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Chennai (inhabited place)

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Subject Source: Local sources

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'Drop the demon dai'

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 88
Scope and Contents

An unbound research paper on maternal mortality and the state in the Madras Presidency, 1840-1875, 68 pages. The paper discusses lying-in hospitals, midwifery training, dai (a traditional birth assistant), child-birth in India, the health and medical welfare of Indian women and female mortality.

Dates: 2002
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