A Sanitary Commission, sent by the British government, arrived to flush out the sewers and improve ventilation. Nightingale believed the main problems were diet, dirt, and drains-she brought food from England, cleaned up the kitchens, and set her nurses to cleaning up the hospital wards. One of Nightingale's first purchases was of 200 Turkish towels she later provided an enormous supply of clean shirts, plenty of soap, and such necessities as plates, knives, and forks, cups and glasses. The death count was the highest of all hospitals in the region. One of these, Miss Florence Nightingale, was loved by her countrymen for her kind and loving care of our sick and wounded soldiers, in the great war with. Designed by Robert Myers, The Florence Nightingale Garden A Celebration of Modern Nursing, was first intended for the 2020 show to honour the bicentenary. There were no towels, basins, or soap, and only 14 baths for approximately 2000 soldiers. Nightingale found there was no clean linen the clothes of the soldiers were swarming with bugs, lice, and fleas the floors, walls, and ceilings were filthy and rats were hiding under the beds. Today it is hard to believe that Britain in the 18th century. "The soldiers were poorly cared for, medicines and other essentials were in short supply, hygiene was neglected, and infections were rampant. Originally though, they were known as Peelers in reference to one Sir Robert Peel (1788.
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