Hospital shelters at South Wharf, Rotherhithe, London

View of hospital shelters at South Wharf, Trinity Street, Rotherhithe, south east London, where smallpox patients waited before being transported down the Thames to hospital ships moored at Long Reach near Dartford, Kent. Nurses stand outside the block (left) which has extensive ventilators on its roof. The Maltese Cross river ambulance, operated by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, can be seen at the centre right of the picture

Ambulance Ambulances Asylums Dartford Funnel Funnels Isolation Maltese Moored Pathway Patients Reach Rotherhithe Shelters Smallpox Trinity Ventilators Wharf

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