A clean front passage: dirt, douches and disinfectants at St Helens Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand, 1907-1922

Wood, PJ; Foureur, M

A clean front passage: dirt, douches and disinfectants at St Helens Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand, 1907-1922

Wood, PJ Foureur, M

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Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: Exploring the dirty side of women's health, 2007, 1, pp. 30 - 44
Issue Date:: 2007-01

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dc.contributor.author	Wood, PJ	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Foureur, M https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0454-0165	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Kirkham, M	en_US
dc.date.issued	2007-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Exploring the dirty side of women's health, 2007, 1, pp. 30 - 44	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	0-415-38324-2	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/12752
dc.description.abstract	This chapter was an invited publication in an international, refereed book. It is based on historical research using the archives of the St Helens Hospital Wellington 1907-1922. It is one of several publications and presentations arising from the archival database which we set up in 2000. This chapter explores the relationship between puerpural sepsis at the beginning of the 20th century and notions of dirt carried within the bodies of childbearing women. St Helens Hospitals were renowned for their cleanliness and attention to aspepsis. They had the lowest rate of puerpural sepsis in New Zealand. This chapter contributes to my research platform which explores the impact of the birth environment on birth outcomes -from a number of perspectives.	en_US
dc.publisher	Routledge	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Exploring the dirty side of women's health	en_US
dc.title	A clean front passage: dirt, douches and disinfectants at St Helens Hospital, Wellington, New Zealand, 1907-1922	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/Midwifery
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Abstract:

This chapter was an invited publication in an international, refereed book. It is based on historical research using the archives of the St Helens Hospital Wellington 1907-1922. It is one of several publications and presentations arising from the archival database which we set up in 2000. This chapter explores the relationship between puerpural sepsis at the beginning of the 20th century and notions of dirt carried within the bodies of childbearing women. St Helens Hospitals were renowned for their cleanliness and attention to aspepsis. They had the lowest rate of puerpural sepsis in New Zealand. This chapter contributes to my research platform which explores the impact of the birth environment on birth outcomes -from a number of perspectives.

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