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Mother and Baby
Mother and Baby
Jessie Axford - Hatfield's Mother and Baby Clinic
A baby clinic was initially held in Hatfield at St John’s mission hall. In 1959 the Women’s Voluntary Service (WVS) started a Mother and Baby Clinic at Hilltop. Jessie Axford describe the development of the clinic and the activities it ran:
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