The training institutions for nurses, and the workhouses : an attempt to solve one of the social problems of the present day / by Edward Sieveking.

  • Edward Henry Sieveking
Date:
1849
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Credit: The training institutions for nurses, and the workhouses : an attempt to solve one of the social problems of the present day / by Edward Sieveking. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    held out to them of permanently ameliorating their condition. Thirdly, The present scheme does not immediately embrace the male paupers, though the visiting system, if properly developed, would necessarily improve their condition, and, as undoubtedly, the suggestions would soon present themselves of bene- fiting them in an equal degree. There is every reason to assume that the females are capable of receiving instruction, and of being rendered efficient attendants upon the sick. Being themselves ac- quainted with sickness and want, they would be peculiarly adapted to enter into the feelings, and to suit themselves to the habits and convenience of the sick poor. Many of the paupers would have ac- quaintances and relatives among the neighbouring inhabitants, and any honourable distinction gained by the former, the very appointment of nurse being a mark of superiority, would reflect upon their con- nections, and form a further link between the pauper and society. It is therefore proposed — 1. That a central committee be formed in London, consisting of clergymen and medical men, and others interested in the project, for devising the means for carrying out, in the speediest, most effec- tive, and comprehensive manner, the proposed workhouse visiting system—that they enrol the names of ladies and gentlemen willing to co-operate with them, and that they encourage the formation
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