Orchard Convalescent Hospital, Dartford, Kent
Troops at the entrance to the Orchard Convalescent Hospital at Long Reach, near Dartford, Kent, during its First World War deployment as a military hospital for overseas troops, mainly Australians. The hospital was originally opened by the Metropolitan Asylums Board in 1902 as temporary accommodation during a smallpox epidemic
Picture No
10418918
Media ID
47549261
Size
4833px x 3089px
(1.2MB)
Credit
Mary Evans / Peter Higginbotham Collection
Source
Unattributed photograph on a postcard
Date
circa 1916
Pick your License
Accommodation Asylums Australians Convalescent Dartford Epidemic Gateway Notice Orchard Reach Smallpox Temporary
Features In These Collections
> Contributors > PHI
