CHAPTER III

THE HOSPITALS AT SCUTARI

Arrival at the Golden Horn. The Scutari hospitals--The General Hospital--The Barrack Hospital: quarters of Miss Nightingale and her staff--The Palace Hospital--The Koulali Hospitals. II. State of the hospitals when Miss Nightingale arrived--Report of the Roebuck Committee--Terrible death-rate--The root of the evil: division of responsibility--Need of individual initiative 171