Single papers collection: research sources for the history of health in the city of São Paulo

Abstract

The Papers Avulsos collection comprises the documentation received and sent by the City Council of the city of São Paulo,
referring to the period from 1800 to 1903. documentary diversity allows different readings, from representations bequeathed
by engineers, doctors, councilors, inspectors, urban guards, administrators of public buildings and their residents.
In this article it was chosen the year 1855, for measures against the spread of cholera epidemic in the city of São Paulo, for example show the wealth of this documentation.