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Maternal and infant welfare

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Images from the collections

Images about Maternal and infant welfare

12 images from works
  • A Maasai mother with a child; representing support for the healthcare work of Memisa among the Maasai. Colour lithograph for Memisa, ca. 2000.
  • City of London Lying-in Hospital: views of the front elevation. Engraving by B. Cole.
  • A mother feeding a baby while her daughter plays on a swing: World Health Day in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, 2005.
  • The City of London Lying-in Hospital in the background, with a mother breastfeeding and two children at her feet, a man in rustic garb and a horn of plenty on the left. Engraving.
  • City of London Lying-in Hospital: views of the front elevation and the courtyard elevation. Engraving by B. Cole.
  • City of London Lying-in Hospital: front elevation. Engraving, 1750, after S. Wale.
  • Lying-in Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne: perspective view. Etching.
  • 27th supplement to "Our food today, no.3" : "Children and young people" / Ministry of Food, Public Relations Division.
  • The City of London Lying-in Hospital in the background: a mother breast-feeding on the left. Steel engraving by T. Coleman.
  • 27th supplement to "Our food today, no.3" : "Children and young people" / Ministry of Food, Public Relations Division.
  • 27th supplement to "Our food today, no.3" : "Children and young people" / Ministry of Food, Public Relations Division.
  • 27th supplement to "Our food today, no.3" : "Children and young people" / Ministry of Food, Public Relations Division.

Works from the collections

33 works

    • Ephemera
    • Online

    27th supplement to "Our food today, no.3" : "Children and young people" / Ministry of Food, Public Relations Division.

    | Date: 1951
    • Pictures

    An affluent mother with a healthy baby, contrasted with a poor mother with an unhealthy baby. Colour lithograph attributed to R. Williams, ca. 1920, for the National Child Welfare Association.

    Williams, Ray (Designer at the National Child Welfare Association, New York City) | Date: [1920?] | Reference: 2168640i
    • Pictures

    Reducing maternal and perinatal mortality in Mozambique. Colour lithograph by Ministry of Health, 2003.

    | Date: 2003 | Reference: 755668i
    • Pictures
    • Online

    City of London Lying-in Hospital: views of the front elevation and the courtyard elevation. Engraving by B. Cole.

    Cole, B. (Benjamin) | Reference: 21683i
    • Books

    Talks on health / Association of Infant Welfare and Maternity Centres.

    | Date: 1929
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Related topics

Maternal health services
London
City of London Lying-in Hospital (London, England)
Infant Welfare
Breast Feeding
Hospitals
Mozambique
Unmarried mothers

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