Physical description

Book with maroon cover, title, authors name and publisher's mark printed in gilt on spine. Dust jacket has a black and white photo of a children's hospital ward as background, with title and author's name printed in maroon on front and spine

Inscriptions & markings

Printed black and white donation sticker: black Maltese cross in circle, "This book was donated to Alfred Archival Association Nursing Division by Audrey (handwritten in ink) Also previous catalogue number handwritten in ink. Also pasted inside front cover is an article from UNA 1970, with an historical background correction

Summary

A touching story of the Melbourne Hospital for Sick Children (now the Royal Children's Hospital) [ca.1990] one of the most poignant books of Melbourne's early social history