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Sanctioning public health file related to the cafe in Plaça de la Creu Gran, run by Marcel·lí Lloveras Cánovas, better known as “the sorcerer”, accused of pimping and selling harmful remedies to his customers.

Date
1892
Archive
County Archive of Vallès Occidental
Document type
Textual
Reference code
CAT-ACVOC-AHTE-36-T2-3653
Link to the online document
Description

This sanctioning file from 1892 documents a public health action against Marcel·lí Lloveras Cánovas, known as the sorcerer, owner of a cafe in Plaça de la Creu Gran, accused of pimping and selling harmful remedies. The document is a valuable testimony of the health and moral control policies of the time, as well as of the social and cultural tensions in the urban public space. Its inclusion allows us to understand how local authorities managed social and health conflicts in a context of urban modernization and the construction of a more regulated society, in tune with emerging European values.