"Hospital Staff". Group portrait of five male members of hospital staff standing outside of the hospital building at Chogoria. This hospital was electrically powered and could house up to 60 patients. Yaws (ulceration) was the most common medical complaint with an estimated 2,000 cases dealt with in 1926, and Tuberculosis also common. In 1933 average hospital attendances was 15,000 with 1,000 annual injections to treat yaws. The face was a common site for leprous nodules.
- Collection
- International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.25549/impa-c123-79907
- Dates
- 1926-09
- Pages
- Photographic prints, 10.6 x 8.2 cm.
- Place Discussed
- Africa Chogoria Eastern Province Kenya
- Provider
- California Digital Library
- Published in
- Kenya
- Reference
- impa-a-nls-75657783-1.tif
- Rights
- For commercial reproduction please contact the National Library of Scotland by referring to http://www.nls.uk/copyright . For access to the originals please e-mail manuscripts@nls.uk National Library of Scotland National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge, Edinburgh, EH1 1EW, Scotland, UK The National Library of Scotland license the use of this content under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.5 UK: Scotland License. manuscripts@nls.uk
- Source
- Digital Public Library of America https://dp.la/item/ad7630303d626d463593041ed6d98ecf
