Baby Record Card

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Artist/Maker	Unknown (manufacturer)
Place of origin	Britain (printed)

This baby weight record card from the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney belonged to Linda Underwood (neé Gotts) who was born in in 1947. Weight Cards such as this one would have been issued to every new mother to record and track their baby's weight at intervals, through infancy. Linda's weight record shows regular entries from when she was six weeks up to the age of two, with less entries after that, up to the age of four.

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Categories	Children & Childhood Health
Object type	Baby record card
Materials and techniques	Printed and folded card with inkpen writing Card Ink Ink Printing Folding Handwriting
Brief description	Baby weight record card from the Borough of Stepney, England, 1947-48
Physical description	Baby weight record card belonging to Linda Josephine Gotts (born 9.3.47) from the 'Metropolitan Borough of Stepney / PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT / MATERNAL AND CHILD WELFARE'. Inside the folded card, baby's progress is recorded in ink pen in 'Date', 'Weight' and 'Directions' columns.
Dimensions	Height: 13.5cm Booklet closed width: 11cm Booklet open width: 22.1cm
Style	Mid 20th Century
Production type	Mass produced
Credit line	Given by Linda Underwood
Summary	This baby weight record card from the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney belonged to Linda Underwood (neé Gotts) who was born in in 1947. Weight Cards such as this one would have been issued to every new mother to record and track their baby's weight at intervals, through infancy. Linda's weight record shows regular entries from when she was six weeks up to the age of two, with less entries after that, up to the age of four.
Associated objects	B.597-2016 (Object) B.581-2016 (Object) B.582-2016 B.596-2016 B.583-2016 (Object) B.584-2016 B.585-2016 B.586-2016 B.587-2016 B.588-2016 B.589-2016 B.590-2016 B.591-2016 B.592-2016 B.593-2016 B.594-2016 B.595-2016 B.579-2016
Collection	Young V&A Collection
Accession number	B.580-2016

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Record created	March 2, 2017
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1386596/baby-record-card-unknown/

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