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Group of Edinburgh Health Visitors
Unknown, 1917, Photograph
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Group of Edinburgh Health Visitors
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32429
Title
Group of Edinburgh Health Visitors
Description
Mary Cunningham is standing, second from the right.
Artist / maker
Unknown
Date
1917
Size
9x5.8cm
Type
Photograph
Location
Edinburgh and Scottish Collection
Ten nurses were hired in 1917 as health visitors to implement Edinburgh's Infant Welfare Scheme. They started work the week of 9th July 1917.
This image comes from a photograph album donated to Edinburgh Libraries covering the nursing career of Miss Mary Morag Bird Cunningham. Mary was born in 1888 and at the age of 22 began training at the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary (RIE) as a nurse. Once qualified in 1915 she moved to the Edinburgh Royal Maternity Hospital (ERMH) and obviously found her calling in the care of children. In 1917 she became one of Edinburgh's first health visitors as part of the introduction of Edinburgh's Child Welfare Scheme. The album contains early photographs of the RIE and ERMH as well as images of child health care clinics that she worked in during the 1930s at Portobello and Prestonfield.
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Mary Cunningham: Pioneering Health Visitor
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