Almeida (Boaventura Mendes de)
Civil governor of the Funchal district from 1907, credited with the swift measures that stopped a deadly disease outbreak in Santo António parish that year.
He was appointed civil governor of this district by decree of 13 June 1907 and took up office on 3 August of the same year. In August 1907 a suspicious disease appeared in the parish (freguesia) of Santo António and within a few days killed 14 people, for that was the number struck by it. This disease, which caused extreme alarm among the population of Funchal, did not spread further thanks to the vigorous measures that were adopted. The speed and effectiveness of those measures were due chiefly to Governor Boaventura de Almeida, whose name thus became linked to the eradication of the terrible disease. He died in Lisbon on 11 August 1934.
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Boaventura Mendes de Almeida was appointed civil governor of Funchal by decree of 13 June 1907 and took office on 3 August.
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A suspected disease in Santo António parish killed all 14 people it struck before being contained under Governor Boaventura Mendes de Almeida.
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Boaventura Mendes de Almeida died in Lisbon.
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Abroad
- Funchal
City whose population was alarmed by the 1907 outbreak.
The capital of the archipelago and seat of the principal captaincy, where settlement began; it was made a vila c.1451–52. Its bay, the widest in the archipelago, lies between Ponta do Garajau and Ponta da Cruz and offers sheltered anchorage, though its harbour had never been studied oceanographically. The Elucidário discusses it as a health resort with climate data and records the January 1906 disturbances, the Danish prince's visit in May 1846 and recent volcanic cones in the area.
- Lisbon
Portugal. Place of the governor's death.
The Portuguese capital, seat of the Relação court and of the Misericórdia whose privileges and statutes were extended to Funchal. Henrique Franco de Sousa studied at its Royal Academy of Fine Arts, and Luiz José Baiardo moved there in 1821.
- Santo António
Funchal. Parish where a suspected disease killed 14 people in August 1907.
Santo António is a parish in the municipality of Funchal, Madeira, where the São João stream rises and the Jesuits had their Pico do Cardo residence. Its church bears a 1783 Latin inscription, and the parish contains the Madalena, São João e Santana and Pópulo chapels; it also gives its name to a hill of about 400 metres near its church.
People
People mentioned · 01- Boaventura Mendes de Almeidad. 1934
Civil governor of Funchal district from 1907 who contained the 1907 Santo António outbreak; died in Lisbon in 1934.