Shaftesbury Home for Babies and Mothers (1913 - 1915)

From

c. 1913

To

1915

Categories

Babies' Home, Maternity Home, Government-run, Home, Lying-in Home

The Shaftesbury Home for Babies and Mothers was established by the State Children's Relief Board in the old Shaftesbury Reformatory buildingson Old South Head Road, in present-day Vaucluse, around 1913 or 1914. It was a replacement for the Thirlmere Home for Babies and was one of a number of homes for infants and unmarried mothers that were intended to combat infant neglect and mortality by promoting breastfeeding and maternal care. Like Thirlmere, it had its own dairy to supply milk. It was transferred to Brush Farm, becoming the Eastwood Home for Mothers and Babies, in February 1915.

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Locations

c. 1913 - 1915

Location - Shaftesbury Home for Babies and Mothers was situated on Old South Head Road, Vaucluse.

Timeline

1907 - 1913

Thirlmere Babies' Home

1913 - 1915

Shaftesbury Home for Babies and Mothers

1915 - 1922

Eastwood Home for Mothers and Babies