VPRS 17820 Labour Ward Case Books

This series comprises of the Haven's (VA 5085) Labour Ward Case Books which record details of mothers who gave birth to a child at 'The Haven' maternity and babies home from 1916 to 1967. The registers include: - the name of mother - marital state - age - time and date of labour - presentation of the infant (eg: breech, vertex) - date the child was born - sex, - delivery (eg: normal, forceps) - weight at birth - date of discharge - progress after labour - antenatal and postnatal clinical details. The hospital section of The Haven closed in 1967. Expectant mothers were then taken to the Royal Women's Hospital. The Labour Ward Case Books begin in 1916, through to 1967, when the hospital section closed.