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Rev Cubana Hig Epidemiol 2022; 59 (1)

Health Statistics and Waterborne Diseases in Cuba: 1902-1925

Batlle AMC, Dickinson MFO

Language: Spanish
References: 15
Page: 1-11
PDF size: 563.98 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Waterborne diseases were an important cause of morbidity and mortality during the first decades of the 20th century in Cuba. The search and solution of its origins were debated by Cuban scientists in important academic institutions and its evolution were shown through health statistics. The objective of this paper is to examine health statistics and waterborne diseases in Cuba, from 1902 to1925 based on the work of prominent Cuban scientists. This is a descriptive observational study of historical nature that used the logical historical method and the inductive-deductive analysis of the available bibliographic sources on the subject. Health statistics and waterborne diseases were important topics in the work of Cuban scientists, which is established by the contributions of personalities such as Jorge Le Roy, Carlos J. Finlay, José A. López del Valle, Juan Guiteras Gener and others, who transcend as essential examples for the study of these materials, and they set guidelines for the further development of Cuban public health. An important part of his study is collected in documentary scientific sources of the time. The exchange of ideas between these personalities reveals the high scientific and up-to-date level of science in Cuba in the first quarter of the 20th century. The honest and respectful debate among them contributed to the advancement of health statistics and knowledge of waterborne diseases and therefore, to the development of Cuban science.


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