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.

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