清朝至民国时期益阳地区的瘟疫及其防治

Plague & Its Prevention and Cure in Yiyang in the Time of the End of Qing Dynasty and Beginning of the Republic of China

益阳地区属湖南省疫灾多发之地,瘟疫以霍乱、天花、痢疾、血吸虫病等影响最大,疟疾、畜疫等次之。究其原因,除客观自然因素外,兼有诸多的社会因素。疫灾发生时,历代政府和民间都采取相应的防治措施,有一定成效。但由于时代的局限,收效不大。

Yiyang was once a place where the plagues took place in the past time in Hunan. The plagues included the cholera, small-box, dysentery and the schistosomiasis which was the biggest diseases, the malara and animal diseases ranked the second. The reason included many factors. As the epidemic appeared the local government took some actions to cure and prevention measures and achieved some results. But because of the time limited there were small results.