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Kōrero: Pregnancy, birth and baby care

Death during childbirth, 1910s

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Death during childbirth, 1910s

Death during childbirth was a realistic fear for women. New Zealand infant and maternal mortality rates were high by international standards in the early 20th century. Neither Mrs Gilmer nor her baby survived.

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Nelson Provincial Museum, Tyree Studio Collection

Reference: 179367/3

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Kerryn Pollock, Pregnancy, birth and baby care – Childbirth, 19th century to 1950s, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/26165/death-during-childbirth-1910s (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Kerryn Pollock, i tāngia i te 29 March 2011.