Abstract

ALFREDO CARBONETTI, Adrián Carlos; GOMEZ, Néstor Javier  and  TORRES, Víctor Eduardo. Spanish Flu and Mortality Crisis in Salta, Argentina. In Early Twentieth Century. Historelo.rev.hist.reg.local [online]. 2013, vol.5, n.10, pp.269-300. ISSN 2145-132X.

In the early twentieth century, Salta's society was characterized by significant social inequalities that were also expressed in the field of health and education. With high overall mortality and infant mortality rates due to the impact of endemic and epidemic diseases, the population had to deal with serious health problems. In 1919, the situation worsened: in addition to epidemics and endemic diseases, the second wave of the ''Spanish flu'' appeared, resulting in a mortality crisis. The article aims to analyze the role that the second wave of the Spanish flu could have played in Salta and its departments' crisis. In order to do this, an analysis based on quantitative data provided by the Bureau of Statistics of the Province of Salta will carry out. The statistical data will be used to generate mortality rates and excess mortality that will be related with projected data based on the 1914 Census. This data will also be related with the qualitative information obtained from the only newspaper found from that historical period.

Keywords : health; pandemic; spanish flu; Salta.

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