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Title
Work of the Gold Coast Hospital, Accra. - A ward of the Gold Coast Hospital, Accra
Creator
West African Photographic Service Accra, Ghana
Date Created and/or Issued
1941-08-01/1945
Publication Information
University of Southern California. Libraries
Contributing Institution
University of Southern California Digital Library
Collection
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
Rights Information
All the images (photographic and non-photographic) made available in this collection are the property of the Basel Mission and are managed by mission 21. mission 21 / Basel Mission claim copyright on the images in their possession and require those publishing any of the images--both individuals and organisations--to pay a user's/copyright fee.
Contact the Archives of mission21 at address mentioned or at info@bmpix.org.
info@bmarchives.org
mission21
mission21, Missionsstrasse 21, CH-4003 Basel, Switzerland, tel. (+41 61 260 22 42), fax (+4161 260 22 68)
Description
Annotation translation: "D.W. 2975 - A ward of the Gold Coast Hospital, Accra. The patients are entirely African. In 1944, the hospital had 4,700 in-patients. There are 275 beds and 25 cots. Maintenance fee for in-patients in 1/- a day and a private ward may be had for 3/9d. a day. Paupers are treated free as are those suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis." "
Type
image
Format
b/w positive, paper print, gelatin-silver
12.4 x 19.2 cm.
Identifier
impa-m38693 [Legacy record ID]
impa-abmpix-21964
http://doi.org/10.25549/impa-m38693
http://thumbnails.digitallibrary.usc.edu/impa-abmpix-21964.jpg
Subject
Gold Coast Hospital, Accra, Ghana
Bed
Hospital
Interior
Medical care
Nurse
Patient m
Place
1941-08-01/1945
Accra
Source
QD-30.102.0002 [Reference number]
Relation
Dr. Carl B. Huppenbauer. African Central Hospital Gold Coast. 21. Dec. 1945. Accra - Korle Bu. For the Swiss Tropical Institute, Basel
Historical Photographs from the Basel Mission
International Mission Photography Archive, ca.1860-ca.1960
impa-m15099; impa-m17404
mission 21 / Basel Mission

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