Letter from Miss F E Gooch, East Gate, Hanyang, Hupeh, China to E.H.E.

Describes journey and reached Hanyang [Wuhan] on 26th Oct [1931]. Bible School building being used as an emergency hospital due to cholera outbreak and accommodation has had to be rearranged as well. Changes mean enrolling less students and small staff means she has to teach a number of subjects. Fe...

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Order number: MMS/Special Series/Biographical/India/Box 1412
Date(s) of creation: 30 Nov 1931
Level: Item
Format: Archive           

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description Describes journey and reached Hanyang [Wuhan] on 26th Oct [1931]. Bible School building being used as an emergency hospital due to cholera outbreak and accommodation has had to be rearranged as well. Changes mean enrolling less students and small staff means she has to teach a number of subjects. Few other Europeans in area. Describes view from her house. Description of 'Reds' [communists] activities (killings, looting, impact on hospital) in Anlu. Description of impact of cholera and criticises some attitudes to 'foreign medicine'. Relief work has improved view of Christian Church. Buddhists have also been involved in relief work.
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