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At the end of the first year, the Dispensary witnessed deliveries. The clinic moved to larger and cleaner quarters across the street the following year, in April , and Dr.

DeLee established a training school for obstetrical nurses. By the end of , 52 students and 12 physicians had been instructed in practical obstetrics. In time, Dr. DeLee would train physicians from countries around the world who would then return to their respective homelands to provide safe maternity care.

As his workload grew and Dr. It opened in The women supporting Dr. DeLee administered the new institution. The history of the Lying-In Hospital intertwines with other Chicago medical institutions and some related historical records, can be found in the University of Chicago Library's Special Collections Research Center. Photos can be found here. There are three types of clinic records available on the 14 microfilms--application books, birth books, and case books--and I will take a look at each of them in turn.

Application Books Application books are available on 11 microfilms to and the FHLC identifies them by volume number and year range. However, some years are covered by more than one book because the books are from different clinics so it would be hard to know which film s to view without more information. I've created a key which can be viewed as a PDF here. The standard books, with the exception of the first one, have entries made on pre-printed forms.

They are organized by the date of the woman's first visit to the clinic births often happened a few months later and recorded information generally includes name either the woman's given name or her husband's , address, nationality, how the woman was referred to the clinic, information on previous pregnancies, and expected date of confinement. If the woman gave birth the birth date, sex, and weight of the child are noted.

Beginning with Vol. Betsy said…. ChicagoGenealogy said…. I hope the post proves to be of use to people researching families who lived in the poorer areas of Chicago.

I admire the courage of the women listed in the hospital records and I want them to be remembered. Juli said…. Ruth said…. Hi Cynthia, Thank you for this post! I have been researching the Chicago Maternity Center for the last 13 years on and off and have collected stories from the doctor's point of view.

Please see my trailer film at youtube. Thanks, Ruth. I have my father's and my uncle's birth certificates. My uncle's is signed J. Would I be able to find out more than is on the birth certificates? If so, how so I start? Linda--Are you in the Chicago area? The dispensary's first interns, Drs. Charles Lockwood and Charles Todd arrived on June 1, Thus began the march of young men and women through the institution.

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