Annie McCall

Annie McCall (23 September 1859 – 1949) was a British medical doctor and was a significant contributor to the modern practice of midwifery.

She studied in Göttingen Germany, Paris, Bern and Vienna before entering the London School of Medicine for Women.

McCall was from the beginning deeply concerned about the high death rate of mothers during childbirth and shortly after qualifying in 1885 she started a school of midwifery in her own home at 165 Clapham Road.

It was under the guardianship of an Artists' Cooperative organisation, Stockwell Studios(http://stockwellstudios.org.uk/) for many years, during which time it was protected from potential council demolition and granted a Grade II listing.

This manual contained all sorts of advice from the diet the pregnant woman should stick to prior to birth, to the kind of exercise she should be taking.