Charles E W Bean, Diaries, AWM38 3DRL 606/259/1 - 1917 - 1927 - Part 22

[*Poona
Deccan W H*]      
A.J. Low.  Sept 1916. Mespot sick 5 days river JY Bagd. 8 Basra,
10 days Basra to Bombay.    
Early 1917 new large hospl (Deccan War H.) opened
at Poona 1200 beds - Aust matron 50 Aust sisters
A/Fs 12 mths work mostly medical as Mespot
Hospls equipped. Cholera outbreak by inoculn &
isoln kept down to 60 at Poona. looked
serious

*Deccan
War H.
Mary Keating.
Deccan War Hospl ws formerly an
Agricultl College (then 1 Aust matron &
6 Sisters - 100 beds, later 1200 beds, staff
over 50.
In a Pictureque locality on beautiful
highland scenery of the Westn Ghats.
Varied service a wonderful exper.

*Poona
Derrer.
cs. chol. dys.
plague
Then to a Poona hospl of 1200 beds
There ws a camp of 14000 near Poona
& from there patients were mostly drawn.
Later when hospls in Mespot better
equipped, severe cs were kept there.

[*44.*]
[*A Burrell*]
44 B G H became isolatn Hospl in
July 1918. Flu worst in Sept. In Oct
nurses began to be attacked

Eileen Burke
44
Deolali: 44 ^th Conval. cases from Mespot. Later - an isolatn
hospital.

[E. Burke
Nasik
60 beds, offrs, 7 m. from Deolali. Elecy 1918. but snakes.
Nasik - only 3 on staff -  bungalows more
like being at home than any thing on service.

[*Secunderabad
Trimulgherry.*]
Jan 1918. Sent to Hislop War Hospl
Secunderabad, Southern India. 2000
beds, previously barracks of 7 Hussars. Mainly
Convalesct Hospl 7 m from town. (Trimulgherry
ws 4 m away). Prices of Boxwallahs genly
went up "Aust. Sisters plenty money"
Closed Sept 8. 1918.
got from Sisters qrs to wards (1 mile)
in Bullock waggons

[*Belgaum
Ryan*]
Belgaum a plateau station, delightful, in
Mysore. 200 beds - good climate.
4 Austln Sisters - full staff; a very nice United
Service Club.

[*Rawalp.*]
8
Lardi
Rawalpindi - No 18 Brit Gen Hospl (1400 m from
Bombay) 2nd largest mil stn in India
No 18 opend for Waziristan fighting. but
sevly wd kept at Tank & Dera Ismail
Khan. 
5 AAMS sent to Rawalp. June 1917
Hospl. closed after 3 m. (reopened later)

[*Rawalp.
Larde
(relieves There)*]
Nov 1917 to Stn Hospl Rawalpindi
for 12 m.(250 beds) Brit War Hospl
quite difft from Stn Hospl (Ind food) in tt
in latter MOs were reqd to operate w
"knife spoon & fork" as one said. In BWH
anything in reason obtainable without diffy.

at first.
Jan 1918 Malariaa cases, 1918 smallpox
& chicken pox Epid.
In June temp. 116 - 124 in coolest pt
of hospl & 1918 tps began to come in w temps of
106 - 110: iced [canvas?] icing down,
typod. injectns. Gord Highl Garrison Bn )
                                Some L I           "           " )
Mostly it was Gordons who died. As soon as
cd travel sent them to Murree , cooler.
Many aftwds mental but recovd in Hills,
Ward boys went sick from fright. November
1918 only for UK. Wearisome cold jy thro France