OBJECT TITLE / NAME

Scales, baby

MEDIAObject

CREATORChatillon, New York, U.S.A. Approved type, New York City, 17 serial H

COLLECTIONHastings-Western Port Historical Society

REG NO.6.2

HISTORY

First official scales used for weighing babies at Hastings Bush Nursing Hospital, opened in 1930. Brass plaque screwed to the scales reads "Presented to the Hastings & District Bush Nursing Hospital by the Flinders Naval Depot in grateful appreciation July 16th 1936"

DESCRIPTION

6.1 - Set of beige coloured enamel scales with circular weighing tray at one end and a 3-pronged brass measure at the other end, with sliding brass weights on each prong.
6.2 - Cane basket, oval, and concave in shape. The cane has been painted cream.

SUBJECTS

Hospitals, Maternal and child health centres, Nursing, Scales (apparatus)

KEYWORDS

Chatillon, New York, Flinders Naval Depot, Hastings & District Bush Nursing Hospital