Would a different colour, style and absence of veil on cap and black shoes and stockings, be sufficient protection?... It would be iniquitous to copy your uniform, which is very much respected by all of us here.
The writer went on to ask questions as to the physical fitness of women for the work it was proposed that they should do.
The Doctor-in-Charge was also asked to give evidence before a Committee of Enquiry which met in December under the auspices of the Board of Education, with a view to determining the capacity of women as substitutes for men. She was actively questioned by the members of the Committee on the subject of stretcher-bearing by women, and offered to arrange a demonstration, so that they might see how well-trained women could acquit themselves in this work.
THE CHIEF COMPOUNDER IN THE DISPENSARY
(Photo, Reginald Haines)
THE CHIEF CLERK IN THE OFFICE