Object number
2004/25/1-3
Description
This notebook set consists of a notebook and pencil kept inside a cotton pouch. The notebook cover is brown, with an inscription in white reading 'Central Midwives Board, // Record of Sending for Help. // to be otained from // Messrs. Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd. // 5 New Street Square, London, EC. // Price 6d; By Post 7 1/2d.' It was used by Georgina Pullen (later Cook) of Andover, Hampshire and Hambleden, Buckinghamshire, during her work as a rural midwife in 1914-17.
Physical description
1 notebook in pouch: paper, cotton; good conditionFull inscription reads: 'Central Midwives Board, Record of Sending for Help. to be obtained from Messrs. Spottiswood & Co. Ltd. 5 New Street Square, London EC. Price 6d: By Post 7 1/2 d.'
Label Text
Midwife's notebook. The Central Midwives Board was set up by the Midwives Act 1902. This prohibited unqualified and unregistered women from practising midwifery. The aims of the act were 'to secure the better training of midwives and to regulate their practice'. Each registered midwife had to keep a record in the notebook of when they sent for help from a doctor, during labour and childbirth while performing home deliveries. The notebook cover has an inscription reading 'Central Midwives Board, Record of Sending for Help'. This notebook was used by Georgina Pullen. She trained and registered as a midwife in 1904. One case recorded in the notebook states that on 'October 16th Dr. Farr sent for on behalf of Mrs. Bell who has a ruptured perineum.'
Archival history
MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) – 'NOTEBOOK // Description // 1 notebook, kept in light cotton pouch. // Pencil inside notebook. // Cover of book is brown, with inscription in white: // 'Central Midwives Board, // Record of Sending for Help. // to be otained from // Messrs. Spottiswoode & Co. Ltd. // 5 New Street Square, London, EC. // Price 6d; By Post 7 1/2d.' // 1. Notebook // 2. Pouch // 3. Pencil // Dimensions // 13 x 20.5cm (width x length) // Associated information // See 2004/17', MERL 'Handwritten accession' form (Museum of English Rural Life) [2004/17/1-17] – 'FIRST AID BOX // ... Associated information // Used by Georgina Pullen (later Cook) of Andover, Hants & Hambledon, Bucks. // She was a rural midwife in the period 1914-17. // See also 2004/18-25 for other items used by Ms. Pullen in her capacity as a midwife.'
Production date
1914 - 1914
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