Student vaccinations / Medical Staff / Dental Clinic
Although undated the photos appear to date from 1914 - the year that the School Travelling Hospital was instituted. They were possibly taken or commissioned by the Department of Public Health, and may have formed part of a larger project of photographing health services to children as contemporary photographs exist for other health services. Some of these images were used in the Report of the Minister for Public Instruction for the Year 1915.
NRS 4880 - These black and white photographs appear to be originals and show children undergoing eye examinations, waiting for examination and observing examination.
NRS 4881 - These black and white photographs appear to be originals and show patients in consultations and undergoing surgical procedures; children being examined by physicians; and the interior of the recovery room.
NRS 4882 - These black and white photographs appear to be originals and show children being vaccinated; medical staff; and the interior of the Dental Clinic. These are all the photos in this series.
%2c%20assis?itok=l8d43jpa "School Travelling Hospital at Budgee Budgee. Operation for removal of adenoids by Dr Savill Willis (left), assisted by Dr Eli Webb. c.1916. Digital ID 4882_a004_a004000008r.")
