This photograph was taken for Dame Mary Russell, Duchess of Bedford, who converted part of Woburn Abbey in to a military hospital during the First World War. The ward which is described as 'open air' in the Bedford Lemere daybook has large open windows on one side of the room. Open-air treatment was used in the early 20th century for both injuries and infectious diseases.
This is part of the Series: HBL01/01 Series Of Photographic Negatives And Prints; within the Collection: HBL01 The Bedford Lemere Collection
Source: Historic England Archive
Photographer: Lemere, Henry Bedford: Bedford Lemere And Company
Client: Russell, Mary
Ward, Country House, Early 20th Century Military Hospital, Health And Welfare, First World War