Az 1831-es kolerajárvány a Tabánban. Demográfiai vizsgálat a Tabáni Katolikus Plébánia anyakönyvei alapján
The 1831 Cholera Epidemic in Tabán: Demographic Analysis of the Tabán Catholic Parish

Summary/Abstract: I demonstrate the impact of the cholera epidemic through the historical demographic analysis of one of the ‘suburbs’ of Buda, using the death certificates of the Tabán Catholic Parish. Data was examined from several aspects in order to gain detailed insight into the magnitude and intensity of the epidemic, as well as the age of the victims. The parish register data, however, proved to be ambiguous: parallel to a 75% increase in the number of deaths that year, barely over 5% was indicating cholera. Other causes of death with similar symptoms to cholera and their distribution across the year 1831 were examined to determine the maximum number of cholera victims. Mortality crises are characterised not only by increasing death rates, but by a subsequent drop in birth rates, postponing marriages, and a post-crisis increase of marriages. Thus, an objective of this study is whether these patterns are detectable in the Tabán case, and if the 1831 epidemic qualifies as a mortality crisis. Data from mass movement between 1821–1880 was used for the examination of long-term processes. In addition, the data of the 1831Tabán epidemic was compared with those in Buda and Győr, as well as the last one in Tabán in 1872–73.

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