"The American Womens' War Relief Hospital open for visitors between the hours of 3 pm and 4.30 pm daily, until patients arrive" as advertised in the pages of the Paignton Observer Newspaper. In fact some 600 to 700 visitors came - so many in fact that the medical staff were overwhelmed and unable to attend to the preparations for patients. Public visits were swiftly suspended to enable staff to carry on their work.