In even guessing at what the nursing accommodation should be for so completely new an experiment as a lying-in institution of 40 beds in single-bed or four-bed pavilions, we must begin by stating the probable requirements, the whole being tentative.
The staff would have to be at least as follows:—
One matron.
One head midwife.
One assistant midwife.
One deputy assistant midwife (for the first year).
To establish a really good training school,
Thirty pupil midwives.
[Two experienced good nurses in addition might be necessary for the first year.]
One cook.