An account of the Lying-in Charity for delivering poor married women at their own habitations : instituted 1757.

  • Lying-in Charity (London, England)
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Printed in the year 1780
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: An account of the Lying-in Charity for delivering poor married women at their own habitations : instituted 1757. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    [ ** 1 Cafes a confulting Phyfician and Man-mid¬ wife, whofe Abilities this Charity has long experienced, is engaged to give his additional Advice and Affiftance. It cannot be denied but that the Provifion, which is hereby made for Emergencies, is very valuable ; and in ordinary Cafes, the Relief is of confiderable Service. Men of very low Condition can hardly purchafe the Neceflaries of Life; and if they have a Family of Children, or a fickly Wife, it will be found very difficult for them (who, befides, are very rarely Pat¬ terns of Oeconomy) to defray the Charges of a common Lying-in : Thofe, who are moil experienced in this Matter, well know the Hardfhips Women undergo, the long, dan¬ gerous, and, frequently, fatal Illnefles they contract from the Want of able Midwives and proper Medicines. So trifling as feme may think the Help afforded by this Cha- rity, the Pains with which the Poor folicit it, the Joy they difcover upon, receiving it, and the Gratitude they demonflrate after¬ wards, are incontellable Proofs of the Value they fet upon it; and they fhould be no in¬ competent Judges of its Merit. It
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