Przyczyny zgonów w świetle metryk parafii Opole Lubelskie w końcu XVIIII w.

The reasons of deaths in the light of certificate in Opole Lubelskie parish at the end of XVIII centaury

The article represents the causes of deaths contained in the metric of the Opole Lubelskie parish at the end of the 18th century. The names of diseases and their symptoms are divided in 10 groups: dermatological, throat diseases, connected with childbirth, the diseases of the blond circulation, nervous, respiratory and digestive systems, infectious diseases and the single cases of other diseases. The sudden cases of death, deaths because of old age, deaths because of weakness and deaths in accidensts are in the the separate group. Many diseases resulted from the lack of immunity of undernourished organisms. Diseases were also caused by the the low level of hygiene and the lack of the medical help. People rarely died of chronic diseases. Data from metric represent the ministers knowledge about the cause of death. They are usually the only source of information about the deadly diseases poor classes of the contemporary society.