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T.B. patient’s rest hut
Moving with the sun to aid your recovery.
These kinds of huts were used as daytime rest huts for tuberculosis patients until after the Second World War and allowed them to be out in the resh air, while still enjoying some protection. The huts could be turned as the sun moved so the patient could benefit from its therapeutic effect. Tuberculosis is a highly contagious disease hat was still claiming large numbers of victims in the Netherlands in the postwar period. It mainly affected the poor, urban population, due to poor hygiene, unbalanced diets and damp living conditions. From the early 20th century local health organisations took on an increasingly important role in caring for tuberculosis patients. These huts often stood on the grounds of a local health organisation building. Tuberculosis is uncommon in the Netherlands today and can be treated effectively.