A hospital set up to treat refugees arriving in Multan, Pakistan.
Cholera, dysentery, malaria, plague, small-pox, typhoid and typhus were all widespread, adding to the suffering.
(C) British Red Cross - http://blogs.redcross.org.uk/international/2017/08/india-partition-looking-back-red-cross-response-refugee-crisis/
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