TUBERCULOSIS AND SYPHILIS. THE SOCIAL IMPACT ON CARAŞ COUNTY IN THE INTER-WAR PERIOD
TUBERCULOSIS AND SYPHILIS. THE SOCIAL IMPACT ON CARAŞ COUNTY IN THE INTER-WAR PERIOD

Summary/Abstract: Precarious hygiene and lack of sanitary education – the last one a lacunar presence in the large population, led to an alarming incidence of the contagious diseases and made them a sanitary epidemic question with a real social impact in the county of Caraș during the inter-war period. Tuberculosis and syphilis were identified for the most circulated social diseases. They are similar in what concerns the medium they develop in, and the progressive infection rate, even if their symptomatology and diagnosis are different. A lot of factories stand for spreading tuberculosis: the human habitats agglomeration, incapacity of heating dwellings during the winter time, physical overworking and more than this, the low qualitative and quantitative nutrition. For syphilis, it became a perpetual concern of medical researchers as the most virulent venereal disease. The responsibility of contamination in this case belongs undoubtedly to any individual as long as it s a direct contact infection the flagellum germs penetrating blood through any insignificant plagues. As an essential element within a solid civilization, health needed financial efforts in infrastructure and human resources, especially in the countryside. But penury of locations to isolate patients, persisting insalubrity in certain social milieus and lack of a deep sanitary education were the main factors that contributed to failing the fight against these lethal maladies.

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