Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is NotNightingale, Florence
Science
Notes on Nursing: What It Is, and What It Is Not
Nightingale, Florence
Nursing
The figures in the left hand column, Table B: Nurse (not Domestic
Servant) do not add up. There is probably a typographical error in this
column since it cannot be accounted for by errors in transcription.]
TABLE A.
GREAT BRITAIN.
AGES.
NURSES. Nurse (not Domestic Nurse (Domestic
Servant) Servant)
All Ages. 25,466 39,139
Under 5 years ... ...
5- ... 508
10- ... 7,259
15- ... 10,355
20- 624 6,537
25- 817 4,174
30- 1,118 2,495
35- 1,359 1,681
40- 2,223 1,468
45- 2,748 1,206
50- 3,982 1,196
55- 3,456 833
60- 3,825 712
65- 2,542 369
70- 1,568 204
75- 746 101
80- 311 25
85 and upwards 147 16
TABLE B.
AGED 20 YEARS, AND UPWARDS.
NURSES. Nurse (not Domestic Nurse (Domestic
Servant) Servant)
Great Britain and 25,466 21,017
Islands in the
British Seas.
England and Wales. 23,751 18,945
Scotland. 1,543 1,922
Islands in the
British Seas. 172 150
1st Division.
London. 7,807 5,061
2nd Division.
South Eastern. 2,878 2,514
3rd Division.
South Midland. 2,286 1,252
4th Division.
Eastern Counties. 2,408 959
5th Division.
South Western
Counties. 3,055 1,737
6th Division.
West Midland
Counties. 1,225 2,283
7th Division.
North Midland
Counties. 1,003 957
8th Division.
North Western
Counties. 970 2,135
9th Division.
Yorkshire. 1,074 1,023
10th Division.
Northern
Counties. 462 410
11th Division.
Monmouth
and Wales. 343 614
NOTE AS TO THE NUMBER OF WOMEN EMPLOYED AS NURSES IN GREAT BRITAIN.
25,466 were returned, at the census of 1851, as nurses by profession,
39,139 nurses in domestic service,[1] and 2,822 midwives. The numbers of
different ages are shown in table A, and in table B their distribution
over Great Britain.
To increase the efficiency of this class, and to make as many of them as
possible the disciples of the true doctrines of health, would be a great
national work.
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