QUESTIONS.
7. Do you consider her to be professionally qualified to undertake the duties of such an appointment as she now desires ?
7.
Yes.
ANSWERS.
COPY.
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COLONIAL NURSES.
STATEMENT for the information of the Secretary of State for the Colonies, and for record
in the Colonial Office, respecting.. Miss Bertha Thomasson......
Matron
in the Colony of...
who is an applicant for the post of Nurse
8. Are you aware of any circumstance tending to disqualify
her for such an appointment ?
*
QUESTIONS.
No.
1. Will you be good enough to state how long you have
been acquainted with the applicant?
1. From..
to.....
1906
1920.
From what circumstances does your knowledge of her
arise ?
2.
9. The Secretary of State will be glad to receive any in- formation which you may have to give respecting her character or qualifications in addition to what is con- tained in the answers to the foregoing questions.
:
9.
She was a girl of good charA-I
and amiable disposition.
Signature...
E.M.Byles,... M.B.E...
Occupation, Professional Qualifications, &c..
Late Matron, Lambeth Infirmary.
Address 6. St.Leonards Road, Horsham.
Date October 8th, 1920.
(684 p-r) (101708) Wt. 28402/675 Gp.163 600 12.20 W & slad
ANSWERS.
She is my wife's Sister and lived
with us for about 10 years.
Strictly,
Total abstainer
(c)......Never anything else.
While you were acquainted with her was she
3.
(a) honest
(a)...
(b) sober?
(b)...
(c) generally well conducted?
Was her health good
If she has been employed under you, will you state the nature of her duties, and how she discharged them?
4.
Never had any illness all the time
she was with us.
5.
Helped generally in the work of
the home.
Will you state the cause of her leaving-whether by
voluntary resignation, dismissal, or otherwise?
6.
She left us during the war and
went as probationer to the Lambeth
Infirmary.
[TURN OVER.