On This Day, 11 April 1918

Birmingham Daily Post

Thursday 11 April 1918

HOSPITAL FOR SERBIAN SOLDIERS

AN APPEAL TO BIRMINGHAM

Of the great part which women have played in the war the work of the Scottish Women’s Hospitals for foreign service will always be remembered as the most notable achievements. The movement had its inception at Calais in November, 1914, when, at the request of the Belgium authorities, Scottish women doctors and nurses helped to fight the typhoid epidemic. From this beginning has grown a great British Women’s movement, which has spread to all the Allied fronts. A new hospital is being established in France for men among the Serbian units suffering from tubercular disease. It is proposed to provide a “Birmingham Ward” in the new institution, and in order to provide the necessary funds an appeal will be made in Birmingham on Saturday through the medium of a flag day. The Burns Club locally has already raise £600, and it is hoped the record of some other big cities will be beaten. London has raised £32,000, Glasgow £31,830, Liverpool and Cardiff £4,000 each.

Please refer to the following link for further information on the Scottish Women’s Hospitals:

http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/womeninuniform/swh_intro.htm