Abstract
The article provides a comparative analysis of the ways in which issues of hygiene and nutrition of newborns were addressed in the works of hygiene experts and in the families of Orenburg in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Materials from the central and regional press, regional statistical data, popular scientific works of that period, as well as archival documents were used as sources. Despite the fact that popular scientific literature and the press in the late 19th and early 20th centuries started paying almost priority attention to issues of hygiene, including personal, domestic, and urban hygiene, in Orenburg these issues continued to be painful. The consequences of neglecting sanitary rules were especially grave for newborns and infants. Child mortality rates in Orenburg were significantly higher than the average for Russia. This situation was largely caused by the fact that many parents in Orenburg, even those from the privileged classes, were still bound by prejudices and traditions, and refused to listen to the advice of doctors. At the same time, the lives and health of the children were solely the responsibility of their mothers. Orenburg doctors and hygiene experts tried to improv
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