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Small hospital at the harbour at Chiavari, Italy: section, facade and plan. Pen drawing by I. Cremona, 1826.

The lazaretto of Varignano at La Spezia: section, facade and floor plan of the chapel. Pen drawing by I. Cremona, 1832.

Quarantine section of an Italian port. Pen drawing by I. Cremona, 1813-1820.

An Italian lazaretto: section, facade and floor plan of the chapel and visiting room. Pen drawing by I. Cremona, 1818-1820.

Small hospital at Camogli port: facade, floor plan. Pen drawing by I. Cremona, 1825.

The lazaretto of Varignano at La Spezia: sections and floor plans. Pen drawing by I. Cremona, c. 1825.

The lazaretto at Foce: section, facade and floor plan of part of the hospital. Pen drawing by I. Cremona, 1825.

'Pest house' (isolation hospital in times of plague), Tothill Fields, Westminster, London. Lithograph, c. 1840.

The lazaretto at Foce: facade and floor plans. Pen drawing by I. Cremona, 1824.

The lazaretto of Varignano at La Spezia: floor plan. Pen drawing by I. Cremona, c. 1825.

Nottingham: a verandah open to the air with a bed and a cot, each containing a child being treated for acute illness. Photograph, 1893.

The lazaretto at Foce: floor plan. Pen drawing by I. Cremona, 1811.

Manoel Island, Malta: the quarantine station. Etching by A. Benoist after J. Goupy, ca. 1725.

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Nottingham: a verandah open to the air with a bed and a cot, each containing a child being treated for acute illness. Photograph, 1893.

An Italian lazaretto: section, facade and floor plan of the chapel and visiting room. Pen drawing by I. Cremona, 1818-1820.

'Pest house' (isolation hospital in times of plague), Tothill Fields, Westminster, London. Lithograph, c. 1840.

The lazaretto at Foce: floor plan. Pen drawing by I. Cremona, 1811.

Manoel Island, Malta: the quarantine station. Etching by A. Benoist after J. Goupy, ca. 1725.