Naples in the Time of Cholera, 1884-1911 / Cholera in Post-Revolutionary Paris: A Cultural History

Abstract

Strict quarantine measures were adopted by the Italian government against the advice of both Italian and international advisory committees, but were driven by the government's realization of the extreme vulnerability of the poor, due to neglect of hygiene and the virtual absence of a public health infrastructure in Naples. [...]officials responded to the 1911 cholera epidemic by covering it up.