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A photo of grasshopper warbler

A photo of grey squirrel

A photo of adult fox

An audio clip about working as a midwife at Leicester General Hospital with descriptions of attitudes to abortions and miscarriages.

An audio clip of Mrs Matthews recalling the lack of contraceptive advice in the 1930s.

An audio clip featuring different speakers talking about maternity provision in Leicester in the 1930s.

An audio clip of Mrs Matthews recalling her early days as a midwife

An audio clip describing the treatment for septic fingers before the introduction of penicillin.

An audio clip that describes seeing a dead body that had been laid out in a front room.

An short audio clip that says people used to be put into quarantine when they had scarlet fever.