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Cholera and Sanitary Measures: The Politics of Epidemic Disease

Research Project

Project/Area Number 14580003
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field 科学技術史(含科学社会学・科学技術基礎論)
Research InstitutionMie University

Principal Investigator

OGAWA Mariko  Mie University, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Professor, 人文学部, 教授 (00185513)

Project Period (FY) 2002 – 2003
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2003)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
Fiscal Year 2003: ¥600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000)
Fiscal Year 2002: ¥800,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000)
KeywordsCholera / Sanitary Measures / The Thames / The Great Stink / Intercepting Sewer / Liebig / Sewage recycle / The Royal Victoria Hospital / エドワード・フランクランド / 地方自治省 / ネトリー / バザルゲッツ / ナイチンゲール / テームズ川
Research Abstract

This research was originally planed with the intention of enlarging my former paper on cholera epidemic in Egypt and quarantine measures on the Suez Canal. I elucidated the way in which British imperial policy exerted great influence on sanitary measures against the cholera epidemics. The paper treated the period of the 1880s. I subsequently felt I had to trace sanitary measures in Britain, especially in London, back to the middle of the nineteenth century. I also want to throw light on the process of formation of these measures.
The famous sanitary reforms of Chadwick, Snow, Bazalgette, and Nightingale and 4 epidemics of cholera in London overlapped. As my research developed research, the fact that sanitary measures in London progressed in two ways became clear. One was civil engineering countermeasures to cope with the sewage-filled River Thames, the other was the reform of military sanitary measures. In the former case, intercepting sewers were constructed on both sides of the Thames … More across London. The most important role was played by the civil engineer, Bazalgette. The beginning of the latter programme was based on Nightingale's experience in Scutari hospital during the Crimean War, where about 16,000 soldiers died as a result of poor sanitation. Nightingale suffered from guilt and made up her mind to make use of her experience in proposing sanitary reforms in the military, and in medical education, and in the design of military hospitals.
The polluted Thames condition was publicized by a famous picture in Punch in 1855, with Michael Faraday presenting his card to Father Thames, and also by the Great Stink of 1858. However, there has been, in fact, little systematic research on water policy. I have found an interesting relationship between the famous German chemist Justus von Liebig and London sewage treatment. Liebig had strongly criticized the disposal of sewage in the sea because of his view, based on this theories of agricultural chemistry, that sewage had value as fertilizer, and his advice was to encourage sewage recycling. This enterprise was not carried out, as it was interrupted by the popularization of flush toilets. However this is a suggestive example for our contemporary environmental problem. Less

Report

(3 results)
  • 2003 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 2002 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (17 results)

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All Publications (17 results)

  • [Publications] 小川 眞里子: "情動表出の進化"論集(三重大学人文学部哲学思想学系教育学部哲学倫理教室). 10. 56-73 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 小川 眞里子: "科学技術とジェンダー"科学技術社会論. 1. 115-121 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Mariko OGAWA: "Robert Koch's 74days in Japan"Kleine Reihe. 27. 1-31 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 小川 眞里子: "19世紀半ばロンドンの屎尿リサイクル"論集(三重大学人文学部哲学思想学系教育学部哲学倫理教室). 11. 61-77 (2004)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 小川 眞里子: "甦るダーウィン-進化論という物語"岩波書店. 253 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Ogawa, Mariko: "Evolution in the Expression of Emotion"RONSHU. No. 10. 56-73 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Ogawa, Mariko: "Science and Technology and Gender"Japanese Society for Science and Technology Studies. Vol.1. 115-121 (2002)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Ogawa, Mariko: "Robert Koch's 74 days' in Japan"Kleine Reihe. Heft 27. 1-31 (2003)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Ogawa, Mariko: "Sewage Recycling in Mid-Nineteenth Century London"RONSHU. No.11. 61-77 (2004)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      2003 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 小川 眞理子: "情動表出の進化"論集(三重大学人文学部哲学思想学系教育学部哲学倫理教室). 10. 56-73 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小川 眞理子: "科学技術とジェンダー"科学技術社会論. 1. 115-121 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Mariko OGAWA: "Robert Koch's 74 days in Japan"Kleine Reihe. 27. 1-31 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小川 眞理子: "19世紀半ばロンドンの屎尿リサイクル"論集(三重大学人文学部哲学思想学系教育学部哲学倫理教室). 11. (2004)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小川眞理子: "甦るダーウィン-進化論という物語"岩波書店. 253 (2003)

    • Related Report
      2003 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小川眞里子: "情動表出の進化"論集(三重大学人文学部哲学・思想学系 教育学部 哲学倫理学教室). 第10号. 56-73 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 小川眞里子: "科学技術とジェンダー"科学技術社会論. 第1号. 115-121 (2002)

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] Mariko OGAWA: "Robert Koch's 74 days in Japan"Kleine Reihe. (印刷中).

    • Related Report
      2002 Annual Research Report

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