Gw!" & _ which will pay them their
4 Jx Salaries.
Dr Lowson & Miss Eastmand both are of opinion that it is doubtful whether work will be found for three nurses & that it will be better to engage only two to begin with, If the engagement to be (as proposed on the paper of particulars) for three generally, so that if the Experiment does not succeed they may be dispensed with at the
services may
that time
and official should Miss Eastmand submit an outline of duties &c. of these nurses, (similar to those prescribed in inclosure,
in
26627/26) so that before being actually engaged they may clearly understand their position.
It will be necessary for
them to go through a
Course in
Midwifery
CA
Ce. The two candidates,
whom the Matron at London Hospital is prepared to recommend,
have
on account that
that
The proposed salary is $10 a month higher than the existing Hospital Nurses;
is fair Miss Eastmand thinks that it is
(1) because they will have special midwifery knowledge, & (2) because their duties as nurses to private patients will be
on
trying
? Approve
the appointment of two Nurses
on these terms; and let Private Sec. select them (according to the present practice) with the help of Mr Piggott, who might be placed in
communication with Miss Eastmand, & who might also be informed that it will be desirable to get
them from
the London Hospital,
as
that Hospital, & it has been found by experience that they work together if obtained from
the same
Institution.
This will be an
interesting experiment
for in view of the opinions of Dr Lowson
& Miss Eastmond it would certainly
only
seem better to begin with
two as proposed.
CP.L12
13 Jan ... to ... slightly unhinge
X LU
... arrange
for two.