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Discharge card: The Salvation Army Mothers' Hospital

Object

Form

Production date

1950

Object number

2017.54

Physical Description


Discharge card, The Salvation Army Mothers' Hospital, Clapton E5. Date February to March 1950. Issued to Mrs Hilda Foreman of Leyton, detailing admittance date, date of birth of baby, weight of baby at birth and at discharge and a discharge date with appointment for post natal clinic. Text is both pre-printed and handwritten.
Printed text on reverse about the hospital's baby clinics are held

Associated Organisation

The Salvation Army

Associated Person

Foreman, Christine (Subject of [term no longer used for interview subjects, see Ownership])

Material

Paper

Dimension

Height (Height): 131mm
Width (Width): 176mm

On display?

No

Inscription

Front: 'The Salvation Army Mothers' Hospital, Clapton, E.5 / Hospital No. 268 DISCHARGE CARD I.W.No.' With section titled 'MOTHER' and information under the headings 'NAME / ADDRESS / ADMITTED / DISCHARGED / DATE TO REPORT / REMARKS'.
Section titled 'INFANT' and information under headings 'NAME / DATE OF BIRTH DATE OF DISCHARGE / BIRTH WEIGHT DISCHARGE WEIGHT' / FEEDING IN HOSPITAL'. Followed by 'Any abnormality or illness in Hospital, and nature'. With information on when to attend with the baby. Signed below.
Reverse 'NOTE. - The Hospital Baby Clinics are held on Mondays, / Wednesdays, and Fridays at 2 p.m. No baby / admitted after 3.30 p.m.'
'Any baby born in the Hospital and attending a local Clinic will, if / sent by the Clinic Doctor with a signed card or letter, be seen by the / Children's Physician at the Mothers' Hospital on Friday afternoons.'