In addition, in one of the detachments that feeds tens of thousands of people, at the request of the Head of the Construction Party, two infirmaries were opened: one with 50 beds, the other with 30. The prevalence of various kinds of diseases among trench workers was caused to a significant extent by the antihygenic conditions in which they had to work. In places where work was carried out, very often there were no baths or laundries, and it is not surprising that almost all the workers who underwent a medical examination found their bodies covered with a thick layer of dirt, and their bodies completely worn out. Under such conditions, the Department could not limit itself to providing medical assistance to trench workers and had to carry out a number of medical and sanitary measures.
At the beginning of September, it was decided to begin building baths and laundries with hairdressing salons and disinfection departments.
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By January 1, there were already 29 bathhouses and 20 laundries in operation. When | Twenty-two baths and laundries were equipped with departments for disinfecting linens, staffed by specially trained personnel.
In addition, twenty hairdressing salons were opened, of which many worked at the baths, and some of which operated independently | worthwhile.
Almost simultaneously with the Department of Nutritional Points for Trench Workers, a Department for providing assistance to refugees arose.
The Committee began to provide assistance to refugees back in May, | when Russian refugees from the Carpathians began to arrive in Lvov, sometimes it was necessary to feed up to 8,000 people daily. |
When the enemy launched an offensive on our territory, the number of refugees began to grow with terrifying speed, and it was necessary to begin intensive work in order to slightly reduce the size of the disaster. |