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The smallest baby goes home. The smallest baby ever cared for at the Hospital for Sick Children, Jeffrey Lawrence Croft, is home with his mother, Mrs.(...)
The smallest baby goes home. The smallest baby ever cared for at the Hospital for Sick Children, Jeffrey Lawrence Croft, is home with his mother, Mrs.(...)

The smallest baby goes home. The smallest baby ever cared for at the Hospital for Sick Children, Jeffrey Lawrence Croft, is home with his mother, Mrs.(...)

Date7/26/1971
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Original Toronto Star caption: The smallest baby goes home. The smallest baby ever cared for at the Hospital for Sick Children; Jeffrey Lawrence Croft; is home with his mother; Mrs. John Croft; in Guelph. Jeffrey weighed 1 pound; 3 ounces when he was brought to the hospital shortly after his birth March 14; premature by 12 weeks. Now he's up to 6 pounds; 15 ounces.
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The smallest baby goes home. The smallest baby ever cared for at the Hospital for Sick Children, Jeffrey Lawrence Croft, is home with his mother, Mrs.(...)
The smallest baby goes home. The smallest baby ever cared for at the Hospital for Sick Children, Jeffrey Lawrence Croft, is home with his mother, Mrs.(...)
7/26/1971
The smallest baby ever cared for by Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children, 3-month-old Jeffrey Croft, puts in a complaint to nurse June Bantam. He was (...)
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