Problems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of MedicineProblems of Social Hygiene, Public Health and History of Medicine0869-866X2412-2106Joint-Stock Company Chicot141910.32687/0869-866X-2025-33-1-119-124НеопределенOn the issue of development of medical sanitary business in Irkutsk of the end of XIX — turn of XX century: The role of L. S. Zisman, the municipal sanitary physicianGaidarovGaidar Mamedovichirkafoz@mail.ruAlekseevskayaTatyana InnokentievnaAlexeevskaya9@mail.ruDemidovaTatyana Viktorovnatatjanademidova@gmail.comThe Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education “The Irkutsk State Medical University” of Minzdrav of Russia, 664003, Irkutsk, Russia160420253311704202517042025Copyright © 2025,2025<p>The article considers unknown facts of history of development of medical sanitary business in Irkutsk and role in this process of L. S. Zisman, the municipal sanitary physician. The innovative proposals in the Project of organization of medical sanitary business developed and grounded by L. S. Zisman are investigated. The interaction between municipal self-government bodies, sanitary council and medical community in improving sanitary provision is demonstrated. The intriguing historical facts of this period are highlighted. The minutes of meetings of the Medical Uprava, the Society of Physicians of the Eastern Siberia and the Irkutsk City Duma were studied. The historical method and analysis of archival documents was applied. The progressing development of medical sanitary business in Irkutsk and leading role of personality of L. S. Zisman, municipal sanitary physician was proved.</p>medical sanitary businessL. S. Zismansanitary physicianDuma physiciansмедико-санитарное делоЛ. С. Зисмансанитарный врачдумские врачи1.Code of Laws of the Russian Empire. T.XIII. 1857 g. Institutions and Statutes of Medical Civil Affairs. St. Petersburg: Printing house of the Second Department of His Imperial Majesty's own Chancellery; 1857. 995 p. (in Russian).2.Complete collection of laws of the Russian Empire. Collection Second. 1825–1881. In 55 vol. St. Petersburg: Printing house of the Second Department of His Imperial Majesty's own Chancellery; 1870. Vol. XLV. P. 1. № 48498. 821 p. (in Russian).3.Rozanov L. S. Sanitary organizations in Russian cities in the 19th and early 20th centuries. Gigiena i sanitariya. 1978;(3):62–6 (in Russian).4.News of the Irkutsk City Duma. Irkutsk: Printing house of M. P. Okunev; 1909. Vol. I. № 5–6 (in Russian).5.Malozemova A. I. From the history of healthcare in the Irkutsk region. Irkutsk: Books Publishing House; 1961. 181 p. (in Russian).6.News of the Irkutsk City Duma. Irkutsk: Printing house of M. P. Okunev; 1909. Vol. II. № 9–12 (in Russian).7.News of the Irkutsk City Duma. Irkutsk: Printing house of N. N. Sinicyn; 1887. Vol. I. № 1 (in Russian).8.Petrov A. V., Plotnikova M. M. Mayors, deputies and members of the Irkutsk Duma 1872–2011: biographical reference book. Ed. L. M. Dameshek. Irkutsk: Ottisk; 2011. 396 p. (in Russian).9.News of the Irkutsk City Duma. Irkutsk: Printing house of N. N. Sinicyn; 1887. Vol. II. № 13 (in Russian).10.News of the Irkutsk City Duma. Irkutsk: Printing house of M. P. Okunev; 1909. Vol. I. № 5–6 (in Russian).11.Explanatory note to the “Project for the Organization of Medical and Sanitary Affairs” in Irkutsk. Irkutsk: [S. l.]. 41 p. (in Russian).12.News of the Irkutsk City Duma. Irkutsk: Printing house of M. P. Okunev; 1909. Vol. II. № 11 (in Russian).