Kazan medical journalKazan medical journal0368-48142587-9359Eco-Vector7875410.17816/kazmj78754Research ArticleA view of the current state of hygiene, sanitation, and public medicineMiloslavskyV. V.info@eco-vector.com1504192319290922208202122082021Copyright © 1923, Miloslavsky V.V.1923<p>Hardly any other branch of medical knowledge has ever faced greater challenges, more pressing questions, than hygiene does at the present moment. The past war has uprooted about 6 million healthy, strong individuals - a direct sacrifice on the altar of Mars. To this should be added about 50 million premature deaths caused by an increase of mortality and those who were not born as a result of a decrease in the birthrate. For Russia, the total loss had already reached 21 million souls by the end of 1920, with 25 million disabled.</p>Kazan Medical archiveКазанский медицинский архив