Russian local government during the war and the Union of Zemstvos

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Identifikator:: 1794855874

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-179223

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Polner, Tichon I. http://d-nb.info/gnd/172311195

Title:: Russian local government during the war and the Union of Zemstvos

Place of publication:: New Haven

Publisher:: Yale Univ. Press

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: XXV, 317 S.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter VI. Relief of sick and wounded soldiers

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116 THE ZEMSTVOS DURING THE WAR ing in from the front. In some of the army units in Galicia there had been recorded cases of cholera, typhoid fever, dysentery, ty- phus, smallpox, etc. Thus about 2,000 cases of typhoid fever had been noted up to January 81. In the Caucasus, on the Sarakamysh sector alone, as many as 2,000 cases of infectious diseases were reg- istered, and at Tiflis, in the military hospitals, there were 200 cases of typhus and nearly as many of recurrent typhus. On the Warsaw front, conditions were comparatively better, but Profes- sor Tarasevich, the noted specialist sent to Warsaw by the Zem- stvo Union, incessantly urged the completion without delay of the anti-epidemic organization as originally planned. In January, 1915, an increase in the number of infectious cases, as compared with the normal number observed in peace-time, was already quite noticeable. Up to the beginning of February, epidemic diseases had been discovered in 115 hospitals of the Zemstvo Union scattered over 89 different provinces; typhoid fever had been found in 107 cases, typhus in 43, and recurrent typhus in 25. On January 25 the Central Committee subjected the original plan to a careful reéxamination, definitely approved the budget of expenditure for the campaign against epidemics, and submitted its program to the Council of Ministers. At the beginning of February, the medical forces of the Unions of Zemstvos and Towns formed a joint council which, with the consent of the Central Committees of both unions, was to take charge of the campaign as soon as the plan and the budget had been approved by the Government. On February 17, however, it was learned that the Council of Min- isters did not consider it possible to entrust the direction of work to the Unions of Zemstvos and of Towns. The zemstvos and munici- palities received orders, through the provincial governors, to start at once the work of combating epidemics. Local measures were to be put into effect with the means at the disposal of the zemstvos and towns, but in case of need they could apply for financial assistance to the Anti-Plague Commission, at whose disposal the Treasury was to place the necessary funds. On receipt of the news that appropriations for epidemic measures 2L A permanent, bureaucratic institution which was in existence before the War, presided over by Prince Oldenburg.

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