The Labour Party and the Nursing Profession
1927 1927 1920s 40 pages 12 From the preceding tables, it will be seen that on the whole, the London Poor Law Infirmaries pay the best wages ; that, on the other hand, they show the greatest amount of deviation from the average, paying in some cases the lowest wages. All reference to "sist...
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London : The Labour Party (London : Co-operative Print. Society Ltd.)
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12 From the preceding tables, it will be seen that on the whole, the London Poor Law Infirmaries pay the best wages ; that, on the other hand, they show the greatest amount of deviation from the average, paying in some cases the lowest wages. All reference to "sisters" applies only to ward sisters ; sisters in administrative positions, such as the Home Sister, and the Tutor Sister receive anything from £70 to £300 a year. HOURS The hours of duty vary considerably. Nurses and probationers work longer hours than sisters ; night duty is invariably longer than day duty. The average hours per week of day duty are shown below. (The hours on day duty for probationers have all been calculated to include lecture hours). TABLE (4) HOSPITALS. SISTERS. NURSES. PROBATIONERS. General Hospitals— London 54 56 56 Scotland and Provinces 54 56 56 Poor Law infirmaries— London 51 54 55 Scotland and Provinces 52 56 57½ Special Hospitals 54 56 56 Fever Hospitals 55 58 58 Cottage Hospitals 60 60 60 The shortest and longest number of hours on duty per week are shown in the following table :— TABLE (5) HOSPITAL. SISTERS.NURSES. PROBATIONERS. Shortest— General Hospital 45½ — — Poor Law Infirmary 44 — — Special (Skin) Hospital 39 — — Longest— General Hospital (The London) 60½ 65 66 Poor Law Infirmary 56 63 63 Special (Eye) Hospital 54 60 60 Fever Hospital 60 66 66 Cottage Hospital 66 66 66 The 48-hour week has already been adopted in a number of hospitals. The following table shows the hospitals which have done this, and to what grades of the nursing staff it has been applied :— TABLE (6) HOSPITALS. SISTERS.NURSES. PROBATIONERS. General Hospitals- London 1 — — Scotland and Provinces 4 4 4 Poor Law Infirmaries— London 2 1 — Scotland and Provinces 5 3 — Special Hospitals 2 — — Fever Hospitals 5 — — Cottage Hospitals 4 — —
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