Water and Urban Hygiene. Ditch Management and Epidemics in Santiago de Chile (1880-1910)

This article studies the relationship between irrigation ditches, urban hygiene and epidemics that affected the Province of Santiago in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth. It characterizes the living conditions and ways of life of its inhabitants, analyzes the factors that impacted the...

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Main Authors: Elgueda Labra, Guillermo, Castillo Castillo, Sebastián
Format: Online
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano 2023
Online Access:https://revistas.academia.cl/index.php/tiempohistorico/article/view/2398
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spelling oai-article-23982023-06-29T21:47:49Z Water and Urban Hygiene. Ditch Management and Epidemics in Santiago de Chile (1880-1910) Agua e higiene urbana. La gestión de acequias y epidemias en Santiago de Chile (1880-1910) Elgueda Labra, Guillermo Castillo Castillo, Sebastián This article studies the relationship between irrigation ditches, urban hygiene and epidemics that affected the Province of Santiago in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth. It characterizes the living conditions and ways of life of its inhabitants, analyzes the factors that impacted the hygiene of the ditches and examines water management in a broad sense. It also considers the reaction of the Chilean state and Santiago society to the risk of cholera and bubonic plague. The sources that support this work emanate from the Intendencia de Santiago, testimonies of professionals and press of the time. Este artículo estudia la relación entre acequias, higiene urbana y epidemias que afectaron a la Provincia de Santiago a fines del siglo XIX e inicios del XX. Caracteriza las condiciones y modos de vida de vida de sus habitantes, analiza los factores que impactaron en la higiene de las acequias y examina gestión del agua en un sentido amplio. También considera la reacción del Estado chileno y la sociedad santiaguina frente al riesgo de contagio de cólera y fiebre bubónica. Las fuentes que sostienen este trabajo emanan de la Intendencia de Santiago, testimonios de profesionales y prensa de la época. Universidad Academia de Humanismo Cristiano 2023-06-29 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Artículo revisado por pares application/pdf https://revistas.academia.cl/index.php/tiempohistorico/article/view/2398 10.25074/th.v0i26.2398 Tiempo Histórico; No 26 (2023): Tiempo Histórico; 85-105 Tiempo Histórico; Núm. 26 (2023): Tiempo Histórico; 85-105 Tiempo Histórico; n. 26 (2023): Tiempo Histórico; 85-105 0719-5699 0718-7432 spa https://revistas.academia.cl/index.php/tiempohistorico/article/view/2398/2617 Derechos de autor 2023 Guillermo Elgueda Labra, Sebastián Castillo Castillo https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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Water and Urban Hygiene. Ditch Management and Epidemics in Santiago de Chile (1880-1910)
title Water and Urban Hygiene. Ditch Management and Epidemics in Santiago de Chile (1880-1910)
title_alt Agua e higiene urbana. La gestión de acequias y epidemias en Santiago de Chile (1880-1910)
title_full Water and Urban Hygiene. Ditch Management and Epidemics in Santiago de Chile (1880-1910)
title_fullStr Water and Urban Hygiene. Ditch Management and Epidemics in Santiago de Chile (1880-1910)
title_full_unstemmed Water and Urban Hygiene. Ditch Management and Epidemics in Santiago de Chile (1880-1910)
title_short Water and Urban Hygiene. Ditch Management and Epidemics in Santiago de Chile (1880-1910)
title_sort water and urban hygiene ditch management and epidemics in santiago de chile 1880 1910
url https://revistas.academia.cl/index.php/tiempohistorico/article/view/2398
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