Migration, urban densification, and epidemics in The Hague
The Observations of Physician Schick, 1852
L.M. Oorschot (TU Delft - Teachers of Practice / A)
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Abstract
This article discusses the research conducted by physician and hygienist Johannes Wilhelmus Schick (1818-1853) in 1852 on the victims of the cholera epidemic of 1849 in The Hague. The situation during the COVID-19 crisis in The Hague is comparable to that of the period from 1830 to 1870 (Stokvis, 1987). Due to migration, housing division, and rooming, the city has become considerably densified in recent years (PBLQ, 2020). Apartments were bought up on a large scale and rented out at extortionate rates to newcomers in the city and on the housing market, without affordable new construction. [...]