Nurses for the sick poor / report of the committee of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England.

  • Order of Saint John
Date:
1874
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Credit: Nurses for the sick poor / report of the committee of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem in England. 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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    (a) House and Irtundiy wovk, {b) Needlework, (c) Cooking. (10) At what period of life do you consider that women can most efficiently enter on the work of nursing ? (11) In what main particulars may you have observed deficiency in qualification, or defects of character and conduct among your nurses'? Answers were received from the following:— 1. St. John's House, Norfolk Street, Strand, London. 2. St. John Baptist, Clewer. 3. St. Lucy's Home, Gloucester. 4. All Saints' Sisterhood, Margaret Street, London. 5. St. Mary's Hospital, Brighton. 6. St. Giles' Sisterhood, Oxford. 7. Deaconesses' Institution, Tottenham. 8. Nightingale Fund Nurses, St. Thomas' Hospital. 9. Training School and Home for Nin-ses, Liverpool. 10. St. Alban's Nm*sing Home, Rochdale. 11. Nurses' Home and Training School, Belfast. 12. Institution for Nurses, Derby. 14. Nursing Institution, Lincoln. 15. Training Institution for Nurses, Birmingham. 16. St. Margaret's, East Grinstead. 17. St. Etheldreda's Nursing Institution, Hoxton Square. 18. Cottage Hospital, Ilfi-acombe. 19. Winchester County Hospital. 20. Deaconesses' Institution, Mildmay Park, London. 21. Nursing Home, Stratford-on-Avon. 22. Diocesan Deaconess Institution, London. 23. Nursing Institution, Devonshire Square, London. The substance of the first sixteen of these answers was tabuluted by Major Burgess, the Almoner of the Order of St. John, and was referred to Dr. Rumsey, who has furnished a of the information supplied, and certain conclusions di'awn from it, which are subjoined. The whole has been submitted to a Medical Sul>Comrciittee, consi.sting of the following Honorary Associates of the Order ot St. John :—Dr. Sieveking; Dr. Rumsey ; Dr. Lionel Beale ; Mr. Manley, V.C.; Dr. Headland; Dr. Pollock; Professor Long- more ; with Sir E, Lechmerc, the Secretary, and Mtijoj- Burgess, tfi, Alrriori'T f»f tlio ()Y{\i;Y (if St. Joiiri, ex-nJ]ldo.
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