Notice Board updated
18 Apr 2024
KIDDERMINSTER MEDICAL SOCIETY
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The History of Kidderminster Medical Society is available on the website Click here to read 120 years of Medicine in the Wyre Forest Authored by John Murray and for
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As Editor I often get
enquiries relating to older members and medical matters in the Wyre
Forest Area. Nearest I can come to your query is the Greenhill Hostel, Hurcott Rd / Chester road which really couldn’t be classed as a maternity home in modern thinking. It was in fact a Magdalene hostel for unmarried or destitute expectant and nursing mothers age under 25 who were with their first child and were expected to stay for 4 months if possible. The hostel opened in 1901 but closed ?? when. The costs were 10s/6d (52.5p) before confinement and 12s/6d (62.5p) after confinement. There was also Kidderminster shelter at 208 Hurcott Road which provided help for temporarily fallen and preventative cases aged under 25 – although this was not really associated with maternity care.
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