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- 1946-1957 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
0.01 linear metres.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The London County Council's domiciliary midwifery service was established under the 1936 Midwives Act. For a history of the services to the creation of the National Health Service in 1948 see LCC/PH/PHS/2/13. The series LCC/PH/PHS/2 relates as a whole to the service. For information about training and pay see LCC/PH/STA/1-2.
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Archival history
GB 0074 ACC/2526 1946-1957 Collection 0.01 linear metres. Morris , Agnes C , fl 1946-1957 , midwife
The London County Council's domiciliary midwifery service was established under the 1936 Midwives Act. For a history of the services to the creation of the National Health Service in 1948 see LCC/PH/PHS/2/13. The series LCC/PH/PHS/2 relates as a whole to the service. For information about training and pay see LCC/PH/STA/1-2.
Documents donated by A. Morris in November 1987 (via The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and Lewisham Local History Centre).
Records of London County Council midwife Agnes Morris. These registers, printed by the London County Council Public Health Department, include the name, address and age of the mother, the date and hour of the child's birth, its sex and whether it was a live or dead birth, with other information about the attendances of the midwife and other doctors or nurses and remarks of a medical nature of the birth. With few exceptions the mothers concerned lived in Peckham until 1952. From 1953 to 1956 the cases were in Balham and Tooting and from 1956 to 1957 in Woolwich.
The volumes are closed under the Data Protection Act. Volume 1 will be open from 2015; volume 2 from 2018 and volume 3 from 2023. Please ask a member of staff for more information.
Volumes arranged chronologically.
Not available for general access.
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
English
Fit
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
The records of the General Lying-In Hospital contain similar registers 1910-1970 (H1/GLI/B31/1-HI/GLI/B33/18) and other related records. The list includes notes on the history of the midwifery service provided by the hospital.
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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Documents donated by A. Morris in November 1987 (via The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints and Lewisham Local History Centre).
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Records of London County Council midwife Agnes Morris. These registers, printed by the London County Council Public Health Department, include the name, address and age of the mother, the date and hour of the child's birth, its sex and whether it was a live or dead birth, with other information about the attendances of the midwife and other doctors or nurses and remarks of a medical nature of the birth. With few exceptions the mothers concerned lived in Peckham until 1952. From 1953 to 1956 the cases were in Balham and Tooting and from 1956 to 1957 in Woolwich.
The volumes are closed under the Data Protection Act. Volume 1 will be open from 2015; volume 2 from 2018 and volume 3 from 2023. Please ask a member of staff for more information.
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Accruals
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Volumes arranged chronologically.
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Not available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright to this collection rests with the City of London.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
The records of the General Lying-In Hospital contain similar registers 1910-1970 (H1/GLI/B31/1-HI/GLI/B33/18) and other related records. The list includes notes on the history of the midwifery service provided by the hospital.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
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- English