Title
Mrs Matthews - contraception
Subject
Public Health
Description
An audio clip of Mrs Matthews recalling the lack of contraceptive advice in the 1930s.
Source
EMOHA
Publisher
EMOHA
Rights
YYou may use this item in accordance with the licence https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Language
English
Duration
33 sec
Transcription
Did most of the families in that area, were they large families?
Oh yes, they had large families because there was no contraception. And I remember clearly the doctor, Porchester, he was on Humberstone Road then. He gave the father such a wigging, he told him that this, she wasn't to have any more children, it was dangerous. This was before she had the 11th, and he gave him in such a wigging, but he never told him what to do. There was no such thing as contraception.
Oh yes, they had large families because there was no contraception. And I remember clearly the doctor, Porchester, he was on Humberstone Road then. He gave the father such a wigging, he told him that this, she wasn't to have any more children, it was dangerous. This was before she had the 11th, and he gave him in such a wigging, but he never told him what to do. There was no such thing as contraception.
Interviewer
Ned Newitt
Interviewee
Mrs G Matthews
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