Nursing staff with patients at Westwood Sanatorium early 1920's


Title	Nursing staff with patients at Westwood Sanatorium early 1920's
Description	Nursing staff with patients relaxing in the garden at the Westwood Sanatorium in the early 1920's. Westwood was opened in 1919 principally to treat Miner's Phthisis. However, it soon became a specialist hospital to treat cases of tuberculosis. The person second from right is the Superintendent Sister Ida Marie Axelsen who came to the Sanatorium in 1919 after serving for several years in the Australian Army Nursing Service. She was born in Tiaro in 1878 and trained at the Maryborough General Hospital.
Image Number	1
Publisher	Australian Country Hospital Heritage Association Inc
Source (Original)
Subject	Hospitals
Subject	Nurses
Subject	Rockhampton. Westwood Sanatorium
Subject	Sanatorium
Coverage - Spatial	Westwood, Queensland
Coverage - Time	ca.1920
Format of Original	photographic print: sepia 21.0cm x 13.6cm Scan .tif file 2.2MB 1878 x 1217 pixels
Digital Format	image/gif
Rights	This image is provided for the purpose of private study and research and must not be reproduced without the permission of the Australian Country Hospital Heritage Association Inc.