[Midwives in Brod na Savi (Croatia) in 19th century]

Acta Med Hist Adriat. 2015;13(2):303-16.
[Article in Croatian]

Abstract

The development of population policy and health legislation as a result of government, the need for more young, healthy, working and military active population, resulted in the education of all health workers including midwives, legal regulation of their work, increasing their number and training of midwifery profession. With the development of this profession conditions of women giving birth, pregnancy and birth control were gradually improved, and thus influenced the birth rate and mortality of the population and the natural growth. On the example of the town of Brod na Savi one can see that it was time-consuming and controlled development of the midwifery profession in the region, which have affected the poor socio-economic conditions, poor climatic conditions, and the presence of the border and the consequent large-scale migration of the population. It is important to note that the foundations for population policies and the observed midwifery profession enabled the development of the same in the coming period.

Razvoj populacijske politike i zdravstvene legislative kao posljedica državne potrebe za većim brojem mladih, zdravih, radno i vojno aktivnih stanovnika, rezultirao je školovanjem svih zdravstvenih radnika pa i primalja, zakonskim reguliranjem njihovog rada, povećanjem njihovog broja , te usavršavanjem primaljske struke. Razvojem ove struke su se postepeno poboljšavali uvjeti rađanja žena, nadzor trudnoća i porođaja, a na taj način se utjecalo na natalitet i mortalitete populacije kao i na prirodni prirast. Na primjeru Broda na Savi vidi se da je to bio dugotrajan i ne kontrolirani razvoj primaljske struke, na ovim prostorima, na koji su utjecale loše socioekonomske prilike ,loše klimatske prilike, te prisutnost granice i posljedično velikih migracija stanovništva. Važno je uočiti da tada udareni temelji populacijskoj politici, a uz nju i promatranoj primaljskoj struci su omogućili razvoj istih u nadolazećim periodu.

Publication types

  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • Croatia
  • Female
  • History, 19th Century
  • Humans
  • Midwifery / history*
  • Pregnancy