ies ▁and ▁gran aries , ▁and ▁called ▁on ▁the ▁government ▁to ▁increase ▁food ▁r ations , ▁to ▁standard ize ▁the ▁price ▁of ▁bread , ▁and ▁to ▁reg ulate ▁the ▁quality , ▁supply ▁and ▁sales ▁of ▁food st uff s . ▁Nevertheless , ▁in ▁the ▁tur bul ent ▁post - war ▁era ▁neither ▁the ▁national ▁government ▁nor ▁foreign ▁powers ▁were ▁in ▁a ▁position ▁to ▁do ▁much ▁to ▁alle vi ate ▁the ▁human ▁cr ises . ▁The ▁dev ast ation ▁caused ▁by ▁fam ine ▁and ▁cont ag ious ▁dise ases ▁continued ▁for ▁many ▁years . ▁▁ ▁C ases ▁of ▁can n ib al ism ▁were ▁also ▁reported . ▁ ▁Out break ▁of ▁dise ases ▁ ▁Bey ond ▁death s ▁from ▁star v ation , ▁ep ide m ics ▁also ▁killed ▁large ▁numbers ▁of ▁people . ▁ ▁The ▁col oss al ▁food ▁crisis , ▁plus ▁large ▁numbers ▁of ▁soldiers , ▁refuge es ▁and ▁dest itute ▁people ▁constantly ▁on ▁the ▁move ▁in ▁search ▁of ▁work ▁and ▁surv ival , ▁facil itated ▁a ▁dead ly ▁combination ▁of ▁pan dem ics ▁and ▁cont ag ious ▁dise ases . ▁Ch ol era , ▁the ▁pl ague ▁and ▁ty ph us ▁spread ▁with ▁ter r ifying ▁speed ▁across ▁the ▁country . ▁ ▁In fl uen za ▁▁ ▁The ▁ 1 9 1 8 ▁flu ▁pan demic ▁spread ▁to ▁the ▁entire ▁country ▁via ▁three ▁main ▁entry ▁routes : ▁Trans c au cas ia ▁to ▁Tab riz , ▁Bag hd ad ▁to ▁K erm ans h ah ▁and ▁India ▁to ▁the ▁south ▁Iran