...The Charing Cross nurses have a medal which they receive when they sign after their month of probation;It is a bronze representation of the cross known as the "Charing Cross;"It is Maltese in shape with flour-de-lys between the arms;the name of the hospital is inserted in blue enamel.The nurse wears this cross slung around her neck whenever she is in uniform;if she leaves before her agreement is up she forfeits her cross,but if she completes her training,the medal is hers for ever.
The sisters of the institution wear a similar cross,only made of silver;the lady superintendent also wears the silver cross but she pins it on the left breast instead of wearing it around her neck.....
....St Bartholomew's is one of the largest and best known of the training schools for nurses;lectures are delivered and half-yearly examinations held,and prizes in books varying in value from £1 11s 6d to £5 are given yearly.But the chief honour for which Bart's nurses strive is the gold medal pictured above which is awarded every April and October to the probationer who passes first in the final examination.This medal was first instigated in 1885,by the generosity of the Clothworkers Company....
Very interesting, keep going!
Does the book list all hospitals that trained nurses?
Quote from: myk1066 on June 26, 2014, 11:23:19 PM
Does the book list all hospitals that trained nurses?
Only those whose Matrons responded but still a variety of London,Provincial,Scottish and Irish Hospitals.For those listed it details Age classes,off duty,wages,etc.
For example........London Temperance Hospital-Hampstead Age 23 to 30.Lectures given,also certificate.A bronze medal to every nurse who satisfactorily works for 3 years,and a gold medal each year to the nurse who has most distinguished herself.Holidays,3 weeks,and 1 day a month.Separate bedrooms.Lady probationers are received for training in the art of nursing on the finding terms:-
A) On a three years engagement-at the end of which period the nurse,on passing a satisfactory examination,and with the approval of the lady superintendent,will receive a certificate as a thoroughly qualified nurse.Ladies entering on such engagement will be required to pay a fee of 30 guineas for the first year,and if at the end of that period the probationer shall be considered efficient ,and vacancies permit,she will be eligible for appointment as a nurse-probationer,receiving £15 for the second year,and £20 for the third year of her term.
B)For a period of 1 year or less-Lady probationers will be required to pay a fee,graduated according to the extent of the term,and subject to the discretion of the lady superintendent,but not exceeding a rate of £1 1s weekly.Eight probationers taken at a time.They have to provide their own uniform,and to be abstainers during their period of residence.
Matron,Miss Orme. Beds,76.
Does it mention any of the Lancashire Hospitals?
Provincial Hospitals
Addenbrookes Hospital
Ancoats Hospital
Barrow in Furness
Bath United
Birkenhead Borough
Birkenhead-Wirral Hospital for Children
Birmingham General
Birmingham Hospital for Women
Birmingham-Queens Hospital
Blackburn Infirmary
Blackpool Hospital
Bootle Boro Hospital
Boston
Bournemouth Royal Victoria
Bradford Infirmary
bradford Children's Hospital
Brighton-Sussex County Hospital
Brighton -Alexandra Hospital for Children
Bristol Royal Infirmary
Bristol General Hospital
Bristol Hospital for Children
Bromley Cottage Hospital
Burnley Victoria
Burslem
Burton on Trent Infirmary
Bury St Edmunds Hospital
Canterbury Hospital Carmarthen Infirmary
Chester General Infirmary
Chesterfield Hospital
Cheltenham
Chichester Infirmary
Colchester Hospital
Coventry Hospital
Croydon Hospital
Cumberland Infirmary
Derby Infirmary
Derby Children's Hospital
Devonport Royal Albert Hospital
Dewsbury Infirmary
Doncaster Infirmary
Dudley Guest Hospital
Durham County Hospital
Eastbourne -Princess Alice Memorial
Exeter
Gateshead Children's Hospital
Gloucester Free Hospital for Children
Gloucester Infirmary
Gravesend Hospital
Hartshill Infirmary.... tbc