After completing their general training, many nurses went on to gain a midwifery qualification at a midwifery hospital. This certificate was obtained by Doroth Eileen Capp [AH Grad 1941]at Broken hill and District Hospital in 1948A postgraduate nursing qualification gained by an Alfred graduateLight brown leather-bound folder. Embossed in gilt on the front cover are the words 'BROKEN HILL/AND/DISTRICT HOSPITAL/NEW SOUTH WALES is the certificate [black and print on cream background within a simple border] Inside is the Obstetric Nurses Certificate stating that [name handwritten] 'whose signature appears in the margin has attended the maternity practice [20 beds] of this hospital from - to [9 months] During this period she has been present at - cases of labour, and - of these cases have been pesonally conducted by her. She has attended in the institution a course of LECTURES ON MIDWIFERY and having passed her examination successfully, has satisfied her Examiners that she is competent to discharge satisfactorily the duties of an Obstetric Nurse.The certificate has the recipient's name in full: Dorothy Eileen Capp, 5th June 1947 - 17th March 1948[period of training] 151 [number of cases attended] 28 [number of cases personally conducted] and the signatures of the hospital's chairman, secretary, surgeon superintendant, matron, and nurse dated 17th March 1948[all entries are in blue ink] Previous catalogu number handwritten on small white sticker on back covermidwifery certificate, midwifery training, st george's hospital, dorothy capp