Abstract

MOLINA DEL VILLAR, América. Typhus in Mexico City during the epoch of the Mexican Revolution, 1913-1916. Hist. mex. [online]. 2015, vol.64, n.3, pp.1163-1247. ISSN 2448-6531.

This article studies the impact of the 1915-1916 typhus epidemic in Mexico City, examining its origin and propagation and placing the epidemic in the context of the great social and political vulnerability that originated with the fall of Victoriano Huerta and the capture of the city by a variety of revolutionary forces. The article focuses on the demographic impact of the epidemic, connecting its repercussions with the unhealthy conditions then prevailing in the country's capital, which could largely be attributed to poverty and the interruption of many sanitary measures due to budgetary shortfalls, armed conflict and changes of government. The article draws on sources of information from the historical archives of the Health Secretariat and the Mexico City government, as well as contemporary press reports and the bulletins issued by the Superior Health Council. This article aims to contribute to the historiography of the period from the perspective of social and demographic history.

Keywords : Mexico City; Typhus; Revolution; Epidemiology; Public Heatlth; 20th Century.

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