Royal Sea Bathing Hospital, Margate: open air treatment of patients. Photograph, 19--.

Date:
[between 1900 and 1999]
Reference:
749750i
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A plaque on the building says "King George V Wing 1919". A King George V Wing was built at the Royal Sea Bathing Hospital in Margate and opened in 1920: this may be the one. On a verandah patients lie in bed receiving fresh air and direct sunlight as therapy for tuberculosis and other diseases. A group of nurses and other people look at the camera

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[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [between 1900 and 1999]

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1 photograph : photoprint ; sheet 9 x 13.4 cm

Reference

Wellcome Collection 749750i

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