The outbreaks in İzmir during the reign of II. Abdulhamid

Epidemics from the earliest periods of history have influenced people and this without interruption has continued for thousands of years. Outbreaks affecting people such as Plague, cholera, syphilis, flowers, malaria, typhoid, and infectious diseases such as fever have played a major role in shaping the history, as can be seen in almost every part of the world, the existence of these outbreaks were also felt on the Ottoman lands. The outbreaks which caused a great deal of trouble for the Ottoman Empire led to so many devastations all around the states in the 19th century, however the most affected city of these outbreaks was the city of İzmir. The outbreaks did not only affect the city in terms of medicallly, but also affected commercially and in terms of individiual actitivities. In order to prevent the outbreaks in the city, health organizations, physicians, municipalities and the local pres did their best. While the local press undertook informing people of the diseases, municipalities worked hard about the infrastructure and the cleaning of the city. In addition to these, quarantine was the most extensive work in order to prevent the outbreaks.