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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.

    | Benjamin Cole | Reference: 21683i
    • Books

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

    | Date: 1929
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Related topics

London
Maternal health services
Infant Welfare
Unmarried mothers
Breast Feeding
Mozambique
Hospitals

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