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How well off to have a monthly nurse?

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Unknown Report 9 Feb 2004 09:07

HOME AND SISTERHOOD OF ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST. Branch Home: Maternity Home and Training School, 7, Ashburnham-road, Chelsea, S.W. Superintendent, the Lady Superior of St. John’s Home.—Twelve beds. Admission free. Applicants must be poor, respectable, and married women. This home was opened in August, 1877, for the reception of poor married women, and for the training of monthly nurses, It is under the charge of a qualified sister and nurses of St. John’s Home. Monthly nurses supplied

Valerie

Valerie Report 9 Feb 2004 07:39

Thanks for your replies, Valerie.

Guinevere

Guinevere Report 8 Feb 2004 11:55

Hi, My grandparents had one in the 1901 census. They were not particularly well off. I've seen several other households with them in the same working class area. I think they were almost essential following a difficult labour or if there were a lot of other children. Gwynne

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Lowestoft and North Suffolk, Monmouthshire, Breconshire, Somerset

Valerie

Valerie Report 8 Feb 2004 11:52

I deleted this message by mistake. Someone had kindly offered to ask their mum about a relative who had been a monthly nurse. I know a m. nurse attended after the birth of a baby but the only one I'd seen in a household until recently was in a doctor's household. Now I've found out that one of my household had one in the home in 1851. Would be grateful for any more info. Valerie.