NRS-21230 | Register of births [Manly District Hospital]

Full description

These volumes contain details of births at Manly Hospital starting with the first babies born in the new maternity unit on 26 September 1952.

The registers include the following information:
Mother's name, address, age and doctor; whether public or private; religion; marital status; date of admission; parity; date of last menstrual period; position and presentation; date and time labour began; date and time membranes ruptured; date and time of the end of each of the three stages of labour; hours in labour; nature of labour; the condition of the perineum; weight, length and sex of baby; how the placenta and membranes were delivered; condition of amniotic fluid; anaesthetics used and name of anaesthetist; names of assistants and manipulator; and the signature of the sister in charge.

In later volumes, there is a column for the recording of the APGAR score and the assistants and manipulator columns were replaced by columns recording the doctor(s) who delivered the baby and placenta.