Sanitation and Healthcare in Haskovo, 1885–1901

Санитарното дело и здравеопазването в Хасково 1885–1901 година

Исторически преглед, 82 (2026) No. 1, pp. 89-113 (ISSN 0323-9748)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.71069/IPR1.26.VU04

Veselina Uzunova / Веселина Узунова

Chief editor in the Department of Modern History Regional History Museum–Haskovo
Web of Science Researcher ID: ABD-5759-2020

Abstract: Developments in sanitation and healthcare in Bulgaria serve as indicators of a society’s civilizational progress and its pursuit of sustainability and prosperity. This study offers the first examination of the development of sanitation and healthcare in the post-Unification period (after 1885) in Haskovo, a district of the former Eastern Rumelia. The creation of local sanitary authorities was a difficult process, beset by economic, logistical, and social constraints. Haskovo also proved unattractive to Bulgarian physicians and medical staff, who seldom remained in post for more than a year. The challenges facing these early practitioners were considerable, as were their efforts and motivation – many of them later undeservedly forgotten.

Keywords: Haskovo, healthcare, sanitation, first physicians.

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