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 - The Queen's Home, South Australia. Nurse's Certificate.

Title: The Queen's Home, South Australia. Nurse's Certificate.
Description: First Edition; 8vo; folding leather presentation case, illustration of Queen's Home South Australia, certificate dated 1st July 1912, issued to Susan Lily Pratt, contained in its original embossed bevelled leather folder, gilt decoration to front and back boards; fine condition. The Queen's Home at Rose Park opened in 1902. Run by a committee of management it provided maternity services for mothers and trained nurses in maternity work. From 1912 to 1914 a Babies Ward operated at the Home for babies under one year old. many women residing at Kate Cocks memorial Babies Home had their babies at the Queen's Home. In 1939 the Queen's Home was renamed the Queen Victoria Maternity Hospital.

Keywords: Nursing South Australia Local History Medical Hospital

Price: AUD 100.00 = appr. US$ 69.19 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 101478