just a bit I saw in it
The County Council were instructed by
a telegram received from the Ministry on
31 August 1939 to open the home and
since that date 3,175 babies have been
born there. Although by far the greatest
numbers of mothers come from Hull, a
number of women from other parts of the
country were also received. Thanks to the
excellent work of the medical staff, Miss
Greenley the matron and all the members
of the staff, the maternal mortality rate in
the home was lower than at any similar
home in the country. Miss Greenley was
one of the superintendent midwives in
Hull and an ideal woman for the job,
quiet-voiced, neat in her person and with
twinkling eyes that gives testimony to that
sense of humour which is part and parcel
of her very human make-up.
