091322 140 year history - A4 landscape v1 digital - Flipbook - Page 79
1956
Baby Public Viewing Day,
King George V Hospital for
Mothers and Babies
Washed, weighed, tagged and wrapped,
baby is ready for public viewing. Mum
has brought delighted Dad along to see
his baby for the first time. In those days
babies were kept in the hospital nursery
and only brought to the mother’s bedside at
feeding time. During visiting hours nurses
would show babies at the nursery’s viewing
window. It was not until the 1970s that a
companion was regularly allowed to stay
with a mother in the delivery room while
she gave birth.
Photographer Bob Donaldson; Image from Mitchell Library,
State Library of NSW
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