On the basis of the archival documents, the article studies and provides information on the creation of medical and sanitary bodies, public organizations to provide the refugees of the Irkutsk province with medical care in 1914-1916, to carry out comprehensive anti-epidemic measures to combat the emerging epidemics of diseases characteristic of wartime. The study shows the role of medical and sanitary bodies, committees, commissions to ensure the epidemiological well-being of the refugees. The dynamics of an increase in the number of beds, the number of hospitals, the opening of infectious barracks, an increase in financial allocations for the provision of medical assistance to refugees were noted.
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