Hidden Lives Revealed - Illness and disability: Boys' ward dormitory

The beds may look scary but these brass cots were designed so that the children with disabilities would not fall out during the night and hurt themselves.

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Title: Boys' ward dormitory
Date: After 1908
Location: St Nicholas' Home, Pyrford, Surrey
Creator: Unknown

Description:
The beds may look scary but these brass cots were designed so that the children with disabilities would not fall out during the night and hurt themselves.

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