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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.
Maternity and Midwives
An audio clip featuring different speakers talking about maternity provision in Leicester in the 1930s.
Mrs Matthews - early days as a midwife
An audio clip of Mrs Matthews recalling her early days as a midwife
Septic fingers
An audio clip describing the treatment for septic fingers before the introduction of penicillin.
Death from TB
An audio clip that describes seeing a dead body that had been laid out in a front room.
Quarantine for Scarlet Fever
An short audio clip that says people used to be put into quarantine when they had scarlet fever.
Treatments before penicillin
An audio clip that describes medical treatments before the introduction of penicillin.
An army team with their ambulance during World War I
Black and white photograph with an army team with their ambulance outside of General Hospital
Geoff Fenn with a Radio Telephone Direction Finding truck
Geoff Fenn poses with a Radio Telephone Direction Finding (RTDF) truck during his national Service.