"caps on refugee babies and new stockings are what make these people so happy! {OC}"

WWII: "Aug. 1938, refugees leaving W.L.H. for other places - {OC}"

{OC} = ORIGINAL CAPTIONS

"These folks were waiting their turn the other morning at the clinic and we got them together for a snap shot;the babies are all boys,of course. {OC}"

Here is a silent video – a video nonetheless – documenting relief efforts provided by The Water of Life Hospital in Kiukinag during the Great Flood of the 1930s.

<这里有一个无声电影可以看见当年九江生命活水医院在三十年代长江泛滥时的救急>

http://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675065153_Chinese-refugees_man-gives-rice_Doctor-Edward-Perkins_Methodist-Episcopal-Hospital

The Flood Refugees at WLH – Page B

"Refugees around Dee and Bessie at WLH {OC}"

1931-Flood Refugees Lining Up Outside of the Old WLH

​Yangtze River By The Hudson Ba​y

"New garments have just been put on with the old over them; very happy because they have new garments {OC}"

"Refugees gathered around Dee and Bessie in the WLH court {OC}"

"Mollie and Mrs. Jones with some of the orphans. Kiukiang,July,1938 {OC}"

WWII: "Refugees leaving the hospital for the country after having been protected for many months in Kiukiang,on mission property. {OC}"

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"The boy is 15 or 16,and the girl 12--they make coal balls to earn warm coast and their food. They are betrothed {OC}"

Refugee Children

"Two refugee girls with garments from the Peiping group(?); the old garments go over them {OC}"

"A group of refugees waiting at the old hospital front gate,Kiukiang {OC}"

"Refugees in WLH front court {OC}"

"Refugees at the WLH seeking help {OC}"

Go To:  Page A of WLH Patients;    Page B;    Page C;    Page D;    Page E