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St Helens Hospital, Christchurch, 1909

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St Helens Hospital, Christchurch, 1909

The St Helens hospitals provided government-subsidised maternity services for the wives of working men from 1905. All the babies in this photograph were born in St Helens Hospital in Sydenham, Christchurch, which opened in 1907.

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Christchurch City Libraries

Reference: PhotoCD2, IMG0075

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Kerryn Pollock, Health and society – Health services, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/30749/st-helens-hospital-christchurch-1909 (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Kerryn Pollock, i tāngia i te 18 April 2011.