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Subsidiary Notes as to the Introduction of Female Nursing into Military Hospitals in Peace and War

Name: Subsidiary Notes as to the Introduction of Female Nursing into Military Hospitals in Peace and War
Author: Nightingale, Florence

Nightingale, Florence

Military hospitals -- Great Britain; Nurses -- Great Britain

To show the importance of an Institute for Nurses, it must be stated
that 25,466 were returned, at the census of 1851, as nurses by
profession, exclusive of 39,139 nurses in domestic service,[24] and
2,882 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.




TABLES OF AGE AND DISTRIBUTION.


TABLE A.

GREAT BRITAIN.

 AGES.


 |    NURSES.   |    Nurse (not   |       Nurse
 |              |Domestic Servant)|(Domestic Servant)|
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |   All Ages.  |      25,466     |       39,139     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |Under 5 Years.|         ...     |          ...     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |     5 —      |         ...     |          508     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    10 —      |         ...     |         7259     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    15 —      |         ...     |       10,355     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    20 —      |         624     |         6537     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    25 —      |         817     |         4174     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    30 —      |        1118     |         2495     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    35 —      |        1359     |         1681     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    40 —      |        2223     |         1468     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    45 —      |        2748     |         1206     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    50 —      |        3982     |         1196     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    55 —      |        3456     |          833     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    60 —      |        3825     |          712     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    65 —      |        2542     |          369     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    70 —      |        1568     |          204     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    75 —      |         746     |          101     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    80 —      |         311     |           25     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |85 and Upwards|         147     |           16     |


TABLE B.

AGED 20 YEARS OF AGE, AND UPWARDS.

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Subsidiary Notes as to the Introduction of Female Nursing into Military Hospitals in Peace and WarNightingale, Florence

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Subsidiary Notes as to the Introduction of Female Nursing into Military Hospitals in Peace and War

Nightingale, Florence

Military hospitals -- Great Britain; Nurses -- Great Britain

To show the importance of an Institute for Nurses, it must be stated
that 25,466 were returned, at the census of 1851, as nurses by
profession, exclusive of 39,139 nurses in domestic service,[24] and
2,882 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.




TABLES OF AGE AND DISTRIBUTION.


TABLE A.

GREAT BRITAIN.

 AGES.


 |    NURSES.   |    Nurse (not   |       Nurse
 |              |Domestic Servant)|(Domestic Servant)|
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |   All Ages.  |      25,466     |       39,139     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |Under 5 Years.|         ...     |          ...     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |     5 —      |         ...     |          508     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    10 —      |         ...     |         7259     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    15 —      |         ...     |       10,355     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    20 —      |         624     |         6537     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    25 —      |         817     |         4174     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    30 —      |        1118     |         2495     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    35 —      |        1359     |         1681     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    40 —      |        2223     |         1468     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    45 —      |        2748     |         1206     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    50 —      |        3982     |         1196     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    55 —      |        3456     |          833     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    60 —      |        3825     |          712     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    65 —      |        2542     |          369     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    70 —      |        1568     |          204     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    75 —      |         746     |          101     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |    80 —      |         311     |           25     |
 +--------------+-----------------+------------------+
 |85 and Upwards|         147     |           16     |


TABLE B.

AGED 20 YEARS OF AGE, AND UPWARDS.

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Subsidiary Notes as to the Introduction of Female Nursing into Military Hospitals in Peace and War

Subsidiary Notes as to the Introduction of Female Nursing into Military Hospitals in Peace and War

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