Disinfection Station at an Austro-Hungarian Prison Camp

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Notes:

Exterior view of the disinfection station of an unidentified Austrian prison camp. Allied POW's reported to this station when arriving at a prison camp. Austrian doctors identified sick prisoners for quarantine and disinfected healthy POW's to prevent the outbreak of epidemics within the prison camps. Prisoners' uniforms were disinfected and the men subjected to baths, showers, hair cuts, and delousing.

Date Created:

1915-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Austria-Hungary, Hygiene, Disinfection, Delousing Process, Baths, Showers, Wash, Medical Care, Camp Order, Administrative Buildings, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: "The Great War in Pictures," No. 6 (1915): 32.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/1532