Hello List ''Madras Musings'' http://madrasmusings.com/madrasmusings.html is a fortnightly newsmagazine, available online, "devoted to the preservation of the heritage and environment of the city of Madras". It has online Archives from 1991. http://madrasmusings.com/archive.html *It includes a number of articles titled "Literature on Madras", containing bibliographic references to help you find historical information about Madras *It also contains the two following articles on the Madras Maternity Hospital "'The best east of Suez,' they described MH "Madras Musings June 1-15, 2009, http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2019%20No%204/otherstories.html and "Where they see, hear and dream Ob & Gyn", Madras Musings June 16-30, 2009 http://madrasmusings.com/Vol%2019%20No%205/where-they-see-hear-and-dream-ob- and-gyn.html There are a couple of posts I can recall, where there was a question whether a birth had taken place in Madras or not., one where the usual residence was Lahore, and one involving Ceylon. Perhaps the mothers had come to the maternity hospital in Madras to have their children because it was considered the best in India. The above information, and further links concerning "Literature on Madras", have been added to the FIBIS Fibiwiki page Madras (City) http://wiki.fibis.org/index.php?title=Madras_(City) Cheers Maureen (Sydney)