Organisation: Cork County Medical Officer

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Organisation: Cork County Medical Officer

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Government banned sending pregnant women to Bessborough in 1945

Government banned sending pregnant women to Bessborough in 1945

A government minister ordered that no pregnant women be sent to Bessborough mother-and-baby home nearly 70 years ago.

Tue, 26 Aug, 2014

68% of babies in Bessborough home died

68% of babies in Bessborough home died

Infant death rates at the Bessborough mother-and-baby home in Cork soared to almost 70% in the early 1940s.

Mon, 25 Aug, 2014