[Experiences in an auxiliary hospital for children with dysentery].

Abstract

An explosive epidemic caused by Sh. flexneri, mainly in babies and infants, has obliged to rigorous anti-epidemic measures. In the centre of all efforts started by "district-commission for combat against epidemics" there was the arrangement and the management of an auxiliary hospital placed in a so-called "Kinderkombination". The public antiepidemic document must be completely revised. The economic consequences were enormous.