| Description | In 1902 a Local Government Board Departmental Committee was formed to examine the current provision of nursing in workhouse infirmaries. The Committee had four main aims: firstly, to look at any difficulties experienced in obtaining an adequate supply of properly trained nurses, secondly, to look at what regulations should be made regarding the qualifications and training of probationary nurses (nurses receiving one year 'on-the-job' training within the infirmary itself), thirdly, to consider any necessary amendments to the qualifications of Superintendent Nurses (those employed within an infirmary employing three or more nurses and who had three years training), and finally how the roles of Master and Matron of the Workhouse and of the Superintendent Nurse should be more clearly defined. GP KN/1/3/1 is a printed copy of the Committee's final report to the Local Government Board. It contains a survey of those issues listed above, along with a summary of the Committee's recommendations. The volume is indexed. |