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An outdoor ward at an unidentified hospital in 1945
A photo of children in beds in the open air, possibly at Groby Road Isolation Hospital in Leicester, 1945.
Death from TB
An audio clip that describes seeing a dead body that had been laid out in a front room.
Interview clip with C Wagstaff
Audio clip of C Wagstaff talking about health
Leicester's Health Services in 1957
Selected pages from the City of Leicester Health Services Handbook of 1957.
Leicester's Health Statistics in 1957
Selected pages from 'The Health of Leicester in 1957'.
Margaret Fenwick talks about giving birth at Westcotes
Margaret Fenwick talks about her experience of giving birth to her son at Westcotes maternity hospital and why she did not like it there
Maternity and Midwives
An audio clip featuring different speakers talking about maternity provision in Leicester in the 1930s.
Memories of tuberculosis in Leicester
Trevor Peake talks about how tuberculosis (TB) was viewed as he was growing up
Midwife at the Leicester General Hospital
An audio clip about working as a midwife at Leicester General Hospital with descriptions of attitudes to abortions and miscarriages.
Mrs Matthews - contraception
An audio clip of Mrs Matthews recalling the lack of contraceptive advice in the 1930s.