11. Payments made by a subscriber dying before attaining pension to be devisable by will, and in case of intestacy, divided among next of kin.
12. All possible safe curtailment of office expenses.
13. Treasurers, or equivalent civil chiefs, of all hospitals that subscribe, to be on the committee or council, or by whatever name the equivalent may be termed.
V. Prospects of eventual Support.
Support by the Nurses themselves.
1. I believe that many head-nurses would thoroughly appreciate and thankfully avail themselves of such a Fund.
2. I think that many nurses would do the same, and, in time, many more. Many cannot contribute to it; many will not.
Support from the Hospitals.
3. What aid the hospitals might be disposed to give I do not know. I rather think none at first. If the thing works and works well, I think they would probably contribute. But it must never be forgotten that, excepting the endowed hospitals (the financial position of St. George’s I do not know) the London hospitals find their income scarcely sufficient, often not sufficient, to meet their expenditure. They cannot be expected, nor would they perhaps be justified, to curtail the number of the sick they relieve, in order to provide for the superannuated nurses of those sick. It is true, however, that it might enable them to get better nurses, which is surely economy.
Support from the Public in general.