memorial Branch, Rey, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2021-02-03 Accepted : 2021-05-12 Published : 2021-05-22

Keywords: Bushehr port, Infectious diseases, cholera, plague,

Abstract :

The people of the port of Bushehr suffered from a wide range of infectious diseases during the turbulent days of the constitution. The prevalence of these diseases was one of the social realities of the Qajar era. In contrast to the existing traditional infrastructure, little effective treatment had little effect on reducing mortality. This article shows the prevalence of these diseases in Bushehr port based on the contents of press, archival documents and historical sources using the method of historical research based on description and analysis. The present study aims to investigate the types of infectious diseases and the factors affecting its prevalence in Bushehr. This study seeks to answer the question that the prevalence of various infectious diseases in Bandar Bushehr has been influenced by what factors? Numerous factors such as lack of attention of port people to personal and social health, lack of safe drinking water, improper burial of patients and improper performance of government officials in the face of diseases, are important factors in the prevalence of infectious diseases in this it is closed.