Reglamento Municipal de Beneficencia y Sanidad, Elche 1928

The health policy of Primo de Rivera elaborated a regulatory legal body to protect the needy classes that attended to their needs; the increase in health activity led to the creation of a large number of care institutions as well as professional health professionals involved in its development. Objectives: the research aims to analyze the practical application of the municipal Health and Welfare Regulations of the city of 1928 and, on the other hand, its impact on the social life of the underprivileged class. Method: a historical research based on the literature review was carried out. Documentary sources: documentary catalogs of libraries and documentary archives, electronic databases, catalogs of magazines specializing in history and other online sources. Descriptors used: midwife, practitioner, doctor, pharmacist, census of the poor. Results: documents from studies based on primary sources were included in the analysis and the results are presented in 4 sections: The Municipal Regulation of 1928, Pharmacists and medicines for poor patients, Doctors and practitioners and Midwives, midwives and childbirth teachers. Conclusion: the Regulation is applied long before its publication and health care is constantly exercised by all the professionals that comprise it; the number of practitioners is equal to that of doctors in this period; the City Council is responsible for paying pharmaceuticals for poor patients to pharmacists and is distributed by quarters; With regard to doctors, and since 1924, sufficient places have been created for the demand of the poor, which will increase, as well as possible substitutes; the creation of the dental clinic for the poor in the Santo Hospital in 1930 is included; in 1928 and 1929 there are 4 matrons for the four districts of the city, following the legislation; In 1930 the municipal midwives received an annual salary increase from 720 to 900 pesetas from the town council.