II. Desirability of some further Provision.

III. Of what Nature?

IV. Suggestions as to the Rules to be followed.

V. Prospects of Eventual Support.


I. Wages and Prospects of Nurses.

The two Classes of Hospital Nurses.

1. The nurses of the great London hospitals are divided into two classes: head-nurses or sisters, and nurses or assistant-nurses. These latter are, generally, subdivided into day and night-nurses.

Head-Nurses or Sisters.