Most Recurrent Measures to Control Pests by the Colonial Lima Council; [Medidas mais recorrentes de controle de pragas pelo município de Lima colonial]

Rivasplata Varillas P.E. · Cultura de los Cuidados (2026) · DOI: 10.14198/cuid.22611

Resumen

The objective of this work is to identify some of the plagues that occurred in colonial Lima, and to know the most recurrent measures carried out to prevent their entry or control their spread. The method was the colonial documentary search in different archival repositories, mainly the Historical Archive of Metropolitan Lima and analyze and interpret these data. The result was that the council applied some measures of health, protection and even religious practices common in the Old Spanish Regime, such as the cleaning of the streets and ditches, the quarantine of muzzled slaves and the processions of images of saints to the cathedral.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos