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| Picture No | 12652180 |
| Date | September 1939 |
| Description | New mother evacuated from hospital 1939 |
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A nurse giving a few words of encouragement to a new mother and her baby as she lies on a stretcher, waiting to be evacuated by ambulance from Westminster hospital. In early September 1939, just after the outbreak of war, many inner city hospitals were evacuated as a precaution against air raids.
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| Source | Unattributed photograph in 'The Sphere', 9 September 1939, page 393 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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