Fritz Beke Éva: Fertőző betegségek Komáromban (Pestis, kolera, spanyolnátha – korabeli levéltári feljegyzések alapján).

The new corona virus epidemic appeared in the early decade of the twenty-first century and began to spread, soon becoming a pandemic. Countless news about the pandemics of recent centuries soon appeared on the media. The plague, cholera and Spanish fever appeared several times. Did these diseases occur in Komárom as well, and if so, to what extent? The plague epidemic of 1710 can only be inferred from indirect records in documents from the eighteenth century. Several documents have survived from the nineteenth century, suggesting three waves of cholera. Inthe last year of the First World War, a new, previously unknown version of the flu began to spread, which entered the public consciousness as Spanish flu and broke out worldwide three times. From the protocols of Komárom, we can keep track of the extent of the epidemic in the city and the regulations that have been put in place to prevent the spread of “Spanish disease”. Based on these documents, I would like to provide a comprehensive picture of how the pandemics turned out in Komárom.
Keywords: Plague, cholera, Spanish flu