Sujet

A nurse examines girls' hair, Central Street Cleansing Station, London, 1914. Artist: Unknown.

Légende

A nurse examines girls' hair, Central Street Cleansing Station, London, 1914. Woman checking for head lice; on the table is a bowl of cut hair. Most homes at this time had no bathroom and children could suffer form lice, worms and other such problems exacerbated by lack of proper sanitation.

Date

1914

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/London Metropolitan Archives

Notre référence

HRM19B04_494

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

23,8Mo (801,9Ko) / 27,7cm x 21,5cm / 3268 x 2543 (300dpi)

Mots clés

animal road building buildings London England female women woman people child children girl girls interior indoors job hygiene health medicine waiting street science insect occupation lane cleanliness avenue hair location century examination examining inspecting profession inside nurse lady concept inspection attendant B&W MONOCHROME head louse louse Lice Council black & white black and white B W 1910s 20th century public health Guildhall Library & Art Gallery Finsbury Greater London Council Islington London County Council TGN photograph GLC Unknown LCC head lice nit nurse Central Street Central Street Cleansing Station cleansing station