The History of Health in Kedu Residency 1930–1940

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10.2991/978-2-494069-17-6_27How to use a DOI?

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disease; health; people of Kedu

Abstract

This article aims, firstly, to give details on the health condition of the people in Kedu during 1930–1940. Secondly, to explore the policies of the Dutch colonial government in the health sector, pin pointing the effort to overcome various diseases that developed in Kedu during 1930–1940. The research method uses the critical historical method. The results of this study shows that Kedu people during 1930–1940 enduring various kinds of epidemics. The plague outbreak was infected 60% of the population with 3.675 victims in total, the typhoid fever outbreak infected 27% equals to 1.660 people, the diphtheria was 6% or 358 victims, the bacillary dysentery epidemic was 5% or 278 victims, the paratyphoid fever A outbreak was 2% or 102 victims, and the smallpox outbreak as much as 0% with 11 cases. In Kedu, there were one private hospital and one civil hospital. The other, was a military hospital that was built in 1874 and located on the east side of the military complex which is known as Rumah Sakit dr. Soedjono Magelang. There was also a prison hospital and a psychiatric hospital (Krankzinnigenverpleging). The psychiatric hospital was built in 1920 in groote weg noord (now Kramat area) which is now named Rumah Sakit Jiwa Prof. Dr Soerojo. Besides, Kedu had ten polyclinics.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Wahyu Setyaningsih
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/12/17
TI  - The History of Health in Kedu Residency 1930–1940
BT  - Proceedings of the Annual Conference on Research, Educational Implementation, Social Studies and History (AREISSH 2021)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 249
EP  - 258
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/978-2-494069-17-6_27
DO  - 10.2991/978-2-494069-17-6_27
ID  - Setyaningsih2022
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